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Pluvious

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16. One possibility... Long Covid ?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Jun 19, 2026, 11:56 AM

16 hrs ago

As a PASC survivor myself, I learned much about this life-stealing condition, which on average affects about 6% of infected people

Alyssa Milano, Matt McGorrym, Gwyneth Paltrow, Billie Eilish, and many other celebrities have battled with it

When afflicted, it can last for an unknown length of time, from a few months, to years

I'm surprised more politicians haven't succumbed to it

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Missing lawmaker will return to DC soon, Tom Kean's staff says [View all] BumRushDaShow 21 hrs ago OP

This jackass should be voted out for his silence on his absence for so long, and not saying lostincalifornia 21 hrs ago #1

He will be. Rebecca Bennett will kick his ass. NNadir 19 hrs ago #10

Nervous breakdown? The Wizard 21 hrs ago #2

That was what his flunkies said back in April. And May. niyad 20 hrs ago #3

Alcohol or drug rehab? Jilly_in_VA 20 hrs ago #4

Sure, Jan. 2naSalit 20 hrs ago #5

In two weeks? hatrack 20 hrs ago #6

Sometimes Syph is hard to cure in fascist patients. They never could fix Hitler's cases. 3Hotdogs 20 hrs ago #7

Sorry Kean. Elected officials are held to a higher standard (supposedly...we are in the Trump era) NCDem47 20 hrs ago #8

I can not believe there Bettie 19 hrs ago #9

It is a swing district. A VERY strong candidate Rebbecca Bennett, like... NNadir 19 hrs ago #11

OK, I had heard Bettie 18 hrs ago #13

Regular folks would probably be out of a job by now-and applying for Unemployment insurance. riversedge 19 hrs ago #12

This should be an easy Democratic pickup in November Janbdwl72 18 hrs ago #15

Is he doing jail time somewhere? Autumn 18 hrs ago #14

Good question. yardwork 11 hrs ago #18

One possibility... Long Covid ? Pluvious 16 hrs ago #16

For a formal viewing perhaps? Maru Kitteh 15 hrs ago #17