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RandySF

(58,768 posts)
Mon Jan 24, 2022, 10:43 AM Jan 2022

Sarah Palin tests positive for COVID


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Jane Wester
@janewester
I’m covering the Sarah Palin/New York Times trial set to start today in the SDNY. Judge Rakoff says he learned last night that Palin has tested positive for COVID. “She is, of course, unvaccinated,” the judge notes.
6:26 AM · Jan 24, 2022·Twitter for iPhone
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Sarah Palin tests positive for COVID (Original Post) RandySF Jan 2022 OP
Well isn't she special! Srkdqltr Jan 2022 #1
Isn't this her second round of covid? xmas74 Jan 2022 #2
Natural immunity sucks it seems. Voltaire2 Jan 2022 #15
Yeah, that's the problem with depending on natural herd immunity to a virus Farmer-Rick Jan 2022 #95
I recall this also Bristlecone Jan 2022 #74
Oh my God. She HAD it once before and it was awful? PatrickforB Jan 2022 #77
VERY important to get vaxxed if pregnant. vanlassie Jan 2022 #87
ALL pregnant people SHOULD GET VACCINATED. Maru Kitteh Jan 2022 #99
Wonder if Laura igraham will clap? mikeysnot Jan 2022 #3
She has the clap? Voltaire2 Jan 2022 #17
I see what you did there leftieNanner Jan 2022 #26
The hard core right just don't have the sense to get in out of the Covid rain. Chainfire Jan 2022 #4
Gosh, when you don't get vaccinated, it's like you put a crosshairs on yourself. tanyev Jan 2022 #5
But if you point that out, you're liable for libel elias7 Jan 2022 #21
blood libel. barbtries Jan 2022 #31
She can see... SergeStorms Jan 2022 #73
Of course EYESORE 9001 Jan 2022 #6
I bet she's one of those who are vaxxed and say they aren't. TheBlackAdder Jan 2022 #7
My thoughts exactly n/t rainin Jan 2022 #20
👆Lying is their strongest characteristic Walleye Jan 2022 #98
I'm surprised she would even test at all. MontanaMama Jan 2022 #8
I'm sure she was required to--both to fly and appear in court. hlthe2b Jan 2022 #9
Well I saw one of our DU members quit DU and doc03 Jan 2022 #10
These fuckers are literally killing people Voltaire2 Jan 2022 #14
Yeah but after dancing gab13by13 Jan 2022 #36
Good suggestion! pandr32 Jan 2022 #70
It is not dancing on their graves. The Jungle 1 Jan 2022 #49
Pathetic ProfessorGAC Jan 2022 #53
This obamanut2012 Jan 2022 #63
People willfully behaving stupidly... WestMichRad Jan 2022 #56
Which one? I saw a troll flame out and get banned over it, but probably not the same poster. Crunchy Frog Jan 2022 #57
I missed that GBCW post obamanut2012 Jan 2022 #62
No one is dancing on her grave ecstatic Jan 2022 #80
Well, bye. AngryOldDem Jan 2022 #92
Didn't she say she would rather die than be vaccinated recently? UpInArms Jan 2022 #11
Well, they don't give shots to dead bodies. They just say you... TreasonousBastard Jan 2022 #18
Here's hoping, Sarah. lagomorph777 Jan 2022 #35
Perhaps with this current infection, Eyeball_Kid Jan 2022 #59
a virus can only infect a live host DBoon Jan 2022 #102
I hope she gets really f'ing sick. Voltaire2 Jan 2022 #12
Yes, so sick it almost kills her KS Toronado Jan 2022 #22
I'm fine with her joining the Herman Caine Hall of Shame. Voltaire2 Jan 2022 #24
Some people do some people don't KS Toronado Jan 2022 #44
This is her second bout xmas74 Jan 2022 #93
