This was my first thought, how much will this cost? Our healthcare system is terrible. 

Yes, the bill will vary depending on his insurance coverage, which I believe he would have had through his actor’s guild membership unless he opted out. Then it would be based on what the insurance agreed to cover. It is likely that the bill will still be huge even with the insurance because of the length of time in…

Exactly. This is often the same tone so many of us women use here. When you remove it from its host, of course it sounds like we’re condoning misogyny, when in fact we’re just using the terminology facetiously and ironically. 

Same in UK. Failure to act straight away cost the lives of too many. Sadly, we seem to be following the U.S. 

Agreed. When my elderly mother was ill, then died, my daughter was on social media all the time. I had to leave social media, couldn't talk about it. Because I was saving my energy to deal with funeral arrangements etc. But although it pained me to see her posts, I knew that was how my daughter coped. She was closer…

Very true. It is so clear that she loved him through and through. There is something good to be said for seeking connection. You sit there by his bedside. You know in your heart that he is slipping away and yet you tell yourself where there’s life, there’s hope. And it does help buoy you and allow you to hold onto the…

I know I shouldn’t be shocked but reading some of the cesspool responses on Twitter from the “other side” made me want to vomit. A young woman is dead, another young woman may never be the same, their families’ lives are shattered, those present will never forget the trauma, even the murderer and his family will never…

I hate to say this, but why can’t the evil people be the ones who get seriously ill and die?  

People cope with tragedy in different ways. She probably felt the feeling of support from a wider community was comforting.

The Seattle Times features a loss from this virus every day--fathers, mothers, sons, daughters.

This is what drives me crazy about people who are confidently making statements about case or fatality rates or about how sick people can get. He was a 41 year old who was sick with an infectious disease for over three f*cking months and then he died - from something for which there is no vaccine, no cure, and no…

This is heartbreaking, I can’t even imagine their pain.

Y’all are responding to an obvious troll. Quit bringing this thing out of the greys.

Nah, this isn’t why. It happened because of the protests. And I’m particularly sure it has nothing to do with this case, as Washington sure as hell would have never passed this kind of law (nor would Minnesota for that fact).

It’s a goddamn tragedy. Each and every death has a story behind it, a family, wives and kids and mothers and husbands and fathers and friends. Here’s one more we can put a face and a name to. Each one could have just as easily been me. Or you.

I agree! It sucks I have to write like that to avoid getting sued for libel, and I wish I could comfortably use different language!

I have some difficulty believing that. Even in traffic accidents, if one driver is at fault and the accident results in a death, they’re nearly always charged with vehicular manslaughter/unintentional vehicular manslaughter/negligent homicide. Of course it varies by state (IIRC 3 states do not have a vehicular…

How was her tone in any way opaque? No one uses “good ole boys club” in a positive way. I know enough women veterans to realize that you get desensitized to sexual harassment in the army. Not in a way that makes you unsympathetic to victims, but in a way where your tone is casual/defeated/empty when talking about that…

Her use of the term “good ole boy club” made it perfectly clear, but here we are.

I’m guessing that if we heard her say it, her tone of voice would have made it clearer.