Jeff Kuhner has Reportedly been infected with COVID

[CTListener]

I don't think he "peddled" hokum. He had some discussions about some fascinating things that are worthy of interesting discussion. i.e. Before we found out that crop circles were man-made...it was a fascinating topic to most people.

Nearly 2/3rds of Americans believe in some form of the paranormal.

Anyone who believes in any of the major religions has to believe in some form of the paranormal. That would be more than 2/3rds of all Americans even without the "the truth is out there" tinfoil hat crowd.

 

[rocket21]

I can too, with the caveat that, if people decline to get the vaccine, they're on the hook for their own medical bills if they catch Covid and become seriously ill. If they chose to follow advice from an uneducated talk show host or politician rather than medical science and chose not to get the jab, that is indeed their choice. But some choices come with ramifications. In this case, the choice not to get the jab should indicate they've also made the choice to cover any medical bills for their own treatment if they get sick.

There are some who cannot take the vaccine for medical reasons, and there are many who have not taken the vaccine because they already had and recovered from COVID (and thus have immunity that's more robust and durable than the vaccine, and they may subsequently be at higher risk of adverse reaction from the vaccine). Voiding their medical insurance in those situations is wrong. By the way, Howie's guest-guest host on Monday identified himself as one of those who already had COVID and therefore wasn't going to get vaccinated.

 

[Methuselah]

Someone correct me if I’m wrong. If Kuhner, or anyone else, who works from home and doesn’t come into the office, doesn’t have to get vaxxed.

This is a real grey area. Companies are all over the place and oftentimes there's no consistency. For example, my wife is a 100% remote worker whose company is based in NYC. From what we're heard from media sources, all workers for NYC-based companies are supposed to be vaxxed per DiBlasio's mandate. My wife, for personal reasons which have nothing to do with tinfoil hat conspiracies, isn't. As of today, at least, nobody from her company has contacted her to ask her what her vax status is, or to provide proof of vax to comply w/ DiBlasio's mandate.

So, who really knows? I guess if a company wants to have a reason to dump you, they can force the issue.

I can too, with the caveat that, if people decline to get the vaccine, they're on the hook for their own medical bills if they catch Covid and become seriously ill.

I'm okay with this, as long as we also make fat people pay for their own medical treatment related to their fatness, make smokers pay for their own lung-cancer treatment, etc. If you're otherwise perfectly healthy and come down with some malady through no fault/personal choices of your own, then sure, let insurance foot the bill. But if any of your lifestyle choices adversely affect your health -- even 30-40 years later -- then pony up the cash yourself. That's basically what you're saying, right?

Tuned into RKO just after 6a Monday morning to see if CK was back. I didn't hear CK shout his signature GOOD MORNING Boston open or Nancy Shack's sultry tones that are reminiscent of a woman on a late night 900 number spot.

As a long-time Krazy K0000nah listener, its perfectly normal for the K000nah-man to be on vacation this week. I do not recall a time in recent history where programming during this week didn't just suck ass. Virtually all the "regular" talk show hosts are on vacation. Perhaps its a normal thing where, like where I work, we're pretty much shut down because nobody's around anyway and our customer base is non-existent these weeks. The only regular host I listen to who has been broadcasting this week is Juan DePedro. A few days when in the car I tuned in to WRKO and I think Grace's show at 12 wasn't a rebroadcast, because they were joking about the "Let's Go Brandon" caller to Biden on the air.

There are some who cannot take the vaccine for medical reasons, and there are many who have not taken the vaccine because they already had and recovered from COVID (and thus have immunity that's more robust and durable than the vaccine, and they may subsequently be at higher risk of adverse reaction from the vaccine).

There are a myriad of reasons why people can choose not to take any medical procedure. I'm almost 60. I'm vaxxed, because I am older and have a couple of co-morbidities (like K00000nah) which have been shown to cause a higher degree of risk should I get sick from COVID. My wife, who is under 40, isn't vaxxed, as I stated earlier, and it isn't because she listens to Alex Jones telling her the government is injecting a GPS tracker into her with every COVID shot. Her risk of severe disease from COVID given her health is extremely low (although, obviously, not certain).

