# KarlGauss, where are you?  Are you ok?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karlgauss-where-are-you-are-you-ok/803198>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 1, 2017, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karlgauss-where-are-you-are-you-ok/803198 "2017-12-01T00:47:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karlgauss-where-are-you-are-you-ok/803198/1 "2017-12-01T00:47:23Z")

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**KarlGauss** the longtime erudite poster and wise academic internist from Ontario, Canada, who fought bravely to save lives during the SARS epidemic, has been missing lately.

His last visit to the board was back in February of this year. And he’s not made a post since summer of 2016. I’ve tried emailing him but have gotten nothing back. I hope he’s just taking a break, but I fear worse than that.

Anyone had any word from him?

☹

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karlgauss-where-are-you-are-you-ok/803198/2 "2017-12-06T22:09:51Z")

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He’s ok, just doing other things. We had a nice chat, caught up on stuff.

Thanks to you folks who PM’ed me about this.

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karlgauss-where-are-you-are-you-ok/803198/3 "2017-12-07T01:42:14Z")

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Thanks for the update! Glad he’s all right!

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**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karlgauss-where-are-you-are-you-ok/803198/4 "2017-12-07T02:36:33Z")

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thanks for the update.

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**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karlgauss-where-are-you-are-you-ok/803198/5 "2017-12-07T03:19:38Z")

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Also glad he is okay. And hoping he will grace these boards more again in the future!

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karlgauss-where-are-you-are-you-ok/803198/6 "2017-12-07T07:38:21Z")

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Thanks for digging into this, **Qadgop**! I had also noted and deplored his absence and hoped it was not serious.

**Karl** , I enjoy your posts and hope you will wander back this way at some point.

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karlgauss-where-are-you-are-you-ok/803198/7 "2017-12-07T08:48:36Z")

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Glad to know that **Karl** is okay. I’ll look forward to him rejoining us, when time and circumstance permit.