powderfreak

Yeah it seems heavily Red Sox. I can get WEEI broadcasts on 3 stations here but I don't think I've heard a Yankee broadcast while scrolling through looking for a game. They become more plentiful as you drive towards Albany, ha.

They are not the problem. You can't blame them because you are worried the government will overreact. Blame the overreacting government. I don't have strong feelings on a lot of issues, but this one is up there to me. No matter how safe it is, or what the reasoning is, you cannot make someone do something to their body to make your life easier or to make you feel better. The most basic human freedom is control over your body.

Two packs a day and nips for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I’m with you. Folks can wise up with any number of health things if they want to.

Yeah didn’t talk about it with him. Don’t swim up to someone and say “hey man, haven’t seen you in a while, camp looks nice, you get vaxxed?” Only know my immediate family, which is what I said.

It definitely feels like a campaign to get more people vaxxed… and certainly the wrong way to go about it. Like some back room meeting “we don’t see needing masks again, but maybe if we threaten to impose them again more people will sign up for the vax.” I’m very much inline with the folks here that are saying it’s been over, you can either get vaccinated or you can chose not to. You’re choice. Time to move on. Stop worrying about what other people do. They will not impact your health.

Ask him what? lol. I don’t know his feelings on it. I’m sure his mother and father in law know my parents’ thoughts and are on similar page. They ask my parents medical advice if someone gets hurt and likewise ask Graham if a car is acting up.

Definitely 100% do not support the vax pressuring. I’m very true to your body your choice. No one should ever force another human to do, ingest, take something they don’t want to. Its medical not political though for most doctors, that’s good enough for me from a why to get it. Not because I have certain political beliefs.

Cool thanks. Appreciate the viewpoint. I never looked at getting the vaccine as supporting one way of government over the other. Like this weekend, hanging out with immediate family who are solely in the medical field (I’m the black sheep)… retired Emergency Physician, 2 Nurse Practitioners, Pharmacist. In my family of five I’m the lone one out. But their view of it is almost identical to @WhitinsvilleWX and other doctors/medical field folks on here. They view it as completely separate from politics. Virus, vaccine, why wouldn’t people get it? Maybe it’s the medical field having that trust in medicine and they do trust it because they take oaths to give care. People get sick, here’s how we fix it. But even medical field folks who may vote different party lines or have vastly different political views, seem to have a largely similar view on the vaccine overall. Of course some will differ but by and large it’s interesting that they seem to separate politics and fall back on their medical knowledge.

Forky comes off as a psychopath at worst and at best someone with poor character. Openly mocks a lot of people, has had obese middle age folks as avatars for a long time. Crosses the line pretty much every time he drops by the banter thread. Question for you Phin… I’d just call him a psychopath, but you added the bolded. What does the government have to do with his ridiculous shitty lack of compassion? Is that what the vaccine really is about? Appeasing the government? By being pro-vaccine folks are seen as being pro-heavy handed government? Like It’s not a medical thing but more about not stroking the big dick of the gov’t? Genuinely curious about the added bolded words in terms of fostering discussion. Forky’s an ass.

My family from Tolland, Ellington, Somers, Woodstock etc are why I’m a Sox fan. They are diehards, have season tickets, and since that’s where I spent my summers as a kid… Sox fan despite living near Albany the rest of the season. Albany is mostly Yanks and Mets.

To your point @WhitinsvilleWX …

Yeah and pitching has been better than expected. They had 5 all-stars the most of any team, and they’ve had times when guys like Kiki Hernandez or Hunter Renfroe have been as hot as anyone in the game. Kiki right now is on fire, most extra-base hits of anyone in July I think I read? Dude is torching the ball, and had another huge double tonight in a big spot. Last night he had a little league home run (triple and error). But I agree, I think Cora is a manager they all just love to play for. He’s a players manager. They relate to him and trust him.

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

Suns out and it’s torrential rain. Very odd. There has to be a rainbow somewhere.

What a win. Mood turned around considerably . A good Sunday.

No hitter in the 8th to tie game 4-4. Wow.

Fenway is LOUD! Sac fly ties this.

Yeah he shouldn’t be at the plate right now. Edit: Bad take by me. No outs, top of order coming up. Let’s do this.

And a run! Edit: There’s a second run!

Hey a hit!

Brutal. They are in panic mode. Can’t really blame Durran there when the veterans are just swimming at everything thrown near the plate. Games over with Workman coming in.

I still think it’s a tryout before the trade deadline. I bet they keep him till end of the month. I still want him up at bat over Franchy. The Sox are all pressing hard right now. 3 strikeouts this inning and only still going cause of the passed ball.

Josh Taylor rolled his testicles off the mound there in a wheelbarrow in the 7th. Rios started the inning, got one out and then walk, hit by pitch, walk bases loaded. Taylor comes in with that mess and only 1 out and gets out of it.

Fukkin’ Red Sox getting no-hit right now by a guy who beats his wife. Not a good look Sox. Maybe that’s why I’m testy. Couldn’t care less about COVID but I’ll get wound up over the Red Sox.

True it’s not COVID per se, it’s the same takes every day. Hopefully something new comes about. Some new studies or something to talk about. ”Get the vaccine.” ”No.” “Get the vaccine.” ”No.” ”It’s your fault.” No it’s your fault.”