NEW: Democrat Rep. John Larson has a medical episode during a speech, freezes up for nearly a minute.

NEW: Democrat Rep. John Larson has a medical episode during a speech, freezes up for nearly a minute after blasting republicans for not “speaking up.” “Don't worry. No one on the Republican side who controls both the House and Senate is going to speak up…” Larson has been in Congress since 1999. ...

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I wonder what's going on there. Dementia or a minor stroke like a TIA?
- My vote is the latter, or maybe some kind of cardiac arrythmia that spooked him into "fight flight or freeze" mode.
  
  or maybe some kind of cardiac arrythmia that spooked him into "fight flight or freeze" mode.
  probably 1/5 of young people have these by now
- I’m thinking TIA, or a possible full stroke due to the tongue fasciculations.
- In the UK there was a load of medical PSAs about immediately getting someone exhibiting signs of a Stroke (which ofc includes TIA) to hospital coz every second wasted is potentially lifechanging/fatal.
  Meanwhile, every time one of these episodes happens to one of your legislative ghouls everyone just sorta stares at them until it subsides, which is a particularly funny way to deal with the ageing politician epidemic i guess.
  
  Three hours from the first symptom was my guideline when I worked in paramedicine. Within that we could push TPA, a drug that dissolves every blood clot in the body. After three hours the risk of causing a second stroke outweighed the benefits of stopping the one that has already done its damage.

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