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All I know is if I were a teacher I would be so deeply appreciative to have all the school holidays, 2 week winter break, one week spring break, and 10 weeks or so off every summer while still getting 10 days or so for sick/personal time and all while earning a good living. You'd never hear me complain to non-teachers no matter how hard the students, job, etc. are. Back in 2014 out of curiosity, I found my son's second grade teacher, in Ohio with a master's degree, was paid 86,000 a year. So count me as one who believes they get paid plenty. Then there's things like the second Covid dose this year. School did it on Wednesday, gave everyone Thursday off for any side effects. Of course early Thursday afternoon get a call from the district that too many teachers, bus drivers, staff felt they'd be too sick to work Friday so we took that day off too. Wouldn't schedule that on Thursday or even Friday because it might bleed into their weekend.

You know the funny thing to me was that, for all the railing DR did about other posters being paid schills, he was in fact the most likely to actually be one. I mean, I poke around PPP infrequently, but always just marveled because many times during his heyday I'd look at the topic list and his avatar was last response on every one. Every freaking one. He definitely was trying to affably suffocate this board. Now, I can believe he was a writer because he is certainly gifted there. But when he was tgreggy he was much more liberal, but supposedly he "saw the light", became this right wing conspiracy poster and changed his name to "Deranged Rhino". Which I always wondered if it was a double-entendre for R.I.N.O. ? 😂 Anyways, just some semi-relevant musings. Cheers!

Not too confident that he can shield himself from the legal battles but he's almost certainly going to push 2024 and try and raise money off it. It was his entire point of fighting the election results so long. I know a few intelligent supporters that fell for his dog and pony shows while failing to look up what an incompetent travesty his court filings were. Dupe the fans, line his pockets. But don't underestimate his supporters. It's less about him and more an expression of what they feel is wrong with America. I only hope that between his attempts to usurp our governmental election processes, the Jan 6th Capitol storming he enabled, and Sydney Powell fessing up that our most conservative citizens start to realize while Trump did some great things early on, in the end his ego went into light speed that makes him too dangerous to hold such power again.

Moderna, 1st shot little arm tenderness like any vaccine. 2nd shot chills/transient fever, other miscellaneous mild virus-type symptoms about 12-18 hours after. Fine the next day.

Happy to see Milano signed. Let's say Epenesa puts 10-20 lbs of muscle back on his frame. Both Ep and Milano appear to me to be very intelligent during live action. Ep also showed some burst at his trimmed down weight, he definitely needs to develop his game but if it happens quickly next year what does that mean for our pass rush? Now you have Star eating up the middle, freeing Ed Oliver, Harrison Philips up to a much greater degree. If Ep develops, with Milano you'll have two smart, quick, high-motor wily defenders that can get to the QB. You'll also have Hughes on the other side, not smart, but still high motor and reasonably quick. I see our pass rush becoming very effective by mid-season with scheme and varying alignments. The big question mark is Edmunds. I totally want the kid to succeed but haven't seen it consistently on the field despite his Pro Bowls. All the tools with no instincts, slow to react, constantly playing catch-up and I think this affects Milano. Milano has to cover extra space because of Edmunds which can put him in a poorer position to make tackles and expose him to more injuries.

What I'm seeing from lab studies is that the mRNA vaccines that modified the spike protein (pfizer, moderna) are effective against UK, Brazil but lose something like 12 fold effectiveness for the S. Africa variant. J&J, Novavax have even more S-protein modifications so they may perform better against S. Africa. Keep in mind that current Russia, China, Astra Zeneca vaccines use the non-modified spike protein and may have decidedly less efficacy. Supposedly Moderna or Pfizer has already sent FDA a modified vaccine dose they feel will be more effective against the variants. Not sure if this is different from their next-gen vaccine of the receptor binding domain (RBD) already in clinical trials. Sorry, no citations, saw this in browsing articles last night and this morning.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41577-020-00480-0/tables/1 Fantastic article discussing the major vaccines and this table 1 link really highlights how the US/Europe has the best ones. Truly impressive Pfizer and Moderna took the extra scientific steps to design a more effective spike protein antigen in such a short time. Please everyone get the vaccine, I got Moderna, nothing too bad but mostly some transient chills/fever 13-18 hours post-second dose. This vaccine is nothing more than an mRNA surrounded by nano-lipid (fat) molecules. Side effects are consistent with a viral immune response and I think Moderna pushed the dose level given the urgent need. Side effects I take as a sign the vaccination was successful the first dose.

Great cover 1 article Yolo, thanks for posting. The future's bright for AJ, he's a tireless worker and I think his specialty is getting inside effectively from that DE position. In college, he used his strong hands and arm thrusts at a heavier weight to be effective in the big 10. In the NFL he needs to be effective on the outside and use it and more burst to set up his inside game. But he's very intelligent and tireless. The next two years will be fun to see where he ascends. I expect him to be a disruptor and you get Ed Oliver upping that part of his game, it should create havoc for offenses.

I hope you don't let it bother you too much. Abused dogs carry quirks and emotional scars and sometimes nothing can change that. Sometimes you can work around those and other times you can't.