How convenient... Wounded Bear Jan 2022 #13
Hmmm...hmmmm.....the Judge should get a "Doctor's Note". 😊 ashredux Jan 2022 #16
And the judge actually said, PatSeg Jan 2022 #19
Kind of Rebl2 Jan 2022 #30
Yes, at first I worried that the judge's comment could give her an argument for bias... thesquanderer Jan 2022 #58
That was my thought too. Rebl2 Jan 2022 #91
Yeah, that was awfully snarky for a judge to say PatSeg Jan 2022 #97
She and her son has already had it last year. mgardener Jan 2022 #23
She better be careful. Long covid can cause brain fog...... marmar Jan 2022 #25
Oh no BradAllison Jan 2022 #46
How Could We Tell? ProfessorGAC Jan 2022 #55
Already apparent in this interaction: Ms. Toad Jan 2022 #82
Sarah Palin tests positive for STUPID milestogo Jan 2022 #27
My first and only response: birdographer Jan 2022 #28
Who knows Traildogbob Jan 2022 #29
... trusty elf Jan 2022 #37
😆😆😆 Traildogbob Jan 2022 #42
I see what you did there. TexasTowelie Jan 2022 #54
No brains, no feeling. She will say it was a breeze. appleannie1 Jan 2022 #32
Exactly. hamsterjill Jan 2022 #78
She could be lying to stall appearing in court. louis-t Jan 2022 #33
That crossed my mind too. StarryNite Jan 2022 #75
But her IQ test came back negative. CaptainTruth Jan 2022 #34
Whew. lagomorph777 Jan 2022 #38
LOL! Mysterian Jan 2022 #52
LOL SouthernDem4ever Jan 2022 #76
Gee, that's too bad. Talitha Jan 2022 #39
She and her son has already had it last year. mgardener Jan 2022 #40
May she receive everything she deserves. niyad Jan 2022 #41
These scum don't trust science until they can't breath! The Jungle 1 Jan 2022 #43
I am torn TNNurse Jan 2022 #45
Wondering how that un-vaxxy un-masky thing will work out for her? Zambero Jan 2022 #47
Can that virus actually live in Sarah Palin? yankeepants Jan 2022 #48
Palin IS a virus Zambero Jan 2022 #51
So that story about virus being infected with virus is true? louis-t Jan 2022 #84
Oh. So what's everyone having for lunch? n/t cactusfractal Jan 2022 #50
:D C Moon Jan 2022 #86
Pork sliders and moose burgers jmowreader Jan 2022 #100
Covibou Barbie VGNonly Jan 2022 #60
Virus Spice yankeepants Jan 2022 #67
Is that all she tests positive for....n/t bluecollar2 Jan 2022 #61
Careful with that bleach Sarah! Ford_Prefect Jan 2022 #64
Her record remains intact. Never passed a test. twodogsbarking Jan 2022 #65
Maybe she can rally her prayer warriors. Ray Bruns Jan 2022 #66
Is anyone surprised? No? Moebym Jan 2022 #68
Why am I not surprised? peggysue2 Jan 2022 #69
Gee, what a shame. 😁 SergeStorms Jan 2022 #71
Sarah Who? srose58089 Jan 2022 #72
I like that judge! lol nt ecstatic Jan 2022 #79
Nothing trivial, I hope. BobTheSubgenius Jan 2022 #81
Tots and pears for Winky McDumbass LudwigPastorius Jan 2022 #83
Could be lying because she's not ready for the trial. C Moon Jan 2022 #85
If she lied to the court, the water she's in just got deeper... AngryOldDem Jan 2022 #89
Of course she's unvaxxed! AngryOldDem Jan 2022 #88
Die already. we can do it Jan 2022 #90
I wish her well in her suicide attempt - nt Ohio Joe Jan 2022 #94
Palin consulted with Meatlof last month. sarcasmo Jan 2022 #96
"she is, of course, unvaccinated" Skittles Jan 2022 #101
Don't ya hate it when a virus rears its head in your airspace Blue Owl Jan 2022 #103

