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alincoln

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  1. Tee Higgins is also only 22. The Bengals offense should only get better.
  2. Not with respect to omicron aside from immediate lockdowns comparable to those imposed at the beginning of covid, which won't happen. It is way too late to implement a massive vaccine/booster rollout to the unvaccinated/unboosted.
  3. The bottom line is that there is nothing we can do at this point to limit the spread of omicron throughout the world short of massive lockdowns which isn't going to happen.
  4. The vaccines are clearly less effective in preventing breakthrough omicron cases. Boosters appear to help but only 28% of the US population has received a booster. As a result, a significant majority of the US population has very limited protection against omicron. Fortunately, omicron appears to be much milder with symptoms generally akin to a standard cold or allergies (runny nose, mildly sore throat, fatigue) compared to previous variants (fever, bad sore throat, loss of sense of smell or taste). Unfortunately, most Americans will think they have a cold instead of omicron because the difference in symptoms is not understood by most of the population. The asymptomatic and carriers who think they just have a winter cold will spread this through the population like wildfire. Many states are at or approaching record case levels and those totals don't include many asymptomatic or minor cases.
  5. I'd be more interested in what percentage are obese, elderly and/or have health problems. At this point, almost all of those hospitalizations are still delta.
  6. We will never come close to fully vaccinating the U.S. much less the world.
  7. Exactly. Omicron will hit the US harder than other Western democracies because of the lower vaccination rates and higher obesity rates. The early data certainly suggests that Omicron is accompanied by less severe symptoms than previous variants (potentially significantly less severe) despite its virulence but fatties and the unvaccinated remain at high risk. For boosted individuals in relatively good shape, omicron looks like a mild cold if you even experience symptoms at all..
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    EPL 2021-22

    The TAA call is actually amazingly good, particularly from Mike Dean.
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    EPL 2021-22

    EPL is about to get the winter break everyone has wanted.
  10. Urban is not a complicated person. He is an incredibly arrogant and condescending asshole who occasionally experiences a moment of self-awareness and briefly modifies his behavior only to almost immediately revert to his true nature. His tenure with the Jags is unquestionably a historic failure that significantly tarnishes his legacy. I would be shocked if he doesn't return to the college ranks in the near future in an ego-driven effort to rehabilitate his record/image. The floodgates will probably open with anecdotes regarding his behavior, but the vast majority will just further underscore what a garden variety dick he is.
  11. Techne Futbol app is all you need for training at home.
  12. Don't give a shit if she participates but characterizing her times as legitimate for purposes of winning races or setting records in women's swimming is just denying reality.
  13. When the best thing about your league are a few new stadiums scattered across the country, your league has issues. That said, the play has gotten better and the academy system has improved dramatically. The problems remain the godawful leadership, idiotic ownership structure, unnecessarily restrictive salary cap and unconscionably dumb regular season and playoff system. Hopefully, the goal is ultimately to split the league into two 16-team leagues with promotion and relegation between those leagues and a champion determined by league results instead of the insanely pathetic current playoff system. As it stands, MLS as an actual competition is basically meaningless. The regular season is merely a playoff qualifier and the playoffs are a one-off crapshoot. Only one 1-seed from either conference has made it to the final over the last 10 seasons (Toronto in 2017). It will remain a Mickey Mouse league more than deserving of derision until it has a true league champion and some promotion/relegation. BTW, aggy isn't known for bitching. They are known for happily gobbling down the shit sandwiches they are fed on an annual basis. Fuck that.
  14. No one is watching this game regardless of who is in it
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    USMNT 2021

    I think he gets credit for the Gold Cup
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    USMNT 2021

    Pepi for sure, but Robinson and McKennie for me for POTY
  17. He's leaving tOSU because he has no chance to start next season and isn't guaranteed to start the following season.
  18. The MLS as a competition sucks. The regular season isn't meaningful without relegation and with the current playoff structure. The playoffs are way too random with the one leg knockout structure. The goal should ultimately be to create a MLS 1 and 2 with promotion and relegation between the leagues and a league champion determined based on regular season results.
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    USMNT 2021

    Sounds like Weston is fine.
  20. Amazing that this dumb league uses a one-leg format in the playoffs.
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    USMNT 2021

    Love to see it. Home of the USMNT
  22. Always disturbing to be reminded of how many tens of millions of room temperature IQs are walking among us.
  23. Shitfaced moron fleeing crime scene blows through parade at high rate of speed appears to be the simplest explanation here.
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    USMNT 2021

    Odds to win 2022 World Cup. Brazil +600 France +600 England +700 Spain +800 Italy +1000 Germany +1000 Argentina +1000 Belgium +1200 Netherlands +1600 Portugal +2000 Denmark +2500 Colombia +6600 Croatia +6600 Uruguay +8000 Mexico +10000 Nigeria +10000 Serbia +10000 Switzerland +10000 Algeria +10000 USA +10000
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