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5 minutes ago, NorEastermass128 said:

Vax mandates will go into effect for the military and possibly fed employees if:

- Deaths regularly exceed 750 per day and are increasing  

- Vax rates continue to be stagnant

- Full FDA approval is granted for 2 or more vaccines. 
 

Expect mandates by Sept 1 if all three conditions are met at that time. Unions and employee groups will put up a fight, but I’d expect them to fail. 

Vax rates won’t go up much, even with full approval. I think the mRNA vax’s will get full approval by October/November. Feds will mandate the military, not sure about employees. Once they get full approval for 12 and up, they’ll be mandated at some point to go to school just like the other vaccines. Employers will be stuck somewhere in limbo. My company isn’t mandating it, but unvaxed require a weekly Covid test. That will be one mandated by a lot of employers. 

7 minutes ago, weathafella said:

.  My understanding is dad got on a plane today with full blown covid.   First class douche.

Why the fook would anyone do that? Jesus 

6 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

How does one get covid twice in 3 weeks Rahm? PCR tests for our loss.

Get rid of it. It was crap 16 months ago and it’s still garbage. Causes a ton of problems. 
 

On a manger note. They get too much blame for loses but not enough credit for wins. Boone’s not the issue for the most part, IMO. Cashman on the other hand probably needs to go. 

5 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

I wonder if any other Yanks fans share my sentiments? I guess it’s just me in here. Everyone else either moved on or is a Sox fan or a Mets fan who will win the division solely because they are the best team in the worst division in MLB

Serious question. Is most of CT Yankees fans?

I always considered anything west of 91 and south of Hartford  as NY

3 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Yeah nobody thought it.  We’ve discussed it a lot in the sports thread.  I figured they might get to .500 if lucky. 

Last years 60 game schedule, no fans and COVID restrictions killed last season. My opinion was bringing back Cora has more to do with it than anything. What they added was ok, but Cora has them playing as a team.

1 minute ago, Damage In Tolland said:

There’s also not a Sox fan here who thought this team would be good. If anyone posts they thought they’d be the best team in the AL, then they will lose 3-0 in the opening round 

I thought they’re be a little better than .500, but not by much. They still need a left handed hitter that can play first everyday. They could use another starter. I’m not sold on Sale being effective. They also have to figure out a way to beat Houston. I still think Tampa will fade (to be honest, I thought there’d have faded by now). But Houston isn’t going anywhere. They’ll be there in the end. Hard to say anything about the White Sox. That division is pretty bad. The Indians ( excuse me the “Guardians”) aren’t giving them much competition. 

Great win. Never give up on them. And Tampa lost so the Sox picked up a game.

Holy shyte

If something doesn’t happen soon, Tampa will be up a game.

13 minutes ago, UMB WX said:

mask anxiousness is so lol and weak.. All gut feeling that I hate having will be anxiousness for women who catch this variant/s for more fertility issues. brain fog/memory loss is real.  Energy drainage.. attack of respiratory and nervous systems. There are reasons unknown why the hoax folks are now pushing getting the vaccine asap.  This feels Karmic. we all know what happened during the final waves of the Spanish Flu

I guess you’ve never worked 8-9 hours a day masked up with safety glasses, with side shields, all fogged up and about to suffocate. With no one else around you for 20 feet. And all because the governor in his cushy office mandated it. 
If you have and you dont mind it, more power to ya. 

5 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

It’s mind boggling that anyone is legitimately scared or concerned about Covid . Vax or unvax lol It ended so many months ago. 

I’m not scared or concerned. I just object to working all day in the lab with my damn glasses fogged up again and not being able to breathe freely. And my kids sitting in class masked up for 6-7 hours a day. Hopefully it won’t happen. 

I think a lot of the anxiousness around here is the fear of statewide mask mandates coming back. The shutdowns and restrictions on capacity are over. But the mask thing is all the politicians have left they can use to show “they are doing something”. Personally I wouldn’t wear one at this point anywhere even if he said so. No business ever really threw me out before. They’re sure not going to if it came back. A few might but I wouldnt shop there. My issue is my kids in school having to wear them all day. Both of mine are vaxed. I didn’t have them vaxed to wear masks all day. Fook that. And I’d hate to go back to wearing one at work. Did that for a year. I’m done with that. My whole department is vaxed and those that in our buildings that aren’t  have to wear a mask and get COVID tested every Wednesday. 
So yea, I think there’s a ton of anxious, vaxed people afraid they will have to go back to a face diaper.

