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IronLionZion

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4. A friend in his 30s has COVID-19

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2020, 12:09 AM

May 2020

it caused blood clots all over him, including his lungs requiring hospitalization. It affects people very differently and is not something for "getting their own illness out of the way". Young people have gotten strokes, heart attacks, and died from it already.

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A New Source Of Coronavirus Spread: 'Covid-19 Parties' [View all] appalachiablue May 2020 OP

Selfish idiots. C Moon May 2020 #1

Selfish, reckless endangerment of others lives. appalachiablue May 2020 #5

"Covidiots" WheelWalker May 2020 #6

Some people are just f***ing stupid. madaboutharry May 2020 #2

I suspect this may fall under the meme of yuiyoshida May 2020 #14

Guess they are caught the stoopids b4 attending benld74 May 2020 #3

A friend in his 30s has COVID-19 IronLionZion May 2020 #4

Good God! CountAllVotes May 2020 #7

I give up. Initech May 2020 #10

Not sure about the beer... yuiyoshida May 2020 #16

Thank god I live not too far from a dispensary! Initech May 2020 #19

Not only is my dispensary still growing and selling weed yuiyoshida May 2020 #20

Trump warriors. Surprised he isn't encouraging this. olddad65 May 2020 #21

My mother Wawannabe May 2020 #8

Maybe for Chicken pox (For kids) yuiyoshida May 2020 #17

kinda stupid on the chicken pox front as well stopdiggin May 2020 #22

Trump wouldn't understand a virus even if yuiyoshida May 2020 #25

It used to be common practice before wnylib May 2020 #30

Thanks Wawannabe May 2020 #32

My parents did that as well. forgotmylogin May 2020 #33

I didn't catch Chickenpox until I was 30 and 6 months pregnant LibinMo May 2020 #43

There's a certain attraction Turbineguy May 2020 #9

Hey Wawannabe May 2020 #35

: Turbineguy May 2020 #39

Just play Russian Roulette instead. It's faster and less painful. TeamPooka May 2020 #11

One in 6, Igel May 2020 #36

Sounds like a death wish to me. calimary May 2020 #12

This used to be the strategy for usual childhood diseases Warpy May 2020 #13

sorry for your experience stopdiggin May 2020 #23

IDIOTS. I blame the anti-vaxxers, who pass around the fables of 1950s "chicken pox parties"... Hekate May 2020 #15

Also Known as Anti-Lockdown Protests TomCADem May 2020 #18

Heading I think we passed that threshold already. Sin May 2020 #28

Why did they go to all the trouble of hosting parties to get the virus... Jack-o-Lantern May 2020 #24

Gee, they feel really bad rpannier May 2020 #26

If they are going to insist on doing this, Sloumeau May 2020 #27

May the odds be ever in their favor. tanyev May 2020 #29

The picture at the bottom of your post CountAllVotes May 2020 #31

Borrowed from another DUer, it's wild appalachiablue May 2020 #34

If you don't mind, I'll *borrow* it too! CountAllVotes May 2020 #38

Go for it! appalachiablue May 2020 #41

+1 CountAllVotes May 2020 #42

It's time to authorize the use of lethal force Neerav B. Trivedi May 2020 #37

Seriously? Don't tell the cops in Jersey City NJ madville May 2020 #40

Oh well! abakan May 2020 #44