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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: CV and mad panic behaviour
Last post by Baggers -
Quote from: Thryleon on
Just to dot point what im saying.  The vaccines were garbage the lockdowns not so much.

Real life, anecdotal story.

This little black duck, fully vaccinated with one booster, has had Covid about four times. The first three times barely noticing the symptoms - day or two of mild fever, mild sore throat, mild runny nose. Then a complete recovery. Over the past nine months I've not had my boosters - silly boy. Got Covid again about three/four weeks ago. Thought things would follow the usual symptomology. Nuh. Couple of days mild fever etc... then it got progressively worse, into the chest/lungs. Ended up with bronchitis and mild pneumonia for around five to seven days. Coughing up things that should have hopped out of my lungs into the nearest pond to join the other frogs! No need for hospitalisation, never got anywhere near that bad - thank the gods for a strong immune system. Completely recovered now.

I recall me posting when I had the mild symptoms recently and then Principal LODS posting that it can develop and get worse... he was right, and I only had myself to blame. Guess who's booked in for a booster shot soon. (Ps the doc diagnosed it was Covid that I had, not another flu etc.)
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Ladies Lounge / Re: VFLW 2024
Last post by crashlander -
The girls play this morning at 10:15 at Preston against the Darebin Falcons.

B:  Matilda Fitzgerald (80)  Asha Turner-Funk (53)
HB:  Amy Trindale (62)   Layla Prince (58)  Steph Demeo (66)
C:   Hannah Scott (79)  Izzy Khoury (52)  Hannah Bowey (64)
HF:  Eliza Wood (50)  Georgia Tait (56)  Evie Lee (71)
F:  Emily Hurley (61)  Sophie McCarthy (54) 
R:  Jemma Stokes (65)  Isla Baldwin (70)  Simone Mooney (78)
INT: Danika Di Santo (76)  Katie Prendergast (77)  Madeleine Katerelos (69)  Mel Staunton (55)  Isabella Parnell (59)

EMG:  Natasha Phipps (74)  Amelie Moore (75)  Mia Haas (72)

In: Matilda Fitzgerald, Madeleine Katerelos, Jemma Stokes
Out: Octavia Di Donato, Zoe Hargreaves, Holly Ridewood

No AFLW girls playing this week, like last week.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 10 2024 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney
Last post by LP -
There seems to be some confusion about the criticism of Ollie's errors.

It's being assumed / inferred that the criticism means he played a bad game, but the assumption is very wrong.

I suspect some of those criticising Ollie for his errors will even give him votes!

It's no different to Walsh in the dying seconds of the Filth game, a huge error did not mean he played a bad game.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: CV and mad panic behaviour
Last post by LP -
Quote from: Thryleon on
Just to dot point what im saying.  The vaccines were garbage the lockdowns not so much.
The statistical evidence of the efficacy for both lockdowns and vaccines is overwhelmingly positive, globally there are billions of tests cases for both, it's the great weakness in the anti-vax anti-lockdown position which just confirms all opinions are not equal.

Even more damning, are the statistics for the unvaccinated outcomes, pretty much any valid peer reviewed source shows the unvaccinated fell or had worse outcomes at massively higher rates to the vaccinated.

There are some scientific and specialist groups who remain anti-vax, but they have largely dropped the efficacy debate as it's a loser in any circle, they now choose to focus on the rare side-effects.

They know trying to debate that the vaccines weren't efficacious is like standing in front of an ocean while claiming water doesn't exist, so they won't even mention it out of the fear of lost credibility, but they remain happy to stoke those fires anonymously in social media. The have a generalised anti-vax position, some due to religion, maybe others due to trypanophobia.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 9 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Melbourne
Last post by Baggers -
Quote from: Thryleon on
For those getting stuck into hollads I'll say re watch quarter 1.


He set us up in a big way. 

Until the 'heat' arrived in the 2nd half. Those of us who are critical of Ollie are not critical of his endeavour and effort. And we're not saying he's no good, or should not be out there. Simply observations of his inexperience in tight and physical situations. He's a ripper... with things to clean up on, especially hurting the opposition with his disposal, strengthening his body to stick tackles, surety by hand and foot in pressure situations... they'll come in time. But they're real shortcomings at present.

And everyone looked amazing in our first half, until the Go Dees brought the heat, then the wheat was sorted from the chaff.