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KewlKat

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98. Per WebMD -

Sun Mar 20, 2022, 09:09 PM

Mar 2022

Only bacterial infections can be killed with antibiotics. The common cold, flu, most coughs, some bronchitis infections, most sore throats, and the stomach flu are all caused by viruses. Antibiotics won't work to treat them.

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Justice Clarence Thomas admitted to hospital for "flu like" symptoms [View all] Roland99 Mar 2022 OP

I want to say something...bite my finger BootinUp Mar 2022 #1

Yeah. Me too. Nt leftieNanner Mar 2022 #12

You're not alone. ananda Mar 2022 #44

ohpleaseohpleaseohplease.....n/t Blaukraut Mar 2022 #52

A lot of bloody fingers and chewed down fingernails on DU right now Warpy Mar 2022 #68

Ditto EOM tiredtoo Mar 2022 #72

I am hoping that Satan is checking room availability rpannier Mar 2022 #73

There's more than enough rooms... Probatim Mar 2022 #109

biting my finger too Takket Mar 2022 #94

Right there with ya! calimary Mar 2022 #103

first thought here. "don't say it, don't say it, don't say .. " -(nt)- stopdiggin Mar 2022 #123

I did predict that Biden would have another SC appointment to nominate malaise Mar 2022 #2

Excellent.... Excellent!!! Blue Owl Mar 2022 #4

Id like to get the current one through before manchin refuses to let any in. quakerboy Mar 2022 #93

Yes you did! I'm a witness! BComplex Mar 2022 #101

Thoughts and Prayers!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not the same as the GOP for the record!!! NT texasfiddler Mar 2022 #3

Herman is calling malaise Mar 2022 #5

Is Herman creating more infections for the pubic hair? LiberalFighter Mar 2022 #38

"Muriel, you're terrible." ;) yorkster Mar 2022 #46

Yes SledDriver Mar 2022 #99

As somebody who used to sing at a local karaoke bar... old as dirt Mar 2022 #107

God..if you're listening.. agingdem Mar 2022 #6

please please please please ornotna Mar 2022 #13

Hoo boy. gldstwmn Mar 2022 #7

Oh, so sad... BigmanPigman Mar 2022 #8

I appreciate your honesty.... FarPoint Mar 2022 #37

Oh, well, if you're going to be so subtle... dchill Mar 2022 #97

Be still MOMFUDSKI Mar 2022 #9

Nothing To Get Excited About, He's Just Getting Extra Special Treatment SoCalDavidS Mar 2022 #10

Influenza is not treated with antibiotics. gldstwmn Mar 2022 #26

That does seem strange... viva la Mar 2022 #28

But lots of things that are cause "flu-like symptoms " FBaggins Mar 2022 #39

Doctors treated my father in laws flu with antibiotics and it very nearly killed him Iwasthere Mar 2022 #41

Pneumonia can be a bacterial infection IronLionZion Mar 2022 #66

Walk into the light BlueIdaho Mar 2022 #11

You sure there will be light exboyfil Mar 2022 #23

Let's go with that... BlueIdaho Mar 2022 #24

Yup. grumpyduck Mar 2022 #29

I'm kind of picturing the gremlins from the movie "Ghost" Horse with no Name Mar 2022 #35

Fire light? 😈 LakeArenal Mar 2022 #51

Might be hot flames where he's going IronLionZion Mar 2022 #67

sort of a black light, not for illuminating cool posters, just black and dark... Evolve Dammit Mar 2022 #87

Maybe it's the kind of light a lot of flames generate... calimary Mar 2022 #104

Works for me. niyad Mar 2022 #117

Neither COVID nor the flu are treated with IV antibiotics Effete Snob Mar 2022 #14

He was diagnosed with an infection per the OP post. LisaL Mar 2022 #21

His doctors probably aren't stupid IronLionZion Mar 2022 #53

Several comments about Herman Cain in the thread Effete Snob Mar 2022 #60

I think it's a reference to Thomas possibly getting an HCA madeup64 Mar 2022 #80

Tots and pears vercetti2021 Mar 2022 #15

For the first time in my life ItsjustMe Mar 2022 #16

Is he going to be another Herman Cain? Coventina Mar 2022 #17

A dead black man? Effete Snob Mar 2022 #64

Lol. BlackSkimmer Mar 2022 #90

hmmmm JI7 Mar 2022 #18

Biting my tongue here. sheshe2 Mar 2022 #19

Funny...in my household we say PCIntern Mar 2022 #91

That one works as well! sheshe2 Mar 2022 #100

What I want to say would get me banned SoonerPride Mar 2022 #20

If Clarence Thomas was dead or sitting on the bench @ the SCOTUS could you spot the difference? Botany Mar 2022 #22

