RFK Jr: Worms Ate My Brain

[iluvatar5150]

Filed under: Glad he’s okay, but it’s still kinda funny.

R.F.K. Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain

The presidential candidate has faced previously undisclosed health issues, including a parasite that he said ate part of his brain.

www.nytimes.com

Several doctors noticed a dark spot on the younger Mr. Kennedy’s brain scans and concluded that he had a tumor, he said in a 2012 deposition reviewed by The New York Times. Mr. Kennedy was immediately scheduled for a procedure at Duke University Medical Center by the same surgeon who had operated on his uncle, he said.​

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While packing for the trip, he said, he received a call from a doctor at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital who had a different opinion: Mr. Kennedy, he believed, had a dead parasite in his head.​

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The doctor believed that the abnormality seen on his scans “was caused by a worm that got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died,” Mr. Kennedy said in the deposition.​

 

[Laodicean60]

A while back I saw a video about parasites within the body by drinking dirty water, the tapeworm was over a foot long. How do you not know you have something like this in your body?

Mr. Kennedy was immediately scheduled for a procedure at Duke University Medical Center by the same surgeon who had operated on his uncle, he said.

Man, the doctor must have been OLD.

 

[Desk trauma]

The jokes write themselves.

 

[iluvatar5150]

A while back I saw a video about parasites within the body by drinking dirty water, the tapeworm was over a foot long. How do you not know you have something like this in your body?

Tapeworms are pretty skinny and most of the body is fairly elastic to a degree. You've probably got a couple pounds of feces in your colon right now that you don't even notice.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

Can we get one normal, healthy candidate to choose from?

 

[AlexB23]

Yo bros and sisters, for anyone who is fascinated with science, the pork tapeworm (Taenia solium) is a species of worm that can grown 6 ft (2 m) or more. These worms use pigs as an intermediate host, before moving on to humans as the primary host. Remember folks, cook your food. This is the politics forum, but just had to put some science in here. About RFK, even though I do not like him cos of his conspiracy theories, I do not wish harm upon him.

Yes, this is from Wikipedia, but there is a lot of info about tapeworms (age rating 12+, as the topic is medical): Taenia solium - Wikipedia

 

[Laodicean60]

Tapeworms are pretty skinny and most of the body is fairly elastic to a degree. You've probably got a couple pounds of feces in your colon right now that you don't even notice.

True, because sometimes I barely make it to the bathroom.

 

[Laodicean60]

Yo bros and sisters, for anyone who is fascinated with science, the pork tapeworm

I forgot about pork. I cook pork WELL DONE.

 

[AlexB23]

I forgot about pork. I cook pork WELL DONE.

Yeah, same here. But even then, I do not like pork that much. Chicken tastes better in my opinion. But, to each his own.

 

[Laodicean60]

Can we get one normal, healthy candidate to choose from?

In today's world, no. Also, the odds are that these dinosaurs have more than one health issue.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Was it a Russian worm?

RFK Jr’s ‘history lesson’ on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine flunks the fact test​

A line-by-line dissection shows he’s often echoing Russian talking points.

A reader asked us to fact-check a four-minute “history lesson” posted by presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on YouTube. International events — and the causes of war — are often open to interpretation. But Kennedy’s lecture, about how the United States allegedly provoked the Ukraine war, was filled with so much misinformation and Russian talking points that it seems worthy of a detailed look.

 

[RocksInMyHead]

I forgot about pork. I cook pork WELL DONE.

These days, trichinosis in commercially-farmed pork is basically non-existent. Cooking pork to 135-140 (medium to medium-well) is more than sufficient from a food safety perspective, and results in much more palatable food (i.e. not tough and dried out).

The only place it's really a concern anymore is if you're eating wild hog.

 

[Elliewaves]

It died of starvation , right? right?

 

[Laodicean60]

Was it a Russian worm?

RFK Jr’s ‘history lesson’ on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine flunks the fact test​

A line-by-line dissection shows he’s often echoing Russian talking points.

A reader asked us to fact-check a four-minute “history lesson” posted by presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on YouTube. International events — and the causes of war — are often open to interpretation. But Kennedy’s lecture, about how the United States allegedly provoked the Ukraine war, was filled with so much misinformation and Russian talking points that it seems worthy of a detailed look.

This is OT and I won't reply but I looked up your article because of the paywall and to my amazement the left and right media have found some common ground. I believe what RFK jr. says about NATO expansion.

Then you have this. "Zelensky admits he sabotaged Minsk peace deal with Russia, West blocked negotiations" I know, I know, Russian Propaganda. Peace out

Ukraine's Zelensky admits he sabotaged Minsk peace deal with Russia, West blocked negotiations - Geopolitical Economy Report

Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky admitted to Der Spiegel he refused to implement the 2015 Minsk II peace deal with Russia. Germany and France said Kiev used the agreement to buy time to prepare for war.

geopoliticaleconomy.com

 

[RocksInMyHead]

I forgot about pork. I cook pork WELL DONE.

To add to my previous post, here's a discussion (and recipe) from a chef on the topic: Perfect Pan-Seared Pork Chops Recipe

 

[Laodicean60]

To add to my previous post, here's a discussion (and recipe) from a chef on the topic: Perfect Pan-Seared Pork Chops Recipe

Man, those pork chops look good!
"Above 140°F things start to go south pretty fast. Muscle fibrils tense up very tight, expelling internal moisture in copious amounts—a chop can lose up to 30% of its moisture when cooked to 150°F or higher. Here be dragons. You want to stay away."

I like my pork to come out like jerky and my (edit: wife doesn't.)

 

[T.i.m.o.t.h.y.]

Can we get one normal, healthy candidate to choose from?

Healthy maybe, but normal? The category is politics, remember?

 

[T.i.m.o.t.h.y.]

Yo bros and sisters, for anyone who is fascinated with science, the pork tapeworm (Taenia solium) is a species of worm that can grown 6 ft (2 m) or more. These worms use pigs as an intermediate host, before moving on to humans as the primary host. Remember folks, cook your food. This is the politics forum, but just had to put some science in here. About RFK, even though I do not like him cos of his conspiracy theories, I do not wish harm upon him.

Yes, this is from Wikipedia, but there is a lot of info about tapeworms (age rating 12+, as the topic is medical): Taenia solium - Wikipedia

When I first heard that pork = pigs = worms.. I called it hogwash. But then when I took a good look at a leg of pork and saw tiny little squiggly wormies.. I decided I'd never eat that again. I've gone to processed deli ham instead. Clearly it's a lot safer.

 

[T.i.m.o.t.h.y.]

To add to my previous post, here's a discussion (and recipe) from a chef on the topic: Perfect Pan-Seared Pork Chops Recipe

Everythings better with it slow cooked, drowned in pineapple juice for the first hour, then juice dumped and drown that pork in red juice for the second hour. Then drain out the juice and stab the pork with a lot of those clover darts. Okay, if you want to float the pork in the juice, do it then. Serve with side dishes of marshmallowed sweet potatoe, white mashed potatoe, baked creamed corn, and baked mac & (colby)cheese. For desert: favorite ice cream in cone. And side, side desert: marshmallow cones. What?.. nourishing foods?.. what's that?

 

[durangodawood]

It died of starvation , right? right?

Either that or food poisoning.