Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain hospitalized with Covid-19

[Marcuse]

Source: CNBC

Cain, 74, was told Monday that he had tested positive for the disease, according to a statement posted to his official Twitter account. By Wednesday, he "had developed symptoms serious enough that he required hospitalization," the statement said.

Last month, Cain attended Trump's much-hyped rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which was billed to be the kickoff event for the president's reelection bid after the coronavirus pandemic forced him off the campaign trail for months.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/02/herman-cain-hospitalized-with-covid-19.html

[efhmc]

1. Who else was infected that we do not know about because that person is not famous?

[IronLionZion]

11. 2,804,731 Americans

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

[matt819]

2. Well. . .

I don't really care. Do you?

[totodeinhere]

5. I do care. I don't wish this on anyone.

And besides, who knows how many other people he may have infected before he became symptomatic. This virus doesn't care if you are a Republican or a Democrat. It can get anybody.

[gab13by13]

25. I agree but too bad Trump won't care,

Trump will look upon it as Herman giving him bad publicity.

[sop]

3. Herman, can you say 19, 19, 19?

[Joe Nation]

7. 9, 9, 9

You give him too much credit.

[thesquanderer]

56. Q: "Mr. Cain, have you and those around you worn masks, socially distanced, and washed hands?"

Cain's reply: "Nein, nein, nein."

[ashredux]

4. The question now is who did Herman infect over the last 10 days...

[Cha]

32. Yes, that is a good question.. also.. who did he pick it up from

at the Toxic Tulsa Rally?

[Doug.Goodall]

36. Can we start a wish list?

I want to put Karl Rove on the list.

[klook]

6. Cain was stricken with Covid-999

[Roc2020]

8. He is in the risk category because of his age

I wish him a speedy recovery.

[totodeinhere]

9. But unlike many others in his age group he has the resources to get the best possible

medical care. I don't wish this on anybody but he probably has a much better chance than a lot of other people.

[mtngirl47]

14. The others in his age group have Medicare.

Medicare is excellent care....Remember? We want Medicare for all!

It is the uninsured that are not going to get excellent care.

[totodeinhere]

18. Medicare has a 20% copay and many providers do not accept it. Where I live it is almost impossible

to find a primary care physician who accepts patients on Medicare. My doctor accepts me only because I was his patient before I went on Medicare so I am grandfathered. But he does not accept new patients on Medicare. So yes I do remember but what I remember is not so good.

[DownriverDem]

37. It's

accepted in Michigan.

[OverBurn]

43. Wow. I thought most doctors accept Medicare. Here in Indy most do, I think.

[totodeinhere]

45. Here is an article that discusses the topic.

https://www.verywellhealth.com/doctors-accept-medicare-insurance-3976280

[Sgent]

62. Most

accept it at some level, but maybe only for inpatients, or (in this case) pre-existing patients. Hospital affiliated practices are in a different boat, but for private physicians they usually want to limit the number of Medicare patients -- they generally pay less (sometimes significantly) than private insurance.

[thesquanderer]

53. His age AND pre-existing health conditions AND African American. n/t

[deurbano]

10. He tested positive 9 days after the Tulsa rally, so may have picked it up there or in transit.

[yaesu]

12. one of the original t-party asswipes. nt

[truthisfreedom]

13. Imagine the comic relief we'd have had

If this buffoon has been president.


Feel better soon, Herman.

[Marcuse]

20. He may have been better than Drumpf.

[groundloop]

28. "Better" is the wrong description..... "Not as bad" is more accurate.

[Marcuse]

48. I was thinking better at providing comic relief and gallows humor, but yeah.

[bucolic_frolic]

15. Herman, you are the pizza now

Can't say as I have any thoughts one way or another about you or your life, I think you ran for President at one time, but I hope they bake the COVID out of you!

[Jirel]

16. TulSA! TulSA! TulSA!

Hopefully more high profile psychopaths will join him in becoming dire warnings.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

17. Too bad, so sad.

Not. Don't know if he's made any public announcements, but if he's been going around unmasked and attending things like the rally in Tulsa, he shouldn't be the least bit surprised.

It's still unfathomable to me that Trump hasn't already come down with it. Give him time, I suppose.

