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Anastasis

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  1. 46 minutes ago, bolverk said:

    I'll be passing through San Angelo tomorrow to help my mom out in planning my dad's funeral. He died earlier today at the age of 83 from Covid following a miserable three-week struggle in the hospital. It was a really shitty way to go and not the peaceful bed death surrounded by family/friends that we all wish for.

    Goddamnit man. I am so sorry to hear that. 

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  2. 7 hours ago, Captainant said:

    I didn't know wearing a mask was such a traumatic experience

    My kids are cool with everything that we have out there including consistent mask wearing in all public settings that don’t involve active sports play, but I see certain marks on their psyche and their social interactions and relationships. I don’t think that people should be so flippant about the potential longer term psychological trauma being experienced by our children. It’s hard as shit to balance things out and try to thread the needle between their actual risk and psychological well being. There is much more than just mask wearing involved here in terms of the psychological impacts. 

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  3. 51 minutes ago, Etexhorn13 said:

    This is the true meaning of Christmas 

    As I sit here waiting for the kids to go to bed I am reminded of many Christmas eves at my grandmas with a huge pot of tamales on the stove, a big ornamented tree, a table full of sweets and lots of holiday cheer if you know what I mean. What I would do to live that through the eyes of that kid again. 

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  4. Why cook cool then reheat and sear? 
     

    My five bone prime rib is taking its time defrosting in the fridge right now. Weighing doing it sous vide vs reverse seat. I have had some roasts turn out with a funky texture with sous vide and would hate to ruin that piece of meat. But if this thing doesn’t defrost all the way it may have to go in the drink. 

  5. 37 minutes ago, Lobo said:

    That straight up and down BMI calculator is so widespread in Texas.  I mean, that's a man who is 5-10 and 210 pounds, that's half the guys in Texas.  Or a woman who is 5-4, 170 pounds.  I'm all for them getting protected, especially if they are over 55-65 age range.  But that seems like that's basically every last vaccine vial that the pharma corps can make for the next 90 days+.  It just seems like there's a really specific list of people and conditions that number a few hundred thousands in Texas and then there's this BMI population that's like 15 million people just in Texas.  

    Yeah, seems they need a bit more granularity to the phases or they are going to have supply issues and miss some of the most at risk. 

  6. 1 hour ago, Texas Jeff said:

    Phase 1B definitions for Texas are out.  Phase 1B may start "in the coming weeks", but no specific date yet:

    https://www.dshs.state.tx.us/coronavirus/immunize/vaccine/EVAP-Phase1B.pdf

    Ages 65 and over, you're in...

    Ages 16-64 can get a shot if you have one of these:

    • Cancer
    • Chronic kidney disease
    • COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
    • Heart conditions, such as heart failure, coronary artery disease or cardiomyopathies
    • Solid organ transplantation
    • Obesity and severe obesity (body mass index of 30 kg/m2 or higher)
    • Pregnancy
    • Sickle cell disease
    • Type 2 diabetes mellitus

    There is some vague language in the definition that could be interpreted several ways, but that's the basic idea.

    About 70% of the deaths so far have been in the 65 and older group, so we may not see cases drop as fast from this allocation but we should see deaths significantly drop.  I would think this will also lower the burden on hospitals faster, but younger groups will still be passing it around.

     

    Interesting that they have added the pregnancy category. They can't have more than a small number of incidental pregnancies during the trials. Unless there are other high risk factors involved (e.g., healthcare worker), that would be a pass in the first wave imo. 

  7. 2 hours ago, Born to Run said:
    11 hours ago, Anastasis said:
    And hopefully it doesn't interrupt any dinners at French Laundry or Cabo honeymoons. 

    This post is so perfectly Ana...

    Did not fully optimize the sanctimonious twattery, imo. 

  8. 3 minutes ago, yoladu said:

    i think AOC should get to the end of the line a well, but my blood boils more when i see politicians who have been acting irresponsibly during the pandemic and who have been silent to the President's reckless actions get to the front of the line.

    i dunno...i guess i am discovering that for me, entitlement pisses me off, but hypocrisy makes me really blow a gasket.

    I find no reason to disagree with any of that. 

     

    But the queue is a math equation. Fuck off politicians. Unless you are in line to hold the football, wait your fucking turn.  

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  9. 4 hours ago, Bevo said:

    Back when I was a kid, we were quail hunting in South Texas and hit a deer on the way to dinner. My dad (who was a surgeon) said the deer was dead and put it our dog cage in the back of the SUV. We ate dinner and went back to the car and all hell had broken loose. Guess he called it a little too soon. The funniest part was figuring out how to get the buck out of the car without getting hurt. Of course, that ended up being my job.

    wut. 

  10. 20 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

    We never should have expected anything different. They're good with other people dying, not with themselves dying.

    And hopefully it doesn't interrupt any dinners at French Laundry or Cabo honeymoons. 

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