Farmer-Rick

(10,154 posts)
95. Yeah, that's the problem with depending on natural herd immunity to a virus
Mon Jan 24, 2022, 01:56 PM
Jan 2022

It evolves very quickly and changes. Well, I guess idiots like Palin don't believe in evolution either.

So you may develop immunity to one type of the virus. But once it evolves into another type, your immunity is long gone or doesn't recognize the newly evolved virus.

That's what happens when you're too dumb to think things through. Too bad she has already reproduced. Her genes will be of little value to human kind.

PatrickforB

(14,570 posts)
77. Oh my God. She HAD it once before and it was awful?
Mon Jan 24, 2022, 01:07 PM
Jan 2022

And yet, like a good little right-wing lemming, she chose NOT to get vaccinated, believing in 'herd immunity,' and now here she goes again. I just cannot wrap my head around why someone wouldn't get vaxxed. I mean, yeah, if you're pregnant or something, then hold off, but get it done as soon as you can, you know?

Maru Kitteh

(28,339 posts)
99. ALL pregnant people SHOULD GET VACCINATED.
Mon Jan 24, 2022, 09:31 PM
Jan 2022

Unless they have an extraordinary medical reason not to and are advised by their OB not to - - EVEN THEN, I would STRONGLY suggest getting a 2nd opinion.

COVID during pregnancy is DANGEROUS. The vaccine is safe.




doc03

(35,325 posts)
10. Well I saw one of our DU members quit DU and
Mon Jan 24, 2022, 11:11 AM
Jan 2022

the entire Democratic party this last week. He/she said we were dancing on COVID victims graves so I won't comment.

 

The Jungle 1

(4,552 posts)
49. It is not dancing on their graves.
Mon Jan 24, 2022, 12:08 PM
Jan 2022

It is disgust with stupidity. They disgust me. I also find maggots disgusting and dung beetles. At least those bugs serve a purpose
These fools put us all at higher risk. My disgust is well placed.

ProfessorGAC

(64,995 posts)
53. Pathetic
Mon Jan 24, 2022, 12:12 PM
Jan 2022

If that person can't make the necessary distinctions, that's on that person.
Quitting because everyone won't think just like them is weak-minded & simply ridiculous.

WestMichRad

(1,320 posts)
56. People willfully behaving stupidly...
Mon Jan 24, 2022, 12:14 PM
Jan 2022

…deserve to be called out when it blows up in their faces. While I don’t celebrate their deaths or severe illness, I sure don’t feel sorry for them.

AngryOldDem

(14,061 posts)
92. Well, bye.
Mon Jan 24, 2022, 01:41 PM
Jan 2022

Sorry, but I have 0 sympathy for people who willfully ignore science and what is best for society as a whole, and further, take victory laps over their dumbassery and selfishness.

Karma, and all that.

UpInArms

(51,280 posts)
11. Didn't she say she would rather die than be vaccinated recently?
Mon Jan 24, 2022, 11:20 AM
Jan 2022
https://www.salon.com/2021/12/19/sarah-palin-on-vaccines-it-will-be-over-my-body-that-ill-have-to-get-a-shot_partner/

"It will be over my dead body that I'll have to get a shot," she added. "I will not do it."

Palin encouraged others to "rise up" by refusing to be vaccinated.


Be careful what you wish for, Sarah.

Eyeball_Kid

(7,430 posts)
59. Perhaps with this current infection,
Mon Jan 24, 2022, 12:16 PM
Jan 2022

Sarah will be too exhausted to get out of bed to take a piss. That's what COVID does to the lucky. If she ends up in an ICU, she also has the opportunity to say "over my dead legs." Amputations are sometimes needed to save lives.

DBoon

(22,356 posts)
102. a virus can only infect a live host
Tue Jan 25, 2022, 12:26 AM
Jan 2022

once it is "over my dead body", you will not be infected again with Covid

Voltaire2

(13,009 posts)
24. I'm fine with her joining the Herman Caine Hall of Shame.
Mon Jan 24, 2022, 11:34 AM
Jan 2022

If she recovers she will not change course.

xmas74

(29,674 posts)
93. This is her second bout
Mon Jan 24, 2022, 01:42 PM
Jan 2022

After her first one she said to mask up then backtracked and said something about freedom.

thesquanderer

(11,986 posts)
58. Yes, at first I worried that the judge's comment could give her an argument for bias...
Mon Jan 24, 2022, 12:15 PM
Jan 2022

...and she'd use that as grounds for mistrial if things don't go her way. But based on post 11, if she made her anti-vax position widely and publicly known anyway, then I think there would be no issue with the judge alluding to it.

