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  1. On 7/21/2021 at 8:26 PM, Anastasis said:

    I don't see any obvious reason why PFE would be meaningfully different than MRNA. They both use the exact same spike protein sequence, and extremely similar delivery technology. Maybe some differences in proprietary lipid nano partical tech, but i would think that the impact should be minimal.  I think that the two should be viewed as functionally equivalent.  Maybe something in the dosing regimen? 21d 2nd dose vs. 28 day?  That might make some sense.  There is evidence that extended 2nd dose intervals generall produce better immune response (outside COVID setting). Maybe that could be it?  Meh, I don't think so. JNJ uses same spike, but different delivery mechanism, so can buy a difference there.  AZN uses different spike and different delivery than PFE and MRNA, but similar to JNJ (but still slightly different).

    Long story short...fuck all the navel gazing, any shot better than no shot.  But I were to get a shot I'd want the mRNA based one and would not care if it was PFE or MRNA. 

     

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    Spoiler

    Kenyon Green was destined to become a five-star prospect. He was a 6-foot-5, 320-pound offensive lineman with athleticism that jumped off the charts. And before the offers started pouring in early in his high school career, Green made up his mind about one thing: He wanted to play in the SEC.

    To Green, and to many of the prospects coming through the recruiting ranks now, the SEC is the dominant conference. It’s the place where their talents are going to shine, where the competition is going to be the toughest and where they’re most likely to develop into high NFL draft picks.

    That’s why Green, a class of 2019 signee out of Humble (Texas) Atascocita, is an Aggie. That’s also why Green initially committed to LSU as a high school underclassman. It was always going to be the SEC.

    “If Texas A&M wasn’t in the SEC, he would probably be at LSU right now,” Green’s father, Henry, told The Athletic. “Our perception of the SEC was always that it is one step down from the NFL. It prepares you for the NFL game. It is the highest conference out there. Day in and day out, you’re going against some savages. … It was a major factor for us. The closest SEC team to us is Texas A&M. He didn’t have to leave the state to represent Texas and the SEC.

    “As they say: Texas bred, Texas fed.”

    So it’s no surprise that Texas A&M wasn’t thrilled when news broke Wednesday that Texas and Oklahoma have reportedly expressed interest in joining the SEC. Texas A&M does not want Texas in its conference. The SEC is a huge selling point for the Aggies on the recruiting trail, and it has paid dividends — most notably in the past few years.

    In Texas A&M’s final 10 seasons in the Big 12, from 2002 through 2011, its average finish in the recruiting rankings was 20.4, and it signed only one top-10 class and zero top-five classes. In the 10 seasons since the Aggies joined the SEC, they have finished with an average ranking of 10.7 and signed five top-10 classes and two top-five classes. That’s a considerable improvement.

    Meanwhile, Texas’ average ranking from 2002 through 2011 was 6.0, and it signed nine top-10 classes and four top-five classes. Since Texas A&M joined the SEC, the Longhorns’ class average has dropped to 10.7, with six top-10 classes and three top-five classes.

    There are other factors that have contributed to these numbers. Hiring Jimbo Fisher, a national championship-winning coach, was a game changer for Texas A&M. And it’s not as though Texas has struggled to recruit — the Longhorns did sign top-five classes in 2018 and 2019 under former coach Tom Herman — but it’s clear that the Aggies have benefitted immensely from the move to the SEC.

    But despite being in the nation’s top conference, A&M is still perceived by many to be the No. 2 program in the state. Aggies fans resent the thought that Texas has the first pick of the state’s most elite-level prospects. Maybe that is engrained in everyone’s brain given the history of the two programs.

    And with the battle for talent in the state becoming even more competitive in recent years — take a look at what Alabama, Ohio State and LSU have been doing in the Lone Star State — the last thing Texas A&M would want is for Texas to join the SEC.

    Consider this from a high school coach from the Houston area on A&M’s advantage of being the only SEC school in the state: “It’s huge, and I think that’s why A&M has swung the pendulum, because of the perceived power of the SEC. Who wouldn’t want to play in the SEC?”

    Or this from a coach from the Dallas-Fort Worth area: “The common belief is that the SEC is the best conference. That pulls a lot of weight with kids. Every kid that is getting recruited to play college football, they all think they’re gonna play professional football. So playing in the conference that puts the most kids in the NFL every year means something.”

    Look at the recruiting classes Texas A&M has assembled in the past two years. The Aggies finished No. 8 overall in 2021, headlined by six prospects from the state of Texas who ranked in the top 150 nationally in the 247Sports Composite. In the 2022 class, the Aggies have a commitment from five-star quarterback Conner Weigman of Cypress (Texas) Bridgeland.

    “There’s nothing not to love about A&M,” Weigman said. “It’s in the SEC, it’s football, it’s baseball, it’s coach (Jimbo) Fisher, who produces so many good quarterbacks. And it’s close to home.”

    Notice what Weigman said first. The SEC. That’s a main selling point of Texas A&M.

    If you’re a high school star in Texas and you want to represent your home state while also playing in the SEC, you go to A&M. That’s what Green did. And that’s what Weigman will be doing.

    There’s no way the Aggies want Texas to be able to say the same thing about its program.

    SIAP

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  3. On 7/20/2021 at 3:12 PM, atomheartbevo said:

    Prediction for the fall:  100% Clusterfuck.

    Mississippi has fewer people than Houston.

    And this was last week:

    That's not many kids, but if Texas fucks around and shit gets bad in the fall, and you start seeing a ton of kids show up in the ICU, you'll see the Karens flipping out like never before.

    These numbers don’t mean a ton without knowing how they stack up relative to previous waves. 

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