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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 9 2024 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Melbourne
Last post by Gointocarlton -
Quote from: Baggers on
Because they are winning (last 4 games) and we've lost 3 of our last 4. I'm not a huge stats fan, my favourite stat is the scoreboard.

This'll be a fascinating contest. Looking forward to it. Something of a 'line in the sand' game for us.
Time to get rolling like we did second half of last year. Fear no one and mow them down one by one.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 9 2024 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Melbourne
Last post by DJC -
Quote from: kruddler on
How are we 'horribly out of form' while they are in good form ??

I’m not sure that we’re out of form but we’re not playing our best footy for four quarters.

Of the teams in the eight, Melbourne’s defence is the most miserly.  Our defence has conceded the most points, about 23 more than Melbourne each game.

We have kicked the third highest point score of the teams in the eight.  Melbourne is one three teams in the eight that have scored around 650 points.  That’s around 15 points per game less than us.

Part of that comes down to gamestyle but Melbourne’s defence is working much better than our unsettled, injury depleted defence.  At the other end of the ground, our very inefficient forward line is scoring more heavily than Melbourne’s cobbled together forward line that relies heavily on small and medium forwards.

Our defence worked much better with McGovern in the mix (including when  Weitering was out).  Given Melbourne’s lack of forward line firepower, can a returning McGovern improve our ability to generate scores from defence?

Our forwards will be under the pump with Melbourne’s in form defenders.  However, the addition of De Koning and the return of Martin should make for a more potent forward line that restricts the ability of Melbourne’s defenders to zone off and double team.

We haven’t been able to apply scoreboard pressure and, unlike the second half of last season, our ability to win close games isn’t as good.  If we’re going to win this one, we have start well and build a decent lead to keep Melbourne’s defence under pressure.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: CV and mad panic behaviour
Last post by Baggers -
Further to what the Spotted One, accurately, pointed out above...

Anecdotal, yes, but indicative: I recall when joining the Navy in '72 joining lines of young men and women to get our 'jabs'... Yellow Fever, TB... etc., etc. About 5 in all. In the 3 months of basic training I witnessed hundreds and hundreds get their jabs. Invariably, there was always 2 or 3 in that, say, 100 who had adverse reactions. Every now and then, severe.

There is barely a vaccine, indeed medication, that does not have side-effects. Generally effecting, adversely, around 2% of the population.

In time, medical science will perfect tests that will give better insight into any individuals likelihood to have adverse or on the other side of the coin, ineffectual results, to vaccines and prescription medication... and I speak from very recent experience. Only in the past 6 weeks I underwent blood tests, prescribed by my Psychiatrist (a cool and progressive dude), still in the very early stages of development to screen for, crudely put, my suitability to various PTSD medications. It was a comprehensive bank of blood tests not yet approved or funded by Medicare but forking out a coupla hundred seemed a reasonable investment. I think I've mentioned previously that I have volunteered myself for these experimentations.

And the results came in Tuesday this week! My blood work revealed suitability to some PTSD meds and not to others... obviously. Now I won't go into the complexities of what the blood work analyzed/revealed, but crudely the results showed how my liver and other organs dealt with certain meds, how my individual systems (lots of letters and numbers) dealt with the blood/brain barrier and other pathways, how I metabolised certain meds. And so on.

Results: Over the decades I've tried a number of PTSD meds and only ever had really bad reactions to 2 -- Zoloft & Prozac -- and my individual blood work revealed these two to be virtually toxic for me! I metabolized them poorly, with resultant build up. However 2 showed up as being well metabolized and tolerated giving them a good chance to do their jobs, with minimal side-effects (Escitalopram/Lexapro & Paroxetine/Aropax)... and I'm on a low / moderate dose of one of them to good effect.

Another fascinating result was my individual reaction to the benzo family (Valium, Xanax, Ativan, etc). I metabolize these really well, too well - very healthy liver. So if needed (rarely these days), I have to take a higher dose to get the required result - 5mg Valium for me? Might as well eat a tic tac... 15mg? That'll work for me like 2mg tabs work for others.

Point is, despite the best efforts from the medical folks (which has been the case over decades), some vaccines and medications will be toxic to a small % of folks, but with improved future diagnostics this will gradually be addressed right down to individual suitability.

Shameful how the media beats up panic over AZ. You can bet there are similar results -- known only behind closed doors -- showing Pfizer & Moderna to be very adverse for a small minority of folks. Bottom line: AZ/Pfizer & Moderna worked well for the greater majority of the population and saved millions of lives and prevented millions from developing severe Covid symptoms. The anti-vaxxers will have an hysterical field day with the AZ information, and the shallow end of the media will feed this hysteria.