This was the source that i think first broke the story:
https://nationwideradiojm.com/nnn-world-exclusive-usain-bolt-tests-positive-for-covid-19/
Came after Bolt had a big 34th birthday celebration.
Here is the LRC article:
https://www.letsrun.com/news/2020/08/report-usain-bolt-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/
A healthy retired 34 year old athlete tests positive for COVID. I'm 99.99% sure he'll be just fine. His drinking habits, driving habits and cameramen on segways are far more dangerous.
I thought this was going to be the end of him
As he recovers from feeling fine
Exactly. With the reliability of these snot swabs, next result will be negative. Might be different if he were 80+ years of age and compromised immune system. Nothing to see here but the media fear tactics. #defundthemedia
shoeless in seattle wrote:
Exactly. With the reliability of these snot swabs, next result will be negative. Might be different if he were 80+ years of age and compromised immune system. Nothing to see here but the media fear tactics. #defundthemedia
Let me guess... you didn't read the article? Because I don't know what about it is "media fear tactics." He's a newsworthy person. Some people are interested to know what's happening with him. Just because you aren't interested doesn't mean the story is "media fear tactics." The story makes perfectly clear he might be just fine, but also, who knows? Just because you aren't afraid of Covid doesn't mean it's not news.
Media is already being defunded because of ignorant people like you, and society is suffering for it. If you aren't interested in learning about things happening around you, then don't consume media. Simple as that. But you are projecting a lot onto a news story that is pretty straightforward and in no way sensational, if you actually take a second to read it.
sanchobaile wrote:
[quote]shoeless in seattle wrote:
Exactly. With the reliability of these snot swabs, next result will be negative. Might be different if he were 80+ years of age and compromised immune system. Nothing to see here but the media fear tactics. #defundthemedia
Let me guess... you didn't read the article? Because I don't know what about it is "media fear tactics." He's a newsworthy person. Some people are interested to know what's happening with him. Just because you aren't interested doesn't mean the story is "media fear tactics." The story makes perfectly clear he might be just fine, but also, who knows? Just because you aren't afraid of Covid doesn't mean it's not news.
Yeah right. Read the article...they don't know if he has any symptoms. What kind of journalism is that? Of course he has none or we would be hearing all about it?
You don't recognize the six months of fear mongering that we have been subject to over this?
Whodunit wrote:
sanchobaile wrote:
[quote]shoeless in seattle wrote:
Exactly. With the reliability of these snot swabs, next result will be negative. Might be different if he were 80+ years of age and compromised immune system. Nothing to see here but the media fear tactics. #defundthemedia
Let me guess... you didn't read the article? Because I don't know what about it is "media fear tactics." He's a newsworthy person. Some people are interested to know what's happening with him. Just because you aren't interested doesn't mean the story is "media fear tactics." The story makes perfectly clear he might be just fine, but also, who knows? Just because you aren't afraid of Covid doesn't mean it's not news.
Yeah right. Read the article...they don't know if he has any symptoms. What kind of journalism is that? Of course he has none or we would be hearing all about it?
You don't recognize the six months of fear mongering that we have been subject to over this?
So they should only write about it if they know he has symptoms? They know he tested positive, so that's what they wrote. In what world is that bad journalism? Can you explain what about that is bad journalism to you? I don't think you understand what good journalism is.
No, I don't recognize that. If you have specific examples where you would point to fear mongering, I'm sure there are some. But just because journalists report what experts say about a pandemic that has been just as deadly as the flu pandemic of 1918 -- which I think most would agree was a historic event -- doesn't mean they are fear mongering. If you don't want to read about Covid, or not be afraid about Covid, then don't. You are free to do that! But you clearly have no idea what you're talking about when it comes to journalism.
I'd say trash writing lies causes quite a bit of suffering, hackette. you're the one projecting. the fact he's a newsworthy person means people will consume the fear mongering
Do you mean the fear mongering by the alt-right that there is some kind of conspiracy by the "elite" to control the people? That against all reason, it is in the interest of the rich to destroy the market for their goods and services?
sanchobaile wrote:
shoeless in seattle wrote:
Exactly. With the reliability of these snot swabs, next result will be negative. Might be different if he were 80+ years of age and compromised immune system. Nothing to see here but the media fear tactics. #defundthemedia
Let me guess... you didn't read the article? Because I don't know what about it is "media fear tactics." He's a newsworthy person. Some people are interested to know what's happening with him. Just because you aren't interested doesn't mean the story is "media fear tactics." The story makes perfectly clear he might be just fine, but also, who knows? Just because you aren't afraid of Covid doesn't mean it's not news.
