• radio@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    If he skipped out on standard treatments in favor of a self prescribed regimen of fucking ivermectin then he deserves a Darwin Award. If he did both then I guess hope can do funny things to people even if the source is conspiracy nonsense.

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      21 hours ago

      I had to look up his bio (where I learned that he had just died, this post makes more sense now) and found that he actually had no biological children, so he would actually be eligible for a Darwin Award.

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      22 hours ago

      I’ve heard that people think he tried a variety of quack treatments alongside doctor prescribed treatments. Basically generally desperate and ready to try everything all at once. Which is a common theme among terminal patients.

      But he did say antivax stuff, after having been vaccinated. So at least when his own personal stakes are low, he was willing to roll with the MAGA rhetoric, but he wasn’t about to let his own life be at additional risk for it.

      Because he and Biden had the same cancer. He actually explicitly said Trump was wrong for being mean to Biden over it. If Adams didn’t have the same disease, he probably would have piled on.