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    2 years ago

    more or less the same symptoms as mushroom poisoning

    Only certain cholinergic mushrooms. Those are pretty rare. Usually kidney or liver failure which wouldn’t present those symptoms.

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      Imagine you are a Russian doctor, you have a patient with severe nausea, diarrhea, blurry vision, headache, muscle weakness, and you don’t want to fall out of a window. What’s your diagnosis?

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        This level of conspiracy is too much for my credulity. I think Russia is a heavy handed murderous state, but I don’t see the motive or means likely for this dude. I honestly believe it’s more likely he’s just an old guy that died from multiorgan failure from mushroom poisoning. Cholinergic crisis would’ve likely killed him much faster.