Just like the Kavanaugh hearing... spooky3 Mar 2022 #119

Will his wife find time between her political commitments to visit him? Totally Tunsie Mar 2022 #25

She only has political commitments.... SergeStorms Mar 2022 #92

Be still my beating heart... jmbar2 Mar 2022 #27

Ok mcar Mar 2022 #30

Fascist Karma? Cha Mar 2022 #31

Long Dong Silver sarcasmo Mar 2022 #32

Oh, don't you toy with my emotions like that....... nt Carlitos Brigante Mar 2022 #33

Oh dear God, please don't let anything happen to him. milestogo Mar 2022 #34

Justice, your mind needs more exercise, you've been sitting on that bench too long bucolic_frolic Mar 2022 #36

Softly and tenderly......Herman is calling...get that pizza Clarence... Comfortably_Numb Mar 2022 #40

Yes... yes... Blue Owl Mar 2022 #116

We can hope, right? Comfortably_Numb Mar 2022 #125

Karma if Biden gets to nominate ANOTHER minority woman... Sancho Mar 2022 #42

Hmmm... DET Mar 2022 #43

agree nt Grasswire2 Mar 2022 #58

No bacterial infections don't provoke viral infections. FloridaBlues Mar 2022 #83

Nice... ColinC Mar 2022 #45

Karma if you are listening... HipChick Mar 2022 #47

Please God. 🙏 Crunchy Frog Mar 2022 #48

amen BootinUp Mar 2022 #59

I am praying for the illness to win gopiscrap Mar 2022 #49

Ivermectin and stay home. Hospitals are for sheep IronLionZion Mar 2022 #50

It would be an absolute tragedy if that miserable fucker died Orrex Mar 2022 #54

Prayers Lucky Luciano Mar 2022 #55

This is what I want Best_man23 Mar 2022 #56

Sorry, I am not politically correct.🤞 ashredux Mar 2022 #57

Just send him home, so Ginny can take care of him with some of her 'Q' snake oil! 70sEraVet Mar 2022 #61

My thoughts are not fit to print. No sympathy here. Paper Roses Mar 2022 #62

As Thomas Jefferson said of Patrick Henry. "We must pray for his death!" nt Quixote1818 Mar 2022 #63

They all recover comfortably greenjar_01 Mar 2022 #65

Except... DET Mar 2022 #71

I guess.. mvd Mar 2022 #69

Teaser headline aeromanKC Mar 2022 #70

I always have a bottle chilling these days. niyad Mar 2022 #120

Good call!! aeromanKC Mar 2022 #121

The vultures coming to roost is disturbing. Woodwizard Mar 2022 #74

No comparison, one was a saint, the other is an asshole that Meadowoak Mar 2022 #86

The weakest legal mind on the court and gldstwmn Mar 2022 #113

Well our current president could have asked... Woodwizard Mar 2022 #124

Why would Joe lower himself to the level gldstwmn Mar 2022 #129

Clarence Thomas was appointed to the seat vacated by the towering jurist Thurgood Marshall... Hekate Mar 2022 #112

Wishing for someone to die is not both siderism. Woodwizard Mar 2022 #115

I would be ok with him retiring to spend more time with Ginny Meadowoak Mar 2022 #122

I understand Hekate Mar 2022 #126

"Alexa, play Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" Tarc Mar 2022 #75

Let us offer thoughts and prayers... brooklynite Mar 2022 #76

My mom always said if I can't say something nice...🤐nt helpisontheway Mar 2022 #77

Give him BidenRocks Mar 2022 #78

Oh please oh please oh please! CrackityJones75 Mar 2022 #79

bleach & ivermectin enema, stat! bringthePaine Mar 2022 #81

Fuck him. YDogg Mar 2022 #82

What a f*cking tease! OneBro Mar 2022 #84

"... will participate in the consideration...." area51 Mar 2022 #85

This would be a good time to retire Clarence srose58089 Mar 2022 #88

I don't wish him dead Bettie Mar 2022 #89

It is unnecessary and somewhat unkind to tease me like that! dchill Mar 2022 #95

Thoughts and prayers bif Mar 2022 #96

Per WebMD - KewlKat Mar 2022 #98

He has good doctors BGBD Mar 2022 #111

We're all thinking the same thing GarySeven Mar 2022 #102

I'm sure it's nothing serious. LudwigPastorius Mar 2022 #105

Gosh. I hope it's nothing trivial. Hekate Mar 2022 #106

Sounds like a good time for all his unmasked unvaccinated pals to visit him struggle4progress Mar 2022 #108

I'd be willing to settle for him retiring... diane in sf Mar 2022 #110

I'll pray for him. It's the least I can do. Midnight Writer Mar 2022 #114

May he receive everything he deserves. niyad Mar 2022 #118

Amen. Iggo Mar 2022 #128

Flu like symptoms... littlemissmartypants Mar 2022 #127