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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

May 21

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 May 21 OP

That was quick! BidenRocks May 21 #1

His hospitalization lasted a few hours. mahatmakanejeeves May 21 #2

Is he a MAGA fuckhead? Does he support and vote for a fucking rapist pedophile fuckstain? SoFlaBro May 21 #3

You're totally special. NT mahatmakanejeeves May 21 #4

Damn! Let the body cool first! BidenRocks May 21 #5

Stay classy n/t Polybius May 21 #9

Wonder if it's pneumonia. yourout May 21 #6

One article i read quotes him as dealing with a cough LearnedHand May 21 #7

A flu can kill too. LisaL May 21 #14

True that LearnedHand May 21 #15

I don't think he was birding in Argentina maxsolomon May 22 #21

Will pneumonia or strep take you from "healthy enough to race" to dead in only four days? jmowreader May 21 #8

Yes, especially a strep infection. yardwork May 21 #10

Depends on the version. It took down Jim Henson really fast yourout May 21 #11

He had complained of a sinus infection a few days earlier. LudwigPastorius May 22 #17

Meningitis was my first thought. littlemissmartypants May 22 #18

That would make a lot of sense... yourout May 22 #20

This is even wilder... jmowreader May 21 #12

Sounds like a sudden illness, not something chronic. LisaL May 21 #13

Probably infectious, and you're looking at a CDC nightmare jmowreader May 21 #16

I don't think CDC is tracing any common infections, such as flu or covid. LisaL May 22 #24

... littlemissmartypants May 22 #19

coughing up blood DoBW May 22 #22

From what I gather, he had been coughing for days before his death. LisaL May 22 #23