Biden Falls
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True, that. At least today's party.
And all that much easier when the other guy is also too old for the job and too crazy as well.
@Jon said in Biden Falls:
True, that. At least today's party.
And all that much easier when the other guy is also too old for the job and too crazy as well.
Most people who aren't entirely captured by their hatred of the Rs, would be hard pressed to apply that sort of thinking to DeSantis.
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@Jon said in Biden Falls:
He would be neither. I’m referring to the front runner and the de facto leader of the party.
By "that sort of thinking", I mean a full stop repulsion which forces a vote for the D candidate. Considering you've already categorized DeSantis as "worse than Warren", a person who you wish would die, I'm assuming the too-old Biden has your vote if the second most probable R gets the nomination. You can feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
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For all the silliness, I just walked out of an ED room and it puts this in perspective. Patient is 82. She's fairly cognizant, but just a little dazed and scared after a fall. Doc was finishing up his initial exam, but everybody in the room knows this is a hip, even before they shoot the xrays.
Doc is explaining to her she must be transported to a hospital with an ortho on call and she's with it enough to name the street a prospective hospital is on...Probably the same one that did her R knee, I'm guessing. But in today's medicine, the Doc can't guaranty anything, except he'll try to find something as close as he can.
This is reality for an 80 year-old man. This easily could have turned into something where Biden could be hauled off on a gurney and placed on a medivac. That's what a lot of people will vote for to lead the free world in a less than two years.
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For all the silliness, I just walked out of an ED room and it puts this in perspective. Patient is 82. She's fairly cognizant, but just a little dazed and scared after a fall. Doc was finishing up his initial exam, but everybody in the room knows this is a hip, even before they shoot the xrays.
Doc is explaining to her she must be transported to a hospital with an ortho on call and she's with it enough to name the street a prospective hospital is on...Probably the same one that did her R knee, I'm guessing. But in today's medicine, the Doc can't guaranty anything, except he'll try to find something as close as he can.
This is reality for an 80 year-old man. This easily could have turned into something where Biden could be hauled off on a gurney and placed on a medivac. That's what a lot of people will vote for to lead the free world in a less than two years.
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Can You Stand on One Leg for 10 Seconds? What that Tells You About Your Overall Health
Details of the study
The recent study included 1,702 participants, aged 51 to 75, with an average age of 61. About two-thirds of the participants were men.
Researchers asked the participants to stand on one leg. The front of the free leg rested on the back of the opposite lower leg. Their arms were by their sides and their gaze straight ahead.
Participants were allowed up to three attempts and were allowed to use either leg.
About 20 percent of the participants were unable to complete the task, with that number increasing with age:
5 percent of participants between 51 and 55 failed
8 percent of those between 56 and 60 failed
18 percent of those between 61 and 65 failed
About 37 percent of those 66 to 70 failed
54 percent of participants between 71 and 75 failed
After accounting for age, sex, and underlying health conditions, the inability to stand one-legged for 10 seconds was associated with an 84 percent heightened risk of all-cause death over a median follow-up period of 7 years.
Believe it or not, I practice this most days.
I usually don't do it to exhaustion, I get bored after a minute and stop.
“It is important to remember,” said Lubetzky, “that the study found a correlation, not a cause-and-effect relationship.”
“Typically, a person in their 50s should be able to balance on one leg for around 40 seconds. Someone in their 60s is looking at 20 seconds, and someone in their 70s is around 10 seconds,”