The temperature today has been very pleasant. 

2 minutes ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

Are we sure? Many thought we’d never see it come back from a federal standpoint, and here we are, only 2 months later.

Baker has been just as cautious, if not more than the CDC guidance. If they issue guidance, he won’t hesitate to follow it

Nobody is in the hospital, only a handful. The death count is practically the same as it was 6-7 weeks ago. This is just cases. There will always be cases. All the masking and lockdowns were to keep the hospitals from overflowing. That’s not happening, at least here. Even where the hospital numbers are up, there’s nobody dying in the hallways.

Just now, DotRat_Wx said:

Correct. Baker won't do anything. nor should he. 

But it won't be because of Diehl. That guy has zero shot of winning. Baker is the most popular governor in the nation.

Oh I agree with you Deihl has no shot. 
Any mask mandates now will just piss off the vaccinated and make the unvaxed even more defiant. That mask genie is out of the bottle. 
My buddy who lives in Santa Monica told me a couple days ago that a lot of people are ignoring the LA county order and businesses don’t give a damn either.  

Just now, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

Fauci today basically confirmed there is a good chance federal mask guidance is coming back. Everyone, included vaccinated folks, will be wearing masks again.

As I’ve said before, the feds can’t make states do shyte. And it’ll be an advisory. I’d be surprised if baker does anything. He’s going to run again and he’s got Geoff Diehl primarying him on the right.  Baker won’t do anything to piss off his voters 

I’m at the Cambridge mall today killing time while my son is at punting camp at Medford HS. Despite the Cambridge advisory to mask up, I don’t see anymore masked than I did a couple weeks ago. 

2 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Fauci says this country is heading in the wrong direction with Covid

 

And what’s his prescription? Lock down, distance and mask up? That’s worked so well in compliant countries like South Korea and the UK.  That’s the fall back position since he knows nothing can stop it except time and more vaxed people. 
Honestly nobody cares much anymore. Deaths and hospital stats really aren’t going up that much. People are over it and want to get on living except a handful. 

21 minutes ago, DotRat_Wx said:

I can't bring myself to even give half a sh*t about these olympics 

Yea, same here. I’m usually a big fan of the summer games. Not so much the b ball, but gymnastics, swimming, diving, and the track and field events. This go around, I really have no interest. Not sure why. 

1 hour ago, CoastalWx said:

Time for him to shine. 

Stein, Stein, everywhere there’s Stein 

You know after all this, winter will feature brutal cold and Stein as far as the eye can see. 

14 minutes ago, DavisStraight said:

A friend of mine had a leak in his pool and used flex tape, worked like a charm.

That works depending where it is. Once the plastic light niches start to leak, they’re hard to patch. Mine is cracked on the edge so you can’t build any putty up on it. If you do, the light won’t seat correctly. So I’m basically stuck either replacing it or closing it up. 

5 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Just found a hose leak in mine.  Oh well.  Those degrade over a few years

That’s pretty easy to replace. 
My light niche leaked and was epoxied 10 years ago. I had the liner changed last October and I think the epoxy got chipped and started leaking again. I got more putty on it but it’s not going to work. So $2500 to take up pavers, dig it out and replace it, or $250 to cover it. I elected to cover it.  
#firstworldproblems 

40 minutes ago, weathafella said:

You’d be surprised at how many legit research ideas are concocted while dumping....

Lol. That’s not BS. I’ve had really good ideas that way, or in the shower, driving. 
Tuesday morning I was driving to work and cursing traffic when it dawned on my I was analyzing the wrong phenotype. My graphs weren’t looking like they should and sitting in traffic I figured out why. 

20 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Still haven’t used my pool this month.  Today May break that streak. 
 

The kids have, but I’m a wimp

I turned the heater on and mine is 84. I hate cold water!

I have an half inch a day leak. Light niche. I’ve had it epoxied before but it’s a lost cause. The pool company is coming next week to put a lexican plastic plate on with a new gasket to seal it off. I’m tired of losing water and having to constantly keep adding salt. 

Just now, powderfreak said:

Devers!

Love this team.

3 run Johnson!