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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWARNING: GRAPHIC: Share this with anyone you know who isn't vaccinated
https://www.reddit.com/r/HermanCainAward/comments/r4ui1n/intact_blood_clot_that_was_attached_to_the_ett_of/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmfThis blood clot came out attached to the breathing tube when a terminally ill Covid patient was extubated. The blood made a cast of their bronchi as it clotted within their lungs.
This is what the news should be covering with Covid patients, along with what lung damage from Covid looks like.
This image was shared by an ICU nurse on the nursing subreddit and then cross posted to the HermanCainAward subreddit.

hlthe2b
(114,685 posts)Solly Mack
(97,271 posts)PJMcK
(25,126 posts)1. Get a couple of shots resulting in a stiff arm, (and maybe a few hours of discomfort).
=== OR ===
2. Get a casting of the inside of your lungs to leave your survivors a memento of your life.
LiberatedUSA
(1,666 posts)Scrivener7
(60,071 posts)I'm on morning 2 of my "booster flu." I'll stop complaining now.
rampartc
(5,835 posts)packman
(16,296 posts)Nothing serious, just feeling funky, low energy, lethargic. Got over it and feeling good now..
Ace Rothstein
(3,378 posts)Aviation Pro
(15,766 posts)Merry Xmas, you two oxygen thieves.
Ace Rothstein
(3,378 posts)berni_mccoy
(23,018 posts)Delphinus
(12,557 posts)OMG that tells a story.
Wounded Bear
(64,637 posts)I'm sure he'd call this fake news.
Some sick shit.
Richard D
(10,018 posts)I've seen a lot of intense photos from various ill and deceased people. Up to now, Toxic Megacolon (don't look it up!)
was the worst I'd seen. This one is horrifying.
sarchasm
(1,316 posts)BComplex
(9,960 posts)XanaDUer2
(15,772 posts)Not that it would matter to hard-core stupid, but might sway on-the-fencers
Quakerfriend
(5,882 posts)the picture of a lung removed from a 21 year old COVID patient who ultimately received a lung transplant.
CousinIT
(12,747 posts)Well...I'd rather not, though I'm an adult, I'll pass. I'll take your word for it that this was posted there.
LeftInTX
(34,852 posts)
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