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From Mark Crispin Miller @ Substack

Sheffield Eagles full-back Quentin Laulu-Togaga’e “recovering from heart attack”; footballer Tom Holmes “diagnosed with rare form of cancer”; ITV soap “Emmerdale” adds cancer storyline

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Christina Aguilera cancels shows; Corey Taylor cancels tour; Michael Bolton’ brain tumor surgery; Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) treated for multiple myeloma; Susan Sullivan’s lung cancer

More celebrities sidelined dramatically in just the last few days—and a sampling of the “rare”conditions now afflicting countless tots and babies (none famous, or related to celebrities)

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Howard Stern has bad COVID; Rage Against the Machine breaks up (cancer); CNN’s Sara Sidner has breast cancer; Baywatch’s Nicole Eggert has breast cancer; Kate Beckinsdale’s stepdad has cancer, stroke

Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay undergoing treatment for “severe respiratory illness”

These first two items reconfirm what we (who pay attention) have unhappily observed since early 2020—that cultural rebelliousness (Stern’s raunchy humor, RATM’s loud dissidence) does not make you anti-authoritarian (if you’ve been stupefied with fear).

Though he’s never felt sicker, Stern credits the “vaccine,” without which he’d feel even worse, he thinks (if one can use that verb with so feral a Covidian).

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