Joshua Dean, who warned of manufacturing defects in the planemaker’s 737 Max, developed pneumonia following a ‘fast-moving’ infection

  • Speaker [e/em/eir]
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    4 months ago

    I'm sure it's a coincidence. He probably had a history of dying suddenly.

  • bleepbloopbop [they/them]
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    4 months ago

    If this one had happened first, idk if I would be as suspicious but come on. Oh he got MRSA and croaked just weeks after the "'""suicide"""" of the other guy?

    • space_comrade [he/him]
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      4 months ago

      I'm not necessarily denying they MRSA-ed him but how does one do that exactly? Lower his immune system with poison somehow?

      • bleepbloopbop [they/them]
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        4 months ago

        I mean idk. somehow innoculate him with some particularly virulent strain of the flu and staph at the same time and let it run its course. It could just be a wild coincidence too. I don't know how you'd prove it either way

      • the_itsb [she/her, comrade/them]
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        4 months ago

        MRSA is unfortunately not exactly rare:

        Studies show that about one in three (33%) people carry S. aureus bacteria in their nose, usually without any illness. About two in every 100 people carry MRSA. Although many people carry MRSA bacteria in their nose, most do not develop serious MRSA infections.

        (emphasis mine)

        It's commonly acquired in a healthcare setting, so if I were an evil corporation intent on murder and knew my target was in the hospital for whatever, I'd bribe a criminally underpaid nurse's aide to cross-contaminate.

        Idk if he was in the hospital for anything, the article doesn't specify if he was sick before the pneumonia-plus-MRSA happened. I guess someone could blow MRSA dust in his face 🤷

        idk, just wild speculation about what is technically possible, not what's likely