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jmowreader

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16. Probably infectious, and you're looking at a CDC nightmare

Reply to LisaL (Reply #13)

Thu May 21, 2026, 10:56 PM

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Four days ago he competed in NASCAR's All-Star Race - a very public event. NASCAR, fortunately, knows who everyone attending a race is. But now they have to contact everyone who was within 50 feet of him to track the disease.

Unfortunately, this country's pandemic response system is under the control of Donald Fucking Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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Legendary NASCAR driver Kyle Busch dies at 41 [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Thursday OP

That was quick! BidenRocks Thursday #1

His hospitalization lasted a few hours. mahatmakanejeeves Thursday #2

Is he a MAGA fuckhead? Does he support and vote for a fucking rapist pedophile fuckstain? SoFlaBro Thursday #3

You're totally special. NT mahatmakanejeeves Thursday #4

Damn! Let the body cool first! BidenRocks Thursday #5

Stay classy n/t Polybius Thursday #9

Wonder if it's pneumonia. yourout Thursday #6

One article i read quotes him as dealing with a cough LearnedHand Thursday #7

A flu can kill too. LisaL Thursday #14

True that LearnedHand Thursday #15

I don't think he was birding in Argentina maxsolomon Friday #21

Will pneumonia or strep take you from "healthy enough to race" to dead in only four days? jmowreader Thursday #8

Yes, especially a strep infection. yardwork Thursday #10

Depends on the version. It took down Jim Henson really fast yourout Thursday #11

He had complained of a sinus infection a few days earlier. LudwigPastorius Friday #17

Meningitis was my first thought. littlemissmartypants Friday #18

That would make a lot of sense... yourout Friday #20

This is even wilder... jmowreader Thursday #12

Sounds like a sudden illness, not something chronic. LisaL Thursday #13

Probably infectious, and you're looking at a CDC nightmare jmowreader Thursday #16

I don't think CDC is tracing any common infections, such as flu or covid. LisaL Friday #24

... littlemissmartypants Friday #19

coughing up blood DoBW Friday #22

From what I gather, he had been coughing for days before his death. LisaL Friday #23