We're talking vaccine hesitation. The twenty somethings ain't who I'm worried about...

@aqua-letifer said in Hungry Hounds: @jolly said in Hungry Hounds: @aqua-letifer said in Hungry Hounds: @jolly said in Hungry Hounds: I've got a construction crew to feed today What's the project? End of project. New ceiling on church and parsonage. New roof on both. New floor in sanctuary. New lights in sanctuary. Word. Crazy work to do in this summer! We're hitting the triple digits today most likely so I can only imagine what it's like down there. For roof work (they did that a month ago) you start at daylight and you can work a crew until about noon. Then, they knock off for a 30 minute lunch (nobody eats much in the heat) and you pick up a bit before going home. Gatorade in the water cooler is a must. It will buy you two hours of productive work you wouldn't otherwise get. Besides, starting in the afternoon, your shoe soles will melt and stick to the roof...

@loki said in New Treatment Option: @lufins-dad said in New Treatment Option: @loki said in New Treatment Option: @lufins-dad said in New Treatment Option: $400 paid as needed? I’ve paid more than that for less critical treatments… Would a vaccine hesitant person prefer monoclonal antibodies to a vaccine? I have no idea. Of course we need monoclonal antibodies for breakthrough cases. Why are you making this about vaccines? There are vaccinated people still getting severe COVID and a small number still dying…This treatment is a good thing for everyone. There has been a debate about treatment as preferential to vaccines. I think it is inbounds. Nah, not really. You treat the patient, not the politics. Antibody therapy works, especially well for some people. Have to do it early. On an outpatient basis, it's not hideously expensive and it can save you a bed. A bed that's badly needed in some cases. In my little rural neck of the woods we've had calls from Texas and Arkansas today, hunting beds for COVID patients. Healthcare is a finite commodity. Especially with COVID, since your patient/nurse ratio cannot exceed 3:1. In a regular Med/Surg unit, you can stretch that ratio up to 6 or 7 per nurse, if you have nursing aides and LPN's to shoulder some of the load, but COVID is a different critter, almost like ICU in some respects.

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Could’ve used a blue screen. Still, that was cool and knee-weakening.

@george-k said in I heart NY: What is "Titty Money?" (I don't really care what "Shoe Money" is) A friend of mine and I are collectors of ideal shorthand questions to learn something about someone, where it's not even their answer but their reaction tells you all you need to know. For example, in order to determine both (1) whether or not someone's even familiar with D&D and (2) whether they're old school or on the Critical Role bandwagon is just simply to ask "5e?" It'll tell you everything you need to know. "What's titty money" is about the best I can possibly think of to determine whether someone's ever worked basic retail.

@klaus said in The Algorithm: I think your headline is misleading. The headline is from the article, not me. The title of the thread is about the algorithm in the article. What's misleading? In this case, the real problem is not the algorithm but this: a NarxCare score is not meant to supplant a doctor’s diagnosis. But physicians ignore these numbers at their peril. Yes. I know of at least two docs whose practice has been investigated for ignoring similar guidelines. Obey these numbers or get investigated.

We've gotta stop giving grades and diplomas. You just get your "high school diploma" when you reach age 18. GEDs can still be taken if you want it earlier. College entrance exams will still be given. Done and done.

@doctor-phibes said in Papers, please?: Maybe they could use the vaccination ID as voter ID <Mik mode on> I don’t care who you are that was funny<mik mode off>

@aqua-letifer said in They're not going to sell many of these in England....: @doctor-phibes said in They're not going to sell many of these in England....: Modern Doctor Who isn't the same show at all. The one with Peter Capaldi wasn't campy. In my opinion he was the best Doctor of all. Can you just start watching those cold, or do you have to watch the entire back-log as a prerequisite? You don't have to watch the whole thing, but it wouldn't hurt to watch the last couple of the previous incarnation. The long story arc is very much secondary to individual episodes, and the main villain (Missy) in the Capaldi series wasn't in the Matt Smith series at all. The initial companion, Clara, crosses between the two.

What a sheep.... You'd believe anything a democrat said. Joe Biden didn't create the COPS program, first of all. Secondly, the COPS program is just one example out of many where Biden used to support things that were good for the country but now supports the exact opposite. In the mid 90s he also supported the Constituion, now he doesn't. But none of that matters to a die hard koolaid drinker like you, huh.....

@doctor-phibes said in No suits available: My guess is they can't get the powerful video cards they'll need to fake the moon landings convincingly. Someone needs to update their Nuke software!

@kluurs said in Hey Phibes, still trying to figure out what CRT is?: CRT is in the past tense. No one uses Cathode Ray Tubes these days. First thing that comes to mind when I see those initials. BTW, BLM stands for Bureau of Land Management. Thank you! Glad to see I'm not the only one thinking this.

@axtremus said in New York is #1 … most corrupt states: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/11/six-most-corrupt-states/ I think Jolly and I will disagree. WaPo only counts if you were caught, LOL. While New York governors are great at resigning due to scandal, Illinois governors might be the best at actually being convicted of crimes.

If they ask if it’s your first shot, it is! Of Moderna, at least! Give it two weeks and they’ll be authorizing shot #3 for everyone.

I've seen a 1200 glucose walk in off the street and hold a conversation. The body can do some amazing things...

Naval hospital ships are associated with Mr. Trump and Mr. Cuomo. Bad vibes.

That “shift” is predicated on people getting the vaccines. Singaporeans generally embrace vaccinations and they generally wear masks when are under the weather (be it for the ok or the flu or whatever). This “shift” won’t work where large portions of the populations are anti-vaccination and/or anti-mask.

I didn't want them to change Windows 98 SE, Windows XP, and particularly Windows 7, but if they followed my advice we'd still be using Win 98, and things have got a lot better since then.

@lufins-dad said in If Trump had won...: Why would our penises shrink? Chronic excessive cologne use.