Mandating a medical procedure effectively gives the State control over your body. If you do not "own" your own body, then you own nothing. It also sets a dangerous precedent most do not consider in their blind ideological allegiance to government mantra. For example, if The State can force you to have a foreign substance injected into your body, then they can also force you to give birth to that fetus you want to abort. After all, your body is no longer yours to do with what you please.

Those who would tar the unvaxxed as modern day lepers conveniently like to forget other basic medical facts: a) getting the jab does not mean you will not contract COVID; b) getting the jab does not mean you will not give COVID to other people; c) while getting the jab does mean you're statistically less likely to develop a severe case requiring hospitalization or death, it is by no means a certainty. I laugh at these people who think sitting next to someone who is "double vaxxed and boosted" means they're "safe".

There are serious, although statistically small (at the moment) serious complications which can arise from the vaccines. The mRNA vaccines have a risk of carditis and the J&J a higher risk of blood clots. There have been other studies published in the AHA Journal talking about a higher risk of cardiac issues. Nobody can dispute there is no long-term data on the safety of these vaccines. They have been around for a year, and while mRNA vaccine technology has been used in clinical studies for a while now, there is not a single mRNA drug on the market today (sans the COVID vaccines.) Nobody can point to another mRNA drug on the market that has been around for a decade and say "See! It's safe!"

In the end, people should (as with any medical decision) take the time to research matters themselves and make a risk/reward analysis with input from their medical advisors. If the potential risks outweigh the reward, then do not have whatever the procedure is, and certainly those people who make such a decision should not be publicly demeaned or penalized for the decision simply because "you" do not like their choice and made a different one.


ObvRadio: It seems even today "Bloomdaddy" is a rebroadcast, I was taking our daughter to daycare this morning and I caught the "champagne corks travel up to 50 MPH and will make your eye explode" segment on the way back.

 

[inorm99]

Good

 

[bostonradio]

Kuhner is still out today(1/3). They are running features/interviews by David "Bloomdaddy" Blomquist as filler.

 

[Amplitude]

I heard a best-of Kuhner report some time over the weekend (Saturday maybe).

I tuned in at 6 this morning just to see if Kuhner was back on, and at the very beginning of the show was a disclaimer: this is Bloom daddy filling in for your regular host.

Crickets from Kuhner, Sandy or anyone at I-heart?

 

[Amplitude]

 

[AbrahamJSimpson]

I'm okay with this, as long as we also make fat people pay for their own medical treatment related to their fatness, make smokers pay for their own lung-cancer treatment, etc. If you're otherwise perfectly healthy and come down with some malady through no fault/personal choices of your own, then sure, let insurance foot the bill. But if any of your lifestyle choices adversely affect your health -- even 30-40 years later -- then pony up the cash yourself. That's basically what you're saying, right?

When obesity and cancer are deemed contagious diseases, this might have merit. It does not. It is nothing but another swipe at those who often have a lifelong struggle with weight for myriad reasons and is not remotely comparable to those who, in the absence of a bona fide medical reason, do not take a widely tested vaccine.

What does have merit is that those who are already destitute will not be able to pay for outlandish medical bills regardless of the condition. So in the end, it will be a write-off for many healthcare providers, not an impact on those who willingly risk the health of those around them.

Those who would tar the unvaxxed as modern day lepers conveniently like to forget other basic medical facts: a) getting the jab does not mean you will not contract COVID; b) getting the jab does not mean you will not give COVID to other people; c) while getting the jab does mean you're statistically less likely to develop a severe case requiring hospitalization or death, it is by no means a certainty. I laugh at these people who think sitting next to someone who is "double vaxxed and boosted" means they're "safe".

This is right out of the anti-vax playbook. Deliberately framing things as a binary, all-or-nothing proposition. There is meaningful and important context in the percentages. That something is not 100%, as few things in life are, does not mean it is nothing. The odds of contracting and spreading the virus are substantially reduced by the vaccine.

 

[raccoonradio]

Grace is part of Howie Carr network which does supply that show and Howie's as affiliates. Not part of iHeart business and shrugging off may
be expected.Sandy strictly producing Jeff now
with occasional fill in, no longer producing Rea?