PatSeg

(47,399 posts)
97. Yeah, that was awfully snarky for a judge to say
Mon Jan 24, 2022, 03:51 PM
Jan 2022

Of course, maybe he is tired of right-wing nuttery taking frivolous lawsuits to court. Palin might have been the final straw for him.

marmar

(77,073 posts)
25. She better be careful. Long covid can cause brain fog......
Mon Jan 24, 2022, 11:35 AM
Jan 2022

..... and she's already in a precarious situation on that front.


Ms. Toad

(34,062 posts)
82. Already apparent in this interaction:
Mon Jan 24, 2022, 01:18 PM
Jan 2022
At 11:15 a.m., Turkel reported that Palin became “confused” at the testing facility, which offered both rapid PCRs and traditional PCRs, which can take days to return a result. Palin left the facility and traveled to a nearby urgent care, where she took a third rapid antigen test and got a positive result, Turkel said.

NewYorkLawyer

Traildogbob

(8,716 posts)
29. Who knows
Mon Jan 24, 2022, 11:45 AM
Jan 2022

How many viruses, warts and sores that slutty KKKlan of family members has. They should be chased through the wilderness by a helicopter with Libs and dart guns loaded with Pfizer Vax. Maybe another high dose of antibiotics for STD’s.

hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
78. Exactly.
Mon Jan 24, 2022, 01:08 PM
Jan 2022

First, does she really have it or is it an excuse not to go to court. Second, I bet the odds are pretty good that she’s actually vaccinated and boosted. Third, she will have access to treatment if needed.

All three options piss me off at the moment.

 

The Jungle 1

(4,552 posts)
43. These scum don't trust science until they can't breath!
Mon Jan 24, 2022, 11:58 AM
Jan 2022

Then they want a hospital bed and a ventilator with around the clock care. Suddenly they trust science?
Yo if you don't trust science then stay the fuck home and die. Stop putting our healthcare heros at risk.
We would have this scurge under control if the right would trust science.
I am not dancing on their graves I am disgusted with them. They disgust me. They are easily led stupid filth.

TNNurse

(6,926 posts)
45. I am torn
Mon Jan 24, 2022, 12:02 PM
Jan 2022

between not caring and wondering if it a play for sympathy for the trial.

Damn, these people have made me think awful things.

Zambero

(8,964 posts)
51. Palin IS a virus
Mon Jan 24, 2022, 12:10 PM
Jan 2022

The deadly Dumb-Down-Dumber-Then-Dumb strain. It originated with her and is now infecting an entire political party.

peggysue2

(10,828 posts)
69. Why am I not surprised?
Mon Jan 24, 2022, 12:45 PM
Jan 2022

Ms Not-Over-My-Dead-Body tests positive for Covid.

Of course, she did!

What happened to all that natural immunity, I won't live in fear and Covid is a hoax?

Covid doesn't give a damn what you believe. It's just looking for a suitable, unvaccinated host to carry on, carrying on.

Science.

SergeStorms

(19,193 posts)
71. Gee, what a shame. 😁
Mon Jan 24, 2022, 12:49 PM
Jan 2022

I'd hate to see anything bad happen to
Ms. Palin. She's been such a positive role model for young women the world over.

AngryOldDem

(14,061 posts)
88. Of course she's unvaxxed!
Mon Jan 24, 2022, 01:37 PM
Jan 2022

Another “I’m-not-vaxxed-and-I’m-proud-of-it” livin’ her best life.

Skittles

(153,147 posts)
101. "she is, of course, unvaccinated"
Mon Jan 24, 2022, 10:16 PM
Jan 2022

and of course she recently dined inside two restaurants

fucking asshole

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