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Public health officials are urging Americans to exercise caution if they choose to participate in âdrinking gamesâ during the first Republican primary debate this Thursday in Cleveland, Ohio.
âYou simply canât drink every time one of these guys says something silly,â said Surgeon General Vivek Murthy during a Wednesday morning press conference. âWeâve got three candidates who are prone to gaffes â Jeb Bush, John Kasich and Scott Walker â and then a half-dozen obscure goofballs vying with Donald Trump for a little media attention. Itâs just a formula for disaster.â
First responders are preparing for a repeat of 2012, when emergency rooms were inundated with a surge of alcohol-related admissions. A study conducted by researchers at the Tufts University School of Medicine estimated that there were 70,000 additional hospitalizations, on average, following each of the 104 âclown carâ debates during that election cycle. âThat just counts alcohol poisoning and other drug overdoses,â explained Dr. Pritam Baruah, one of the authors of the study. âThe numbers donât include injuries from motor vehicle accidents or peopleâs misguided attempts to wash their brains out with bleach.â
âThey brought in one semi-conscious kid â he was maybe 25 â who kept repeating, âenergy, you idiot!â over and over again like some kind of slurred mantra,â recalls Murphy. âIt wasnât until weâd pumped his stomach and given him five units of plasma that it became clear that the idiot was former Texas Governor Rick Perry and the Department of Energy was the third agency heâd wanted to shut down.â
Do NOT include "When Trump interrupts someone, drink." You'll die from alcohol poisoning.
Remember, he did not prep for the debate.