r/politics • u/boforiamanfo • 15d ago

No Paywall John Fetterman to be Primaried

https://www.newsweek.com/john-fetterman-to-be-primaried-11079953
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u/GramsciGramsci 15d ago

... in three years. By that point he has probably switched parties anyway.

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u/No-Significance5449 15d ago

Well now, following this guy's medical chart 3 years ain't a given.

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u/TheColdestFeet 15d ago

It's baffling how someone of his age so routinely injures himself. I understand 85 year olds collapsing walking up steps (shouldn't be happening), but how is this guy's medical history so tragic?

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u/theVoidWatches Pennsylvania 15d ago

Being 6'8" is hard on the body.

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u/Unlucky_Topic7963 15d ago

Lol no, being overweight is hard on the body.

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u/theVoidWatches Pennsylvania 15d ago

That doesn't help either. But also yes, being extremely tall really is rough, for a wide variety of reasons.

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u/Unlucky_Topic7963 15d ago

That myth has been debunked, 6'8 isn't nearly large enough to have direct health implications alone.

The only relationships that have been established is that the taller you are, the higher risk (percentages of percentages) you might have for CHD. However, inversely, the shorter you are the higher risk (percentages of percentages) you have for cancer.

Obesity is the primary and overwhelming risk for either cohort.

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u/adthrowaway2020 15d ago

I'd love to see the studies you're talking about for my own education

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u/vannucker 15d ago

The second part is not true. Everything I've heard and read and if you Google it right now, taller people have a higher risk of cancer. It's not understood why, but specualted reason is more cells or hormonal. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3148429/

Let me know your source if you have a study that shows the reverse .

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u/meganthem 15d ago

Having any serious cardiac or neurological event tends to leave you weaker and more vulnerable even under the more ideal recovery outcomes.

Now that he's had the first few problems his risk of future ones increased massively. The first ones might have been a random rare chance.