I just checked CNN headlines...

[Wawannabe]

And can't get past the Otto Warmbier articles. Wow. NK really did murder a vibrant young man if the reporting is correct.

Can anyone speak to what could have been done to him to have tissue loss in ALL of his brain. Report says no botulism like NK says. Drs also reported no trauma on the brain. Did they do a lobotomy??
Wth?? could have caused a salutorian to die of massive brain tissue loss in one and a half years??????????????????????????

http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/19/politics/otto-warmbier-dies/index.html

[still_one]

1. Cerebral atrophy can be caused by many things including malnutrition.

[Wawannabe]

3. Ah!

Malnutrition would be a factor but dang it would have to severe! Oh my goodness!

[still_one]

6. Whatever happened, there is no question about it, he was terribly mistreated

[jonno99]

2. Poor kid, good kid - I really hope they didn't go full Mengele on him. If so, some

form of retribution might be in order. What would that look like? I have no idea.

[Wawannabe]

4. Mengele was familiar but

I admit I had to look up to refresh. I wondered about experimentation - that is why I suggested/questioned lobotomy.
I would tend to agree that if they tortured him with experimental science then they have violated some human rights laws somewhere! Punishment should be swift if so!
Damn!

[jonno99]

9. Yep - I keep hoping that some wise NK patriot will finally gin up the courage

to take out Un (ala 'Valkyrie') and his leadership team. The NK people deserve much better than what they have received.

edit - Valkyrie:

[YCHDT]

5. mTBI and then atrophy, nearly the same effect

[Wawannabe]

7. Drs reported no trauma. NT

[YCHDT]

8. mTBI wont get picked up by 1.5 Tesla MRI, CT or XRay ... they'd never know by e room scans or

... without DoD regulated mTBI testing.

it's what's insidious about mTBI, people don't know unless there's some bad symptoms ... lack of energy, bad short term memory, stuttering while talking, seizures.

mTBI's are bad news ... most can last 3 months, but 10 -20 % are lifetime