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RIP Herman Cain
2020-07-30
[Fox News] Dead at 74 from Covid.

Cain, the co-chairman of Black Voices for Trump, attended the president’s rally in Tulsa without a mask on June 20.

Cain was diagnosed in 2006 with stage 4 colon cancer that metastasized to his liver and was given a 30 percent chance of survival. He successfully underwent chemotherapy and had been in remission since.

Cain, who successfully steered food chains like Burger King and Godfather’s Pizza to profitability and served as chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, shot to prominence in 2012 when he launched a bid to be the Republican presidential nominee. While he had a strong following among Tea Party activists, his campaign was derailed when he was accused of sexual harassment and misconduct during his time as CEO of the National Restaurant Association in the late 1990s. He denied the claims but dropped out of the race.

Cain first entered politics in 1996, when he was a senior adviser on Bob Dole's presidential campaign.

Following his 2012 presidential bid, Cain launched T.H.E. New Voice, an advocacy group focused on tax reform, energy policy, and national security, and has become a frequent commentator on news outlets.
Posted by:Frank G

#18  He contributed at a high level in so many ways— I had no idea.

Thank you for explaining the science, Cingold.
Posted by: trailing wife   2020-07-30 19:49  

#17  BTW, tragically, about two weeks after hospital admission (and then a week or two after that) are the two main peaks for COVID deaths for those 10-20% of the population who are susceptible. See Qiurong Ruan, et al., Clinical predictors of mortality due to COVID-19 based on an analysis of data of 150 patients from Wuhan, China, Intensive Care Med (March 3, 2020) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-020-05991-x. See also, e.g., Pingzheng Mo, et al., Clinical characteristics of refractory COVID-19 pneumonia in Wuhan, Clinical Infectious Diseases (March 16, 2020) https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa270 (". . . median hospital stay of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia was 10 days. . . . . After 10 days or longer treatment, some patients had an exacerbation in clinical symptoms . . .").

Hope the hospital hadn't relaxed concern since he was "so far along with recovery."
Posted by: Cingold   2020-07-30 14:26  

#16  R.I.P. Herman Cain, a good man.
Posted by: JohnQC   2020-07-30 14:03  

#15  Oof. Felt that. RIP, Herman.
Posted by: gorb   2020-07-30 13:42  

#14  So sad.

Given reports he was improving, I suspect he succumbed to clotting, which is another notorious unique aspect of this Frankenvirus. See, e.g., CNN, Pathologist found blood clots in ‘almost every organ’ during autopsies on COVID-19 patients, WHDH 7News - Boston (July 10, 2020) https://whdh.com/news/pathologist-found-blood-clots-in-almost-every-organ-during-autopsies-on-covid-19-patients/
Posted by: Cingold   2020-07-30 13:34  

#13  RIP, sir. I only hope to see your fellow blacks honor and praise your successes in business and in life. Sadly, I feel they will only respond with scorn or, at best, indifference. America lost one of the good guys today.
Posted by: Clem   2020-07-30 12:19  

#12  We've lost a truly great American.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-07-30 12:10  

#11  For those susceptible, this is a murderous virus that (unlike most viruses) actually infects T-cells, macrophages, and dendritic cells and spreads its own misleading form of cytokines as a smoke screen. Doubtful Cain was treated with T-cell boosting support or interferon and other immune stimulating and regulatory factors, but that’s what’s needed to survive if you’re susceptible to this thing due to genetics, precondition, or particular viral strain.
Posted by: Cingold   2020-07-30 12:10  

#10  BREAKING NEWS: Maverick former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain DIES of Covid-19 - after going to Donald Trump's notorious Tulsa rally WITHOUT a mask then being diagnosed nine days later
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-07-30 12:04  

#9  
Posted by: Woodrow   2020-07-30 12:03  

#8  RIP sir. Used to love Godfather's Pizza. I 'm thinking about going to Red Wing on Saturday having a pie in his memory.

Herman's tax plan, bluntness was refreshing.
Posted by: Woodrow   2020-07-30 12:00  

#7  He should have three days of continuous funeral coverage like John Lewis. At the very least he should lie in state in the Georgia state capitol building.
Posted by: jpal   2020-07-30 11:55  

#6  I think Trump will go to HIS funeral.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2020-07-30 11:40  

#5  Boortz not Bootz. Just damn!
Posted by: jpal   2020-07-30 11:33  

#4  Fun while it lasted, Godfather.
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-07-30 11:29  

#3  R.I.P Herman Cain - the black Neal Bootz. Shoulda been Trump's VP choice.
Posted by: jpal   2020-07-30 11:28  

#2  He done good.
Posted by: newc   2020-07-30 11:25  

#1  Rest well sir. We will take it from here.
Posted by: DarthVader   2020-07-30 11:05  

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