Steve Jobs Health Worries Escalate 520
PolygamousRanchKid writes with this sad snippet from the San Francisco Chronicle: "We all know that Steve Jobs is sick. What's not known is how sick he is, and that's worrying investors of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) this morning, as well as everyone else. Jobs did have pancreatic cancer a few years ago, but he had a transplant and was able to come back to work. Last time, he gave some kind of time frame for returning to work. This time, he did not. Supposedly the National Enquirer is set to run pictures of Jobs with him looking frail and gaunt. Jobs was spotted leaving the Stanford Cancer Center in Palo Alto, California, according to RadarOnline.com."
A pic here (Score:5, Informative)
http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/4d5c75d8cadcbbc41b160000/steve-jobs-sick.jpg [businessinsider.com]
There's also a sensationalist headline over here:
http://thenextweb.com/apple/2011/02/17/steve-jobs-may-have-just-six-weeks-to-live-receiving-treatment/ [thenextweb.com]
The Daily Mail spoke to Dr Jerome Spunberg, a certified Oncologist, who said: âoeMr Jobs is most likely getting outpatient chemotherapy at Stanford because the cancer has recurred.â
Another consultant, Dr. Gabe Mirkin, a physician with over fourty years experience, said: âoeHe is terminal. What you are seeing is extreme muscle wasting from calorie depravation, most likely caused by cancer. He has no muscle left in his buttocks, which is the last place to go. He definitely appears to be in the terminal stages of his life from these photos. I would be surprised if he weighed more than 130lb.â
The National Enquirer, who initially reported the news today (to be published tomorrow), talked to critical-care physician Dr. Samuel Jacobson, who said, âoeJudging from the photos, he is close to terminal. I would say he has six weeks.â That said, given the reliability of The National Enquirer, waiting for further news before jumping to conclusions is advised.
Weâ(TM)ve done a little digging into Dr. Samuel Jacobson. Jacobson appears to be a Florida based pulmonologist (breathing doctor) â" not Oncologist. Which would naturally make you wonder just how qualified he is to diagnose someone via a photo, especially outside of his speciality.
Re:He's probably dying (Score:3, Informative)
you can't cheat death.
Sure you can -- just like you can cheat the Mob. Long term, the results are about the same, too.
Re:Why is the media following the National Enquire (Score:5, Informative)
Don't forget that it was The National Enquirer who broke the story on the Edwards baby and affair. They've established some cred on investigative journalism over the last several years.
I'm not saying they're right here, I'm just saying it's foolish to discount them out of hand.
Re:Seriously don't care... (Score:4, Informative)
Re:He's probably dying (Score:5, Informative)
My understanding was that Job's form of pancreatic cancer is not the almost-guaranteed-to-be-fatal kind that Patrick Swayze had.
Re:I hate Apple (Score:4, Informative)
I am still bothered by the way he pretended to invent multitasking instead of just admitting that he was catching up to Android,
Where did he ever say that? When he introduced multitasking for the iPhone he said that Apple was "late to the party [osnews.com]".
Seriously I really think Apple-haters like to make things like this up or seem unable to separate marketing-speeak from reality.
Re:Seriously don't care... (Score:3, Informative)
Microsoft didn't "bail out Apple." Microsoft was being sued by Apple for getting caught stealing QuickTime code in Video For Windows. As part of a settlement deal, Microsoft was required to buy non-voting stock in Apple and ship Office for Mac for a number of years.
That some people spin it as a benevolent act on Microsoft's part is an interesting twist of the truth considering it was Apple who had Microsoft by the balls.
Re:who cares (Score:4, Informative)
You know, "self-declared" means that he has declared himself a god. As far I know he has not done so.
-dZ.