Former President George H.W. Bush Hospitalized for Bronchitis: Are Common Viruses More Dangerous for Elderly?

by The Big Question Posted 2012/11/29 22:21:02

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Rude&Reckless 2012/11/30 00:48:15

Yes

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Why is this a poll exactly? It's a known fact, not anybody's opinion, that common viruses have a more severe effect on the elderly...

I'm making a new poll everybody!
Is the sun hot?
Please, tell me your opinion on the matter!
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sjalan 2012/12/02 03:17:04

Yes

As one gets older the immune system breaks down and the body can be infected with something it cannot fight off.

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Dickens 2012/11/30 19:13:00

Yes

...well, at least he's one of the few Americans who doesn't have to worry about whether or not he's going to have health care available..

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Ambassador II 2012/11/30 08:10:31

Yes

Yes, definitely. Want me to describe my Thanksgiving weekend with the "stomach flu" virus?

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♛Littlɘ Ǫuɘɘn~ƿɦɐɘϯ 2012/11/30 03:57:37

Yes

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The elderly, the very young, and the immunocompromised.

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srini 2012/11/30 03:26:54

Yes

And almost certainly for a man who is only two years short of his Nine-Oh.

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Jeh 2012/11/30 02:02:45

Yes

Wow Sodahead, WTF? Is this what it has come to, having opinion polls on well known facts? And this is the Big Question?!? If you are going to open the floor to debating of accepted knowledge, then ask questions like Global Warming: fact or whatever opinion Science doesn't accredit. What do you think?

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Rude&Reckless 2012/11/30 00:48:15

Yes

+8
Why is this a poll exactly? It's a known fact, not anybody's opinion, that common viruses have a more severe effect on the elderly...

I'm making a new poll everybody!
Is the sun hot?
Please, tell me your opinion on the matter!

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Jeh to Rude&Re... 2012/11/30 01:24:36

Yes the sun is hot and it's Obama's fault

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alex 2012/11/30 00:44:29

Yes

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duh. is it not a fact that as you become elderly your immune system weakens? x.x

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bags the Indigenous Guru 2012/11/30 00:26:50

Yes

Pneumonia is known as the 'friend of the elderly' because so many finally give up the battle to it.

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ladyvoldemort 2012/11/29 23:49:04 (edited)

Yes

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Their bodies and immune systems aren't like it once was. I had bronchitis when I was 9 and I was put on an inhaler temporarily for that. I've never been hospitalized for injury or illness.

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LesWaggoner BN 1 2012/11/29 23:35:33

Yes

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Since I am, at 71, one of the elderly I can attest to this on a personal basis.

I had no serious medical problems until I was 69 years old.

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mike to LesWagg... 2012/11/30 02:38:05

age is just a number!!!

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LesWagg... to mike 2012/12/07 01:27:07

The voice of experience?

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ConLibFraud 2012/11/29 23:32:35

Yes

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But surely this NWO thug has only the best healthcare!

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Queen Katherine 2012/11/29 23:29:00

Yes

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Absolutely! Their immune system isn't what it once was which makes getting over things like the common cold a lot more difficult.

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yabbadabbadoo 2012/11/29 23:27:44 (edited)

Yes

if the elderly were healthier, worked out, didnt let their doctors turn them into toxic pill addicts, and werent brainwashed to take vaccines every year im sure their immune systems would be much healthier and able to fight off common sicknesses

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Grabitz 2012/11/29 23:25:46

Yes

Well of course they are more dangerous , its even more dangerous for us old timers to cross the street . As far as old man Bush I have nothing good to say about the guy who brought in the UN and its NWO without permishion from any of us .

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E.Sailor 2012/11/29 23:23:55

Yes

And for little childs, in my opinion!

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♩♪♥Victoria♥♪♫ 2012/11/29 23:21:18

Yes

Why would anyone vote no?!?! are they stupid?!?!

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davidgoessplat 2012/11/29 23:14:05

Yes

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This is a really obvious an redundant question.

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MOMMA THOMAS 2012/11/29 23:02:30

Yes

HARDER TO FIGHT THE BUG WHEN YOU'RE OLDER! GET WELL, MR. BUSH!

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Emanon 2012/11/29 22:51:54 (edited)

Yes

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Yeah, weakened immune system and all.

While I admit I am of his ideological opposite, get well, good sir.

..goes back to my cave.

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Christopher Kirchen 2012/11/29 22:43:01

Yes

Because often their immune systems aren't as strong as those of younger people.

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Sister Jean 2012/11/29 22:37:17

Yes

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God alone knows he's kinda frail and they fear pneumonia

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Maya Zauberman 2012/11/29 22:33:48

Yes

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Since their immune system has worn out due to constantly fighting bacteria for a while.

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Car1u5 2012/11/29 22:21:51

Yes

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Hopefully anyway.

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Christo... to Car1u5 2012/11/29 22:44:03

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"Hopefully anyway", I hope no one says that about a loved one of yours.

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freedomsox to Christo... 2012/11/29 23:20:23 (edited)

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When he answered, the question read "will George H.W. Bush have a quick recovery?"

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luke to Christo... 2012/11/30 00:37:42

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They edited the title of the question after she answered.

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Car1u5 to Christo... 2012/11/30 12:19:31

i was saying hopefully he will be ok. why does everyone on here automatically assume yo mean the worst?

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Christo... to Car1u5 2012/11/30 14:11:19

context,

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Car1u5 to Christo... 2012/11/30 14:45:32

I answered, the question read "will George H.W. Bush have a quick recovery?"

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Christo... to Car1u5 2012/11/30 14:56:04

When I answered it the question was, :" Are common viruses more dangerous for elderly?"

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Car1u5 to Christo... 2012/11/30 19:09:17

I think once you post a question and someone rplies you should not be able to change it.

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