David Lat is a 44-year-old author and legal recruiter who was hospitalized for 17 days with coronavirus. Now, he's at-home recovering and sharing his story of survival. pic.twitter.com/ZQDrFF51H5
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) April 6, 2020
April 6, 2020
David Lat — on the "Today" show — tells of his harrowing bout with coronavirus.
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I'm very happy he lived.
I am not so thrilled with these stories of people who recovered from and people who died from Corona Virus. Last Friday, CBS This Morning had a little retrospective on people, famous and not, who have died from the virus.
And I get it, I really do. But other wonderful people who were deeply loved have died and recovered and gotten terrible diagnoses of other things, all while this was going on.
It reminds me a little of 9/11, when so much love was given to people who had died in the terrorist attacks that day. While elsewhere, someone's loved one was in a car accident, or was lost to cancer. They meant just as much to the people who knew them as people who die from the "important" thing.
But nothing is as harrowing as this story, coming from two of Ann's "distinguished" colleagues at the LaCrosse Campus:
Two University of Wisconsin-La Crosse professors who call themselves the “Two Fat Professors” are concerned that coronavirus is causing “fatphobia.”
Darci Thoune, author of “Am I Fat” in the International Fat Studies Handbook, recently published a blog post on the website twofatprofessors.com. The piece titled “Diet Culture at the End of the World” outlines Thoune’s opinion regarding “weight gain during the Covid-19 crisis.”
"We need to seek solace and comfort where we can, and for some folx that solace and comfort will be in food. AND, THIS IS OKAY" Tweet This
Thoune’s colleague Laurie Stoll who earned her doctorate in sociology with a concentration in women’s and gender studies, is the second one of the “Two Fat Professors.” She published the most viewed blog post on the site which is titled, “I See You, Fat Grrl: Fat Pride and Fat Visibility.”
Hey, Inga, are these your buddies?
What was his underlying medical condition? AIDS?
Finally a positive story. Good to see it.
I followed David on Twitter in the early days of his illness, and then waited while he went silent. Was relieved when he started tweeting again after the worst had passed. While yes, others get sick and die of other illnesses during this time, this one can be limited by our own actions. I think stories like these break down our 'It only happens to fill-in-the-blank people, not me' denials and help us to take this seriously and change our behaviors accordingly.
This “journalist,” Savannah Guthrie, really deeply annoys me. Remember her Nick Sandmann interview? Obnoxious. Maybe even lawsuit material. And this story, a positive one, somehow gets under my skin. There is a writerliness to it that rings false.
And what really irks me is she wouldn’t name the experimental treatment that probably saved his life. Any guesses on what that was?
While yes, others get sick and die of other illnesses during this time, this one can be limited by our own actions. I think stories like these break down our 'It only happens to fill-in-the-blank people, not me' denials and help us to take this seriously and change our behaviors accordingly.
Car accidents, too, can be limited by our own actions. Some cancers. Other diseases as well.
According to Wikipedia, both his parents are Doctors. I wonder if that helped him survive.
Maybee: that is a great suggestion because you know the media will get tired of these Coronavirus stories of recovery and tragedy and death. They can then move on to the forgotten unless sympathized with tragic deaths that occur during a coronavirus being overshadowed no funerals blah blah blah.
the masses want their stories and they better be dramatic and simple they can directly relate to
His antibody-rich plasma is likely being separated from his donated blood and transfused into critically ill patients as part of the emergency-use trial of convalescent serum therapy underway at two NYC hospitals.
I share MayBee's view. I realize that COVID is the latest shout in stories, and for the Media HiveMind it is therefore to be covered. There are plenty of boring stories of people who had it and survived without hospitalizations, or people who died tragically from something else. Those deaths also matter.
hcq-zpak with remdesvir chaser,
it's the same tale of bathos, they developed during the aids epidemic,
I don't mean to make light of the difficult circumstances, and I'm very glad that David Lat is alive. I followed his blog in law school when he was pretending to be a female law clerk (iirc). I'm thankful he's a survivor.
But the above comments remind me of the Curb episode, where Larry's rabbi had a brother-in-law who was killed on 9/11, but uptown.
https://youtu.be/l4H5vf_AimE
Didn't he get the Trump-pill treatment?
Cloroquin et al
John Henry
@M.Jordan, this sympathetic story from lefty Gurthie fits the liberal agenda all too nicely. David Lat and "his husband" is a good angle, isn't it? But left unsaid is the adverse health issues commonly associated with this "alternative lifestyle." The story reports that he says he's been always healthy. But we only have his word on that. In other words, there could have been an underlying medical condition. If something is being fed to me by the MSM, I'm suspicious.
Early on, I saw David Lat say he can have exercise-induced asthma, I believe.
"Certain people are better managers than others.” -Jared Kushner
The job as a IQ45 critic gets easier and easier
yes, he did, john henry, but they 'cover that with a pillow until it stops moving.'
I agree with M Jordan. Very frustrating. Media is so anti-Trump they refuse to tell people how successful the medication hydroxychloroquine is.They would rather people die then learn Trump was correct. Wonder if that is also impacting treatment. Is the fact that so many doctors (especially in the blue areas most heavily impacted) are democrats affected their willingness to try this treatment method.
Glad that Lat is revovering. It'd be nice to know what his co-morbidities were and whether any of his close social contacts (family and friends) tested positive and/or got sick.
"No man is an island"--John Donne
And yes it'd be nice to know what treatments worked for Lat.
Guthrie is a horrible narrator.
Who is Mr. Lat?....and why is all this attention being lavished on him.
"And yes it'd be nice to know what treatments worked for Lat."