There is most definitely an endgame. We are going to vaccinate Covid-19 either to obscurity (polio, smallpox) or to a manageable level in society (influenza). My guess is somewhere in the middle of this spectrum, either several years of adapted vaccines or a paradigm similar to influenza but maybe less often. Right now, even though the MSM will be histrionic about mutated Covid, it does appear Covid mutates faster than previously thought. Not as fast as influenza though. And while the vaccines may have some degree of reduced efficacy, they are far from impotent against the mutants. We are all tired of the precautions, so start by getting vaccinated at first opportunity. Natural immunity and vaccinated immunity are critical. We are privileged to have the finest vaccines here in the US and if anyone prompts me I can explain why. As the numbers change, so do the restrictions. We need to use the vaccines to reduce the spread and concurrent natural mutations, then the numbers and science will dictate what kind of long term vaccine plan is necessary. In fact, once the numbers and epidemiologists determine vaccine and natural immunity have reduced spread of the virus enough it will be critical to remove precautions to assess the long term health plan to prevent Covid from ever threatening our health care system again.

Schools are open. Not everywhere, but in very many states, including mine (Ohio). Classes are masked and socially distanced. Part of how they managed to do this is because a significant number of parents CHOSE to keep their kids virtual. Sports are being played. What the science says is that kids 15 and under are less likely to be infected and spread Covid. Kids under 12 especially. The science also says that primary school kids are far more likely to be mild or totally asymptomatic. The science also says that infected kids above 15 spread the virus akin to adults, thus the risk to teachers. The science is also showing in open schools with Covid precautions there are very few spreading events. Hence the CDC and everyone pushing for schools with proper precautions to be open. The science also shows that some kids do better at virtual classes, others better in-person. See the entire science instead of just the parts you like.

Well, congratulations you're both correct!

Yep, only reason I am rooting for Tampa is KC's defense got away with a ton of holding against us and happy to see it called right this week.

Sums it up even nicer in that if Edmunds hadn't bit hard on the play fake he's one step closer to Hill to make that play or even defense the pass.

Your logic is extremely flawed. It's relatively simple. It'll be over when the hospitalizations, deaths, and new cases decrease and stabilize. As vaccinations come up and cases go down precautions are relaxed. If everything stays stable we continue to relax precautions until we're done with masking and distancing. How soon is difficult to predict but we know it'll happen a lot quicker if everyone gets vaccinated. Personally, somewhere between end spring and fall for a return to normalcy seems reasonable right now. It's not about stamping it out. It hardly ever was. It's about having it under control.

It's already been explained to you, weeks ago. But you are so steeped in your own ignorance any further effort seems pointless.

community health centers opposed the Trump administration plan. “The executive order was a slap in the face because we were already a low-cost alternative to high prescription drug prices. The executive order just created massive red tape. It’s not a good rule.” See my post from yesterday for the rest of your answer. But I've copied the important part here to hopefully help your reading comprehension.

Ah, subjective judgement from your own brainwashed politics of idiocy.👌

“Their whole mission for 55 years has been to provide low-cost prescriptions and services to low-income families,” said NACHC vice president of media relations Amy Simmons Farber, who also said community health centers opposed the Trump administration plan. “The executive order was a slap in the face because we were already a low-cost alternative to high prescription drug prices. The executive order just created massive red tape. It’s not a good rule.” https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/verify/verify-biden-administration-insulin-costs/531-57ea96f8-bcbf-412e-8d25-6aaaa37319b4 I personally believe Trump was trying to do the right thing on this. executive orders: I'm not a big fan of them but it's traditionally used. Teddy Roosevelt used over 1000, FDR over 3700 his 12 years! https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/data/executive-orders

Actually, I don't think this is correct. Edit: Young children seem less likely to catch it but this does not apply to older kids. Kids are much less likely to experience symptoms, especially severe, but can still contract and spread the virus is my understanding. Subtle but big difference, especially as many kids know Covid won't have any serious direct effect on them. Also, CDC is saying schools can be open with precautions: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2021/01/27/covid-schools-cdc-reports-how-classes-can-safe-prevent-spread/4278356001/ I know my local schools have done a good job with it and looking at their data there have been no significant outbreaks when the schools are open. I most certainly agree that the vaccine is the only way out.

And why isn't Kellyanne defending herself?

It was really surprising to me to see how leaned out and muscular Epenesa was compared to his Iowa years. I think his body fat % went way down and bulking muscle up during the season has to be a pretty tall order. Looking forward to see where his weight is at next year, and it will probably be all muscle. He played violently at Iowa, he may take a nice jump for us next year.

When it comes to politics the Post is NOT a legit news source anymore. They were/are no better than tabloid trash for anything Trump. Same with the NY Tmes and CNN. Just completely unprofessional, I lost all respect for them. It's a big part of the reason so many on the right turned so hard to the alt right news sources. Who stretch their own truths. And all this is a big reason the country is so divided.

More than sad. It's feeding towards dictatorship.

The answer as to why it made sense for the Dems to do it is contained there. They could easily have taken the more painful route if they chose.