Media is already being defunded because of ignorant people like you, and society is suffering for it. If you aren't interested in learning about things happening around you, then don't consume media. Simple as that. But you are projecting a lot onto a news story that is pretty straightforward and in no way sensational, if you actually take a second to read it.
The part about the birthday party looks completely fabricated. So yes I would say nothing to see here except fake news trying to shame him for no good reason.
Whodunit wrote:
sanchobaile wrote:
[quote]shoeless in seattle wrote:
Exactly. With the reliability of these snot swabs, next result will be negative. Might be different if he were 80+ years of age and compromised immune system. Nothing to see here but the media fear tactics. #defundthemedia
Let me guess... you didn't read the article? Because I don't know what about it is "media fear tactics." He's a newsworthy person. Some people are interested to know what's happening with him. Just because you aren't interested doesn't mean the story is "media fear tactics." The story makes perfectly clear he might be just fine, but also, who knows? Just because you aren't afraid of Covid doesn't mean it's not news.
Yeah right. Read the article...they don't know if he has any symptoms. What kind of journalism is that? Of course he has none or we would be hearing all about it?
You don't recognize the six months of fear mongering that we have been subject to over this?
The fear of the issue which has caused 170k+ deaths in the US? That fear mongering?
Why yes.
You may now return to the typical move the goalposts until we're at 10 pages of your bs.
Good to see Bolt indeed has no symptoms -- and that he is taking it seriously and quarantining.
https://twitter.com/usainbolt/status/1297929980874194945?s=20
sanchobaile wrote:
Whodunit wrote:
[quote]sanchobaile wrote:
[quote]shoeless in seattle wrote:
Exactly. With the reliability of these snot swabs, next result will be negative. Might be different if he were 80+ years of age and compromised immune system. Nothing to see here but the media fear tactics. #defundthemedia
Let me guess... you didn't read the article? Because I don't know what about it is "media fear tactics." He's a newsworthy person. Some people are interested to know what's happening with him. Just because you aren't interested doesn't mean the story is "media fear tactics." The story makes perfectly clear he might be just fine, but also, who knows? Just because you aren't afraid of Covid doesn't mean it's not news.
Yeah right. Read the article...they don't know if he has any symptoms. What kind of journalism is that? Of course he has none or we would be hearing all about it?
You don't recognize the six months of fear mongering that we have been subject to over this?
So they should only write about it if they know he has symptoms? They know he tested positive, so that's what they wrote. In what world is that bad journalism? Can you explain what about that is bad journalism to you? I don't think you understand what good journalism is.
No, I don't recognize that.
Wow. That's astounding. 24/7 deaths and cases numbers being flung at us. The virus always spiking and surging and soaring and raging/
I have never seen such a case of denial.
cape feat wrote:
Whodunit wrote:
Let me guess... you didn't read the article? Because I don't know what about it is "media fear tactics." He's a newsworthy person. Some people are interested to know what's happening with him. Just because you aren't interested doesn't mean the story is "media fear tactics." The story makes perfectly clear he might be just fine, but also, who knows? Just because you aren't afraid of Covid doesn't mean it's not news.
Yeah right. Read the article...they don't know if he has any symptoms. What kind of journalism is that? Of course he has none or we would be hearing all about it?
You don't recognize the six months of fear mongering that we have been subject to over this?
The fear of the issue which has caused 170k+ deaths in the US? That fear mongering?
Why yes.
You may now return to the typical move the goalposts until we're at 10 pages of your bs.
Well at least you recognize the fear mongering campaign.
Now to waken you to the fact that the bosses don't scare the public for the good of the public.
I was expecting a crack about testing for PEDs by this point in this thread. The pandemic has truly changed us.
How does this impact his comeback for the 2020ONE Tokyo games?
sanchobaile wrote:
[quote]shoeless in seattle wrote:
Media is already being defunded because of ignorant people like you, and society is suffering for it. If you aren't interested in learning about things happening around you, then don't consume media. Simple as that. But you are projecting a lot onto a news story that is pretty straightforward and in no way sensational, if you actually take a second to read it.
Haha yeah that’s why the media is being defunded. Not because of their biased and constant fear mongering. Check out the NFL, just had 77 false positives over the weekend. Go cower in your basement some more.
His weekly hangovers are probably worse than the covid at this point.