RIP, Colin Powell
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Damn.
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From CDC: "Myeloma, also called multiple myeloma, is a cancer of the plasma cells. Plasma cells are white blood cells that make antibodies that protect us from infection. In myeloma, the cells grow too much, crowding out normal cells in the bone marrow that make red blood cells, platelets, and other white blood cells."
Makes sense, in this case.
Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka
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Wow, he looked young for his age. I thought he looked to be in his late 40's when he was serving under Bush.
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From CDC: "Myeloma, also called multiple myeloma, is a cancer of the plasma cells. Plasma cells are white blood cells that make antibodies that protect us from infection. In myeloma, the cells grow too much, crowding out normal cells in the bone marrow that make red blood cells, platelets, and other white blood cells."
Makes sense, in this case.
@catseye3 said in RIP, Colin Powell:
From CDC: "Myeloma, also called multiple myeloma, is a cancer of the plasma cells. Plasma cells are white blood cells that make antibodies that protect us from infection. In myeloma, the cells grow too much, crowding out normal cells in the bone marrow that make red blood cells, platelets, and other white blood cells."
Makes sense, in this case.
Yet people will still point to this as a breakthrough case, positing that the vaccine doesn't work.
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41375-021-01354-7
Thus, most MM patients have impaired responses to mRNA vaccination against COVID-19, and specific clinical and myeloma-related characteristics predict vaccine responsiveness.
Oh, and Parkinson's.
Add Parkinson’s disease to the list of health conditions that increase a person’s risk of hospitalization after contracting COVID-19, according to research from the Hartford HealthCare Chase Family Movement Disorders Center (CFMDC).
A team of researchers led by CFMDC Medical Director Dr. Joy Antonelle de Marcaida also found that patients with Parkinson’s and other movement disorders are more likely to have more severe outcomes than the general population if they get COVID-19, especially if they have concomitant dementia.
“While the COVID-19 pandemic has affected our work, our personal lives, our society . . . we had questions and concerns as to how this disease specifically affects the patients we care for,” said Dr. Jeffrey Lahrmann of CFMDC, part of Hartford HealthCare’s Ayer Neuroscience Institute.
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@catseye3 said in RIP, Colin Powell:
From CDC: "Myeloma, also called multiple myeloma, is a cancer of the plasma cells. Plasma cells are white blood cells that make antibodies that protect us from infection. In myeloma, the cells grow too much, crowding out normal cells in the bone marrow that make red blood cells, platelets, and other white blood cells."
Makes sense, in this case.
Yet people will still point to this as a breakthrough case, positing that the vaccine doesn't work.
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@catseye3 said in RIP, Colin Powell:
From CDC: "Myeloma, also called multiple myeloma, is a cancer of the plasma cells. Plasma cells are white blood cells that make antibodies that protect us from infection. In myeloma, the cells grow too much, crowding out normal cells in the bone marrow that make red blood cells, platelets, and other white blood cells."
Makes sense, in this case.
Yet people will still point to this as a breakthrough case, positing that the vaccine doesn't work.
@mik said in RIP, Colin Powell:
@catseye3 said in RIP, Colin Powell:
From CDC: "Myeloma, also called multiple myeloma, is a cancer of the plasma cells. Plasma cells are white blood cells that make antibodies that protect us from infection. In myeloma, the cells grow too much, crowding out normal cells in the bone marrow that make red blood cells, platelets, and other white blood cells."
Makes sense, in this case.
Yet people will still point to this as a breakthrough case, positing that the vaccine doesn't work.
What I've seen are people posting that this proves how important the boosters are... Though, as @bachophile noted, he could have been getting boosters every day and it would;dn't have helped.
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@mik said in RIP, Colin Powell:
@catseye3 said in RIP, Colin Powell:
From CDC: "Myeloma, also called multiple myeloma, is a cancer of the plasma cells. Plasma cells are white blood cells that make antibodies that protect us from infection. In myeloma, the cells grow too much, crowding out normal cells in the bone marrow that make red blood cells, platelets, and other white blood cells."
Makes sense, in this case.
Yet people will still point to this as a breakthrough case, positing that the vaccine doesn't work.
What I've seen are people posting that this proves how important the boosters are... Though, as @bachophile noted, he could have been getting boosters every day and it would;dn't have helped.
@lufins-dad said in RIP, Colin Powell:
@mik said in RIP, Colin Powell:
@catseye3 said in RIP, Colin Powell:
From CDC: "Myeloma, also called multiple myeloma, is a cancer of the plasma cells. Plasma cells are white blood cells that make antibodies that protect us from infection. In myeloma, the cells grow too much, crowding out normal cells in the bone marrow that make red blood cells, platelets, and other white blood cells."
Makes sense, in this case.
Yet people will still point to this as a breakthrough case, positing that the vaccine doesn't work.
What I've seen are people posting that this proves how important the boosters are... Though, as @bachophile noted, he could have been getting boosters every day and it would;dn't have helped.
Not everyone has the health issues that he had.
Please love yourself.
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@lufins-dad said in RIP, Colin Powell:
@mik said in RIP, Colin Powell:
@catseye3 said in RIP, Colin Powell:
From CDC: "Myeloma, also called multiple myeloma, is a cancer of the plasma cells. Plasma cells are white blood cells that make antibodies that protect us from infection. In myeloma, the cells grow too much, crowding out normal cells in the bone marrow that make red blood cells, platelets, and other white blood cells."
Makes sense, in this case.
Yet people will still point to this as a breakthrough case, positing that the vaccine doesn't work.
What I've seen are people posting that this proves how important the boosters are... Though, as @bachophile noted, he could have been getting boosters every day and it would;dn't have helped.
Not everyone has the health issues that he had.
@aqua-letifer said in RIP, Colin Powell:
@lufins-dad said in RIP, Colin Powell:
@mik said in RIP, Colin Powell:
@catseye3 said in RIP, Colin Powell:
From CDC: "Myeloma, also called multiple myeloma, is a cancer of the plasma cells. Plasma cells are white blood cells that make antibodies that protect us from infection. In myeloma, the cells grow too much, crowding out normal cells in the bone marrow that make red blood cells, platelets, and other white blood cells."
Makes sense, in this case.
Yet people will still point to this as a breakthrough case, positing that the vaccine doesn't work.
What I've seen are people posting that this proves how important the boosters are... Though, as @bachophile noted, he could have been getting boosters every day and it wouldn't have helped.
Not everyone has the health issues that he had.
Very few have the health issues he had. I'm just replying to Mik's concern that anti-vaxxers would point to this case and say "See! The vaccine didn't work!" That's not been the case. It's been people pointing to the need for Boosters.
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@mik crazy
Myeloma patients have no immune system. I doubt he could develop any viable antibodies from a vaccine. Any vaccine. Even mumps or measles.
Condolences to the Powells.
@bachophile said in RIP, Colin Powell:
Myeloma patients have no immune system. I doubt he could develop any viable antibodies from a vaccine. Any vaccine. Even mumps or measles.
What could have protected Gen. Powell was herd immunity -- if all those who came into contact with him were vaccinated or otherwise acquired immunity, Powell could have been spared from the disease.
Vaccination is not only to protect yourself, but also to protect those with whom you come into contact.
