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kpete

(72,005 posts)
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 08:43 AM Mar 2020

Breaking: Sen. John Thune falls ill, flown home to South Dakota

Sen. John Thune is returning to South Dakota after falling ill today, according to an announcement from his spokesman.

The decision comes as Congress debates a stimulus package worth $2 trillion that would assist businesses and unemployed workers amid the COVID-19 global pandemic.

Thune, 59, is South Dakota's senior senator and the second-ranking Republican in the Senate.

According to spokesman Ryan Wrasse, Thune woke up this morning not feeling well. He consulted with both a physician in Washington and a physician in Sioux Falls.



https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2020/03/25/thune-falls-ill-miss-vote/2913910001/

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Breaking: Sen. John Thune falls ill, flown home to South Dakota (Original Post) kpete Mar 2020 OP
how long ago was CPAC? NewJeffCT Mar 2020 #1
Feb 26-29 hlthe2b Mar 2020 #5
Exactly one incubation interval. lagomorph777 Mar 2020 #6
No, the incubation period is up to 14 days. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #21
You are right. Two incubations, which likely means wider spread through the GOP than known. lagomorph777 Mar 2020 #29
Maybe Rand Paul got him. KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #17
Democratic "hoax" at play-- hlthe2b Mar 2020 #2
it's amazing that Democrats NewJeffCT Mar 2020 #9
Or a few more votes during that impeachment hoax thing packman Mar 2020 #22
Did he fall victim to the COVID-19 hoax? lagomorph777 Mar 2020 #3
It's terrible to work under such conditions. kentuck Mar 2020 #4
karma. I wonder if he hung around Rand Paul? beachbumbob Mar 2020 #7
Let's hope he had a lot of meetings w/ McConnell. nt woodsprite Mar 2020 #8
Shouldn't he stay where he is? nycbos Mar 2020 #10
I'd hate to be the folks in that plane. sop Mar 2020 #13
I am sure he is flying in a private donated plane. redstatebluegirl Mar 2020 #26
Private plane. Follow the link. N/t Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #30
+1 uponit7771 Mar 2020 #28
From first hand experience, I can say that the Senate physicians are overly cautious DFW Mar 2020 #11
Do it for your grandkids economy John. gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #12
I wonder if he had lunch with Rand Paul? bronxiteforever Mar 2020 #14
The Senate shut down until late April! True Blue American Mar 2020 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author True Blue American Mar 2020 #15
Their stupidly is killing them. GulfCoast66 Mar 2020 #18
THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS HAB911 Mar 2020 #19
Is it babylonsister Mar 2020 #20
How did he fly home? Commercial? Infecting everyone on the plane? Government jet? If so, how does.... machoneman Mar 2020 #23
That was my question...how many did he contaminate on the way home. Why not seek KewlKat Mar 2020 #25
Private plane. LisaL Mar 2020 #31
Yes it's serious and yes I want everyone to recover jimfields33 Mar 2020 #24
Rand Paul is a regular Typhoid Mary. MontanaMama Mar 2020 #27

TwilightZone

(25,473 posts)
21. No, the incubation period is up to 14 days.
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 09:08 AM
Mar 2020

According to WHO, it's most commonly five days.

CPAC was a month ago.

"The “incubation period” means the time between catching the virus and beginning to have symptoms of the disease. Most estimates of the incubation period for COVID-19 range from 1-14 days, most commonly around five days. These estimates will be updated as more data become available."

https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses

Another source with similar info:

https://annals.org/aim/fullarticle/2762808/incubation-period-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-from-publicly-reported

If Thune has it, he probably got it from Paul or some other idiot who didn't care who they infected.

hlthe2b

(102,328 posts)
2. Democratic "hoax" at play--
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 08:45 AM
Mar 2020

Obviously.

I can't wish him or anyone to be ill. I do wish it would scare the bejeebus out of him and every other R.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
9. it's amazing that Democrats
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 08:48 AM
Mar 2020

can manufacture a hoax virus that can shut down almost the entire industrialized world and tank the markets, but they couldn't manage to get a few thousand more votes in 3 states in 2016...

kentuck

(111,106 posts)
4. It's terrible to work under such conditions.
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 08:45 AM
Mar 2020

I am sure.

Best of luck and good health to the Senator.

 

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)
7. karma. I wonder if he hung around Rand Paul?
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 08:46 AM
Mar 2020

now we need the likes of McConnel and Graham to go down

nycbos

(6,035 posts)
10. Shouldn't he stay where he is?
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 08:49 AM
Mar 2020

1. If he has COVID-19 he can infect more people traveling.
2. There is much better medical care in DC.

DFW

(54,426 posts)
11. From first hand experience, I can say that the Senate physicians are overly cautious
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 08:53 AM
Mar 2020

I was feeling ill one time in Sen. McCaskill's office, and they had the Senate physician look at me right away. They thought it might be a heart attack. I said no way, been there, done that, and this wasn't it. They called an ambulance and had me sent to the emergency room at GW anyway (it was just the flu, like I told them).

Response to kpete (Original post)

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
18. Their stupidly is killing them.
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 08:58 AM
Mar 2020

I recently read(sorry, no source. Can’t find it) that whole Democratic Senators we’re meet thru conference calls republicans were still meeting in a private room. After knowing some of them had been exposed.

machoneman

(4,007 posts)
23. How did he fly home? Commercial? Infecting everyone on the plane? Government jet? If so, how does....
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 09:14 AM
Mar 2020

he rank? Air Force jet? Again, how did he score this private flight?

Rank has it's privilege, eh?

KewlKat

(5,624 posts)
25. That was my question...how many did he contaminate on the way home. Why not seek
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 09:22 AM
Mar 2020

Treatment where he fell ill?

jimfields33

(15,905 posts)
24. Yes it's serious and yes I want everyone to recover
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 09:21 AM
Mar 2020

But soon would be a perfect time for that impeachment vote. 6 less republican votes already. That 2/3rd is getting lowers and lower needed.

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