 

[Amplitude]

Somehow I don't see HC offering the Kuhner man a spot on his roster.

Unless he brings in enough revenue from the pillow ads and boner pill commercials

 

[Methuselah]

When obesity and cancer are deemed contagious diseases, this might have merit.

In many cases, obesity and cancer are the direct result of lifestyle choices (e.g. overeating, smoking).

The odds of contracting and spreading the virus are substantially reduced by the vaccine.

I'll keep this in mind as I attempt to find a rapid test today, as I developed COVID symptoms yesterday (102 fever, chills, cough, congestion, etc.) despite being "vaxxed and boosted".

 

[raccoonradio]

@bostonradio2 tweet:
Nancy Shack, Jeff Kuhner’s producer on WRKO 680, just confirmed that he caught Delta variant a week before Christmas. He was treated with Monoclonal Antibodies which apparently saved his life. He still refuses to be vaxxed and expected to be back on air next Monday, January 10.

 

[raccoonradio]

From Comm. Of Mass.:"Monoclonal antibody therapy (mAb) is a promising option for higher-risk patients who have tested positive for COVID-19 or who have been exposed to someone with COVID-19. Higher-risk patients may be older or have a medical condition. When given in a timely manner, mAb has been shown to be effective in reducing the severity of disease and keeping COVID-19-positive patients out of the hospital."

Kuhner is about 52

 

[DavidZ]

@bostonradio2 tweet:
Nancy Shack, Jeff Kuhner’s producer on WRKO 680, just confirmed that he caught Delta variant a week before Christmas. He was treated with Monoclonal Antibodies which apparently saved his life. He still refuses to be vaxxed and expected to be back on air next Monday, January 10.

I had a COVID breakthrough case in early September. I received the Monoclonal Antibodies treatment as well.

I was told that I could not get a booster for at least 90 days due to this treatment. Perhaps it’s the same for the initial vaccine shots as well.

If so, Jeff “bought” himself another 90 days.

 

[raccoonradio]

Will this satisfy iHeart's requirement to be vaxxed or tested (i.e. having the antibodies)? Would they demand he get a booster?
Saw on a messageboard someone with risk factors got the variant, received antibodies and was back at work two days later.

Kuhner supposedly has said he's diabetic.

 

[bostonradio]

I had a COVID breakthrough case in early September. I received the Monoclonal Antibodies treatment as well.

I was told that I could not get a booster for at least 90 days due to this treatment. Perhaps it’s the same for the initial vaccine shots as well.

If so, Jeff “bought” himself another 90 days.

That is correct. He can defer getting a vaccine for another 90 days after receiving the antibodies per CDC recommendation.

 

[Methuselah]

I had a COVID breakthrough case in early September. I received the Monoclonal Antibodies treatment as well.

I rapid-tested today, positive, at work's test center, so count me as one of those "breakthrough" cases (I've been vaxxed and boosted in early November). My physician is bringing me in for a PCR test tomorrow morning. So far my symptoms are relatively mild so other than treating w/ ibuprofen I assume there's nothing else she's going to have me do.

 

[Methuselah]

@bostonradio2 tweet:
He was treated with Monoclonal Antibodies which apparently saved his life.

However, Kuhner is also known for bouts of theatrics and drama to whip up his listening audience, so who really knows how sick he truly was.

 

[QED]

"he caught Delta"
I thought everybody is now catching Omi': can you get both? I didn't schedule a booster because I couldn't get Pfizer at this time just Moderna.

 

[ZantennaG1]

"he caught Delta"
I thought everybody is now catching Omi': can you get both? I didn't schedule a booster because I couldn't get Pfizer at this time just Moderna.

With each new variant, the old one kind of disappears, but it can still be caught if it's left floating around. Because a virus mutates, it's kind of like how you can still buy a DVD player (Delta), but it is getting more and more replaced by Blu-Ray and streaming (Omicron). (The selection at Walmart was horrendous by the way, with only a few options and the shelves were empty, but I found what I was looking for anyways).