[lagomorph777]

23. Trump is safe because he takes Hydroxychloroquine with a Clorox chaser every night before bed.

[Hulk]

19. I hear ingesting bleach will help kill the virus ...

... and be sure to spray yourself down with Lysol .

No more sympathy for this clown then I have for any other poor soul catches the Trump virus. And they get Vice President Biden flack about being sleepy Joe .... more like speedy Gonzales compared to this clown.

Somebody already posted it but, “I don’t care, do you.”

[DesertRat]

21. Here's a picture of him inside the Trump Tulsa rally on June 20

Shoulder to shoulder. No masks. Yikes.

[Tech]

24. And over 60, and a cancer survivor. Hopefully he will become a cautionary tale.

[DesertRat]

46. He's 74!

What a fool.

[groundloop]

29. Probably have EVERY black person for trump in that photo.

[DesertRat]

49. Who the heck is this guy?

Link to tweet

[Marcuse]

52. "Stop blaming President Trump!" It's Herman's fault. His lack of faith is disturbing.

[Cha]

34. smh.. so pathetic.. anyone who supports that Bloated Treasonous

asshole should hang their heads in Shame

[AC_Mem]

38. Wonder how many

Of those in this picture are positive?

Insanity to not wear a mask!!!

[DesertRat]

41. I know! And how many did they spread it to?

[Mr. Ected]

51. And only the cowboy on the right was wearing a mask

Cough. Cough.

[lagomorph777]

22. He deliberately attended what was intended to be a super-spreader event.

The event fizzled, but probably not before infecting at least 1,000 MAGATs, including Cain. And, thanks to their dirty habits, the MAGATs will spread the virus like they spread hate. Everywhere.

[gab13by13]

26. Yes, that is an important point,

a heck of a lot of the people there were from all over the country.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

27. Yep, he was basically asking for it.

I saw a large number of adults gathered close together, without masks, as they yelled and cheered yesterday for kids playing soccer and baseball on various fields at a nearby recreation center.

They're asking for it too. They were outside, of course, but jammed together like the virus doesn't exist. Freakin' unbelievable! And the cases were already spiking in this county of SW Ohio!

[NYC Liberal]

58. Here in my neighborhood in NYC, I walked past a restaurant that

was opened with outdoor seating. Of course, no distancing — everyone was packed in at tables crammed to fit on the sidewalk — and no masks.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

59. Ugh, not NYC too!

There's dummies everywhere, so I shouldn't be too surprised. Except so many New Yorkers experienced it already!

Maybe tourists?

The non-reaction to the virus by so many Americans really blows my mind.

[mackdaddy]

30. I think he is in a great deal of trouble. Covid has killed many with a lot fewer comorbidities.

I wonder if this is why Pence is suddenly promoting Mask wearing?

I also wonder how may more from the "VIP" section have either already tested positive, or are waiting for their results. Everyone in the photo above is at risk having been indoors and close to someone positive for hours hooting and hollering for good ole Trump.

[durablend]

31. Victim of a "hoax"

The head Cheeto is *not* gonna be happy about this....

[catbyte]

33. I wonder if Inhofe is sweating now because he refused to wear a mask at the Tulsa rally.

[Marcuse]

42. The people breathing down his neck behind him are masked, so he figures he's safe.

Cain? Not so much.

[NurseJackie]

39. Did he contract Covid in Tulsa? Or did he spread it?

[keithbvadu2]

40. Offer Herman some Hydroxychloroquine.

Offer Herman some Hydroxychloroquine.

[RhodeIslandOne]

44. Oh well

I hope his Sim City survives without him.

[Scalded Nun]

47. Intubate his shucky-ducky ass

Condemned face masks just prior to his hospitalization, or so I have been told.

[jb5150]

50. Gee .......

That's too bad.

[Dios Mio]

55. Farts and prayers

[MRDAWG]

54. Cain got the minimum wage reduced for.............

restaurant servers.

[hatrack]

57. I hear Uzbekibekibekistan has good medical care . . .

Play stupid games,win stupid prizes.

[Demonaut]

60. sorry but: fuck him

[XanaDUer2]

63. Thoughts and prayers

Nt