NY Magazine: The Ice Bucket Challenge is a Medical Disaster

[LiberalElite]

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/08/ice-bucket-challenge-is-a-medical-disaster.html

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The ALS Association has raised millions and millions of dollars for scientific research by persuading Americans to record videos of themselves being doused in ice-cold water. The trend has gotten so far out of hand that Ethel Kennedy challenged President Obama to douse himself. Has nobody considered the dangers associated with exposing a president to hypothermic shock? Have we already forgotten what happened to William Henry Harrison?
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[riqster]

1. I have a heart condition. No way I am doing this challenge.

[Javaman]

2. I made just that statement the other day...

this stupid ice bucket challenge will last until people start having heart attacks.

why can't people just give to a charity without having to do something stupid?

[riqster]

4. Actually, some of these yahoos are not donating at all.

Or donating less. Eedjits.

[roguevalley]

17. its voluntary. don't do it. it brought attention to a terrible disease.

millions have rolled in for research. I applaud them. But then, I live in Alaaka and deal with cold water all the time.

[Javaman]

18. While that is good, how many would have done it without the crazy challenge?

none.

Glory hounds searching for the 5 minutes of mandatory fame as guaranteed by the constitution.

[tridim]

3. It's the new duck-face selfie, only more annoying.

It's all about ego now.

[TBF]

5. Not surprised that folks will go so far to avoid donating -

to a good cause. Just another example of 'Murica.

[Borchkins]

6. Ice bucket challenge naysayers.

For Pete's sake, chill out.

My boys (10 and 12) were thrilled to do the challenge.

First, they looked at the youtube video of how the challenge got started. They know more about ALS than they did before.

Second, they thought about the three friends to challenge (one ended up picking his football coach).

Third, they planned how they were going to complete the challenge, together, separately, each pours on the other, they pour on themselves. Should Dad pour from a step, the ground or the roof.

Fourth they completed the challenge and enjoyed themselves.

Oh, yeah and fifth, we donated to ALS.

Why judge? Why take joy away from this? If you don't like it, ignore it quietly.
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[seaglass]

13. Agreed. It has raised awareness and 22 million so far. n/t

[onecent]

7. I also think it's a crock. It appears IF THEY DOUSE THEMSELVES

THEY do not have to pay anything????????????

[mythology]

9. The charity has had a large increase in donations

So it is certainly working in that regard.

[karynnj]

8. Given the hot outdoor temperature and that the water can be far above freezing,

how much a risk could there be for those who are healthy? As to the temperature of the water, there could be a trick to this - you CAN have ice cubes in warm water -- it takes a while for them to melt as any one who has made ice tea by adding ice cubes to strong brewed tea knows.

I bet the water here in Lake Champlain in Burlington, where people do swim, is not much warmer than the bucket of water to which ice was added. (Lake Michigan stays pretty cold too.)

[cbdo2007]

10. What do they think happened to William Henry Harrison? I haven't seen any reports of people being...

injured during the ice bucket challenge. The story is conveniently short of any kind of facts or anything, it just appears they wanted to write an article about the IBC but didn't have anything to say about it so they made something up. Weird.

[KamaAina]

11. It is widely believed that he took ill after his inaugural speech

which was given on a raw, rotten day in DC.

[cbdo2007]

14. Hmmm, yeah that's what I thought. lol....I'm still clueless why this is thrown into the ice

bucket challenge debate though.

Around 36,000 people die each year from the flu....so far none have even been injured due to the ice bucket challenge, so that was an awful strange comparison to make.

[Jenoch]

12. I too am trying to remember who dumped ice water on William Henry Harrison.

[Enrique]

16. Aaron Burr

[Enrique]

15. I was wondering about that when I saw Wolf Blitzer do it

that said, I'm still wondering about it. This article doesn't have any facts in it.