Mysterious disappearance of UFO-linked Air Force general sparks search

[Mendel]

Sure seems like the press should ask.
I mean, I'm all for respecting someone's medical privacy...but this is an emergency...

How would that help?
Alzheimers patients walk towards water, dementia victims prefer high places, while heat stroke sufferers can usually be found in the dark?
All this means is that, unlike a lost hiker, the missing person cannot be counted on to act rationally.

 

[Gary C]

its not gallows humor. she's unamused at all the conspiracy theories and misinformation when her real life husband is missing.

That's an alternative interpretation, but gallows humor is frequently sarcastic/ironic in tone. Either or both are possible explantation.
Also I did not say it was. Just putting some numbers to the grim reality of the situation she's facing at this point in the search. Law enforcement cannot be expected to maintain this level of effort indefinitely.

 

[NoParty]

I can certainly understand her being very annoyed at false claims being made.

That said, it just seems too soon, while the search is still on, for sarcasm.

It kind of distracts and may confuse some people.

 

[deirdre]

It kind of distracts and may confuse some people.

you mean a bunch of people sitting behind their computers instead of going out there and looking for him? I highly doubt she cares. Or whoever wrote the post cares.

I'm not reprimanding you, I certainly don't expect you to fully understand what the internet and media are like from the perspective of someone in a raw situation. (you personally do understand and care more than alot of people, that is certainly one of good traits!)

 

[deirdre]

Either or both are possible explantation.

no. its not gallows humor.

 

[Rick Robson]

its not gallows humor. she's unamused at all the conspiracy theories and misinformation when her real life husband is missing.

Agreed.
As for "gallows humour", never heard about this term, and not much time passed since I heard "gallows" for the first time (listening to ELP's "Pirates"). Never mind, it's like different strings on the approach to natural science

 

[NorCal Dave]

I know pretty well what you're talking about, except that stroke or cerebrovascular accident (CVA) are very specific to loss of brain function caused by a blocked artery (ischemic) or a ruptured blood vessel (hemorrhagic), which can't even be cogitated about without having available McCasland's actual medical issue report.

We're likely not going to get his medical records, those are private. Prior to his wife's statement, the information available stated a Silver Alert had been issued. The state guidelines make it clear that a Silver Alert is issued when:

...the reporting party only needs to indicate they believe the missing person shows signs or symptoms of Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia, cognitive decline or impairment, regardless of age.

Reading that a Silver Alert was issued for McCasland, it would indicate the reporting party believed there was some sort of cognitive impairment. That's what triggers a Silver Alert.

If, as Todd's post suggests, he was in good mental health very recently, but is now the subject of a Silver Alert indicating cognitive impairment, a stroke is a reasonable suggestion. They can happen very fast and leave healthy person with physical and cognitive impairments within hours. The impairments can be temporary, permanent or a combination.

The problem is we have the wife saying that while he has some sort of "risk", it's not some form of mental decline. This is contradictory to the New Mexico state guidelines for issuing a Silver Alert. So, we have a conundrum. If McCasland has NO cognitive impairment, then why was a Silver Alert issued?

It's possible the guidelines are just that, guidelines and not hard rules. The local Sheriff may have the authority to issue a Silver Alert for risk issues outside of cognitive impairment and decline. Such as, a missing person that is known to be acutely diabetic and relies on daily insulin therapy or someone in need of weekly dialysis or any other medical condition that requires regular care in a timely manner.

 

[deirdre]

If McCasland has NO cognitive impairment, then why was a Silver Alert issued?

i didnt look at the wording of the bill from last year itself but if they took out the 'irreversible' bit that the website seems to still say.. what is your covid season out there? i got the original strain and had some brain fog, but i don't think i was confused or disoriented. i did have to write down when i took medication because a few times i couldn't remember if i took it or not. of course then i realized i couldnt always remember if i wrote it down or not.. so each morning i laid the daily doses out on a graphed piece of paper. does that qualify as confused? maybe, huh?