Unfortunately, its an underappreciated cause of cough in older adults as childhood immunity wanes. The clinical presentation isn't that dramatic, so people don't think about it.
As someone who has been in drug development for 6 years and worked on multiple marketing approval filings, I assure you this is NOT how the process is supposed to work.
“In a moment when readiness is our greatest asset, the secretary of defense has chosen disruption, cost, and vulnerability to stage a demonstration of power.
It’s the wrong message, delivered in the wrong way, at the wrong time.”
Now imagine if this happened to Biden. He would have just shrugged it off with a self-deprecating joke and the whole thing would be forgotten the next say.
Reminds me of a saying in contemporary Africa: "When the white man came, we had the land and they had the Bible. They asked us to close our eyes and pray. When we opened our eyes, they had the land and we were left holding the Bible."
A good observation I read recently (can't recall the source) - if it had been some random Utah students who were shot, the GOP would have just shrugged and moved on.