Maybe the most important part of the story, for him and us. Why would they leave that out?
It's like those stories of active shooters being stopped by getting shot, but they never tell you it was a private citizen with a CCW who shot him. Kind of an important part of the story.
Doesn't journalism school teach that "who, what, where, when, and how" principle anymore?
According to the ABA Journal: “ He said he received IL-6 inhibitors called Kevzara, Tocilizumab and Clazakizumab; the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine combined with the antibiotic azithromycin; and an antiviral called Remdesivir.”
"And yes it'd be nice to know what treatments worked for Lat."
Maybe the most important part of the story, for him and us. Why would they leave that out?
Same reason info always gets left out: because it might make Trump/GOP/conservatives look good, which of course is verboten.
When people say they never thought a pandemic could hit them, I wonder:
"What MOVIES are you watching?"
MM: "There are plenty of boring stories of people who had it and survived without hospitalizations, or people who died tragically from something else. Those deaths also matter."
No, they don't fuel the panic, they don't advance the New Narrative, and they don't help to beat Trump. Some deaths are more equal than others.
Tech Startups: New updates from Dr. Vladimir Zelenko: Cocktail of Hydroxychloroquine, Zinc Sulfate and Azithromycin are showing phenomenon results with 900 Coronavirus patients treated – Must Watch Video
https://techstartups.com/2020/04/05/new-updates-dr-vladimir-zelenko-cocktail-hydroxychloroquine-zinc-sulfate-azithromycin-showing-phenomenon-results-900-coronavirus-patients-treated-must-watch-video/
Dr. Zelenko stresses “Hit it Early and Hit It Hard!” to PREVENT the need for hospitalization and ventilators–not waiting until the patients are very sick or hospitalized before helping them, as Cuomo and some other politicians demand. That approach seems designed to harm patients in order to drive down the success rate of the treatment.
Politics over Patients No More!
He has exercise-induced asthma, a fact that tends to get buried.
Doesn't journalism school teach that "who, what, where, when, and how" principle anymore?
Thanks for giving me something to laugh about.
"[Shemtob] told the Law Journal that Mr Lat’s exercised-induced asthma could be making it harder for his husband to manage the Covid-19 disease, which affects the respiratory system."
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/coronavirus-test-new-york-hospital-david-lat-twitter-lawyer-covid-19-a9418731.html%
I wonder what an actual doctor would say about that?
madAsHell, I have the same questions you have.
I suspect but don't know that some of the answers, perhaps not all, are in the video.
"It reminds me a little of 9/11, when so much love was given to people who had died in the terrorist attacks that day. While elsewhere, someone's loved one was in a car accident, or was lost to cancer. They meant just as much to the people who knew them as people who die from the "important" thing."
And that is why my hardened heart questioned why the government felt compelled to send checks to the office workers killed that day. [Not first responders]
Jordan, Guthrie not only failed to mention the names of the drugs Lat was prescribed, she cast doubt on their efficacy, despite contrary evidence, because Orange Man Bad.
Guthrie also failed to ask Lat if there was anything he needed to apologize for.
I've seen this David Lat saga several places over the last week. Now the Today Show?? I am, of course, honestly very happy that he survived. But I have somehow managed to miss the importance of this particular guy.
Guthrie is even more deceptive than I first thought. At 3:33 she quotes Lat saying “.,. I’ll take it.”.
Take WHAT? He didn’t mean the ChiCom Fever test, as she ALMOST implied. He already knew he had that. The “it” must have been the much-touted drug regimen, the one the Left is hoping and praying won’t work.
IIRC, didn't Daniel Dae Kim (Hawaii 5-0) come down with COVID-19 and has been singing the praises of the HCQ cocktail?
Yes, yes he did: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/daniel-dae-kim-recovered-coronavirus-setback-105052830.html
If they'd had "Fat Studies" when I was in college, I would have made it my major. It certainly has a lot more to do with my path in life than what I actually studied.
BTW, Lat looks much younger than 44. If that's a side effect of the virus, it could explain why so many celebs are getting it.
"questioned why the government felt compelled to send checks to the office workers killed that day" The government sent checks to the families of office workers killed to avoid those families suing the airlines out of existence. To receive government compensation a family had to agree not to sue the airline company for damages.
But I have somehow managed to miss the importance of this particular guy.
I figured his anecdotal story was meant to demonstrate that not just old people had serious problems from the cooties; 'course, you can tell that from the statistics.
Take WHAT
Kevzara, hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin and tocilizumab.
But wait, there's more! Vlazakizumab and remdesivir.
Some of those are contra-indicated by HIV/AIDS, so I guess his underlying medical condition was asthma.
what's the alternative
Look Media, Trump did not invent the fucking malaria drug. He does not own a patent on it. He makes no money from it. He simply mentioned it might work, could be a great thing. Jeez.
I would say I hope I look as young as he does at 44. But I'm 38 and I already look way older than he does. And he's unwell.
The Gipper Lives, thanks for the link.
When people say they never thought a pandemic could hit them, I wonder:
"What MOVIES are you watching?"
Some Holy Week and Easter movies --
The Gospel of John
Jesus of Nazareth
The Passion of the Christ
Risen
Molokai
The Way
A Hidden Life
Of Gods and Men
Edith Stein: the Seventh Chamber
Becket
A Man for All Seasons
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
Ben Hur
The Ten Commandments
Fiddler on the Roof
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Most of these involve in one way or another a "pandemic" striking people in their personal lives.
narciso said, what's the alternative
Something about that article reminded me of an old Ray Bradbury story. The link is not to the story, but to a brief discussion of it.
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