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Post by EspadaIII on Jun 11, 2024 5:38:40 GMT
A significant loss to humanity. I listened to his 'just one thing' series and something he wrote about last year that resistance training exercise delayed the onset of dementia gave me the impetus to start exercising.
A real shame for his family.
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Post by WDB on Jun 11, 2024 6:44:34 GMT
Yes, very sad. A capable and likeable man and an excellent communicator who could mix serious science with humour and humanity. He had more to give and I’m sorry we won’t be getting it.
I watched his 2022 Panorama on sleep problems. That, rather poignantly now, features his wife and one of his daughters, who have had to suffer their loss in public.
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Post by EspadaIII on Jun 11, 2024 6:57:24 GMT
Just been reading about how he was found. He knew he was in trouble as he was found on his back with his legs elevated on a stone, presumably to try to stop himself from fainting. I know from personal experience, the trouble you can get into walking in the heat without adequate water. I was lucky as I reached a source of potable water before I was too far gone but I certainly was 'on the way'. Learnt my lesson the hard way. And certainly as you get older its get harder to cope and harder to recover.
His family will be under tremendous scrutiny for a while which is not pleasant but I hope that they get comfort from the fact that so many people will have improved and longer lives as a result of his work. My life has been improved; of course I will never know if it has been extended but I like to think it will be.
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Post by Rob on Jun 11, 2024 17:48:05 GMT
This is a terrible story and he knew he was in danger and did what he could. But sadly he knew it was a risky walk and still did it and tragically has paid the price. It was said to be 47 deg C on that day. Even being in the sun without going up a hill/mountain was to be avoided.
I find the words of his wife strange when she said he nearly made it... didn't matter where he failed on the walk... he paid the ultimate price and being close is more than irrelevant. In fact I'd feel worse that he got so close and nobody could help.
I am only guessing he got lost and realised he had to walk down to the resort or he was in real trouble so came down what was a hillside and not a path.
And I'm not sure having access to water at that stage was going to save him. He had heat stroke and needed something more drastic to save him. Maybe if he got into the sea a little earlier. But the end of the day he should have not gone for that walk regardless of how fit he though he was.
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Post by WDB on Jun 12, 2024 6:14:03 GMT
His wife isn’t offering a detailed account of how she really feels, just coping as best she can. No need to analyse.
I’m reminded of Colin Parry, whose 12-year-old son Tim died from injuries caused by the IRA’s bomb in Warrington in 1993. He gave an interview in which he talked about how positive Tim had been in hospital. Both he and Clare Bailey had to hold themselves together in public and make statements when they must have felt like howling at the cosmos.
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Post by WDB on Jun 12, 2024 8:22:05 GMT
The Nasty media seem to be fixating on this subject — possibly as a distraction from election woes. (These just appeared on my YouTube front page, not because I looked for them. My one online act was to google Clare Bailey to check the spelling of her given name.) So I’m inclined to leave it alone now.  |
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Post by Rob on Jun 12, 2024 17:17:32 GMT
The coverage by the media has been shocking. I think it was Sky that flashed up a message about images might be disturbing or words to that effect. And then they show footage of the body being moved in a body bag! Even if it had been filmed. the editor should never have shown this.
The media is showing us what they think we want. Most of us don't want this sort of reporting.
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