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Nope. It’s not so simple when it’s my kid. Again, now for the fourth or fifth time, it’s not an easy decision for parents of youngsters. I wouldn’t fault a parent for getting their kids vaccinated nor would i tell them they are wrong to avoid the vaccine in this particular case. Looking out for others is noble. If it’s my kid, and under these unique circumstances, it would be a difficult choice.

Reread my posts. It’s a relatively new type of vaccine. I’m just saying a parent should think twice about possible complications from a vaccine when the underlying disease is not very dangerous for that age group. I’ll say it for the third or fourth time, you aren’t wrong to have your children vaccinated against covid. But you aren’t crazy to not wanting to risk your child’s health under these circumstances. As for them possibly being spreaders, that’s why everyone else should be vaccinated—especially the high risk among us, and like my entire family has been or soon will be.

See my post above. It’s not crazy to avoid the vaccine for youngsters. I’m very pro vaccine. My wife and I have received the covid vaccine and my 29 year old has and my 26 year old gets it this weekend. But the disease itself is not very dangerous for people under 20. See the Texas states I quoted above. Again, as I said above, it’s not foolish to get it, but I certainly see the arguments against giving to people under 20. And it’s it not just the nut jobs that are avoiding it for this age group.

A very good club golfer told me if you really want to improve and take your practice game to the course you need to bet a little more than you are comfortable losing. I’m too cheap to give it a try. When I ask my pros your same question they say I need to play more often (I already play once a week) and I need to practice more and take more lessons.

^^^ the why people join these clubs part was in response to Crash Davis’s post. I’ve never figured out how to respond to multiple posts in one post.

https://.asgct.org/research/news/november-2020/covid-19-moderna-nih-vaccine Whether does or not, it has been called gene therapy. But I didn’t mean to get into a pissing contest on what the shot does. It’s a relatively new type of vaccine.

Those clubs (Lakeside, HCC, and ROCC for that matter) have only 18 holes. ROCC does have a small par 3 course. Most people do not join those clubs strictly for the golf. It's to be with their friends and family.

My daughters (no pics) are 26 and 29. They have had every vaccine available as have my wife and I. We are big believers in vaccines. My wife and I (both 58 years old) both have been vaccinated for covid and my 29 year old is in the healthcare biz and she has been vaccinated. My 26 year old gets her first shot on Saturday. But I'm not sure I would give my kids the covid vaccine if they were under 20. Sure, I get the altruistic motive to help with community spread and it's admirable. Comparing flu deaths in Texas with covid deaths in Texas, for people under 20, the seasonal flu is way more dangerous and we never made our daughters get flu shots in high school or college. For the flu seasons ending the fall of 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 the deaths in Texas of persons under 17 is 63, 96, 79 and 82, respectively. For covid, the persons in Texas that died under age 20 is 49. See www.dsha.state.tx.us (for pre-covid flu deaths) and https://txdshs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/ed483ecd702b4298ab01e8b9cafc8b83 for covid deaths. Because the gene therapy-based covid vaccines are relatively new in the vaccine world I'm not sure I would give it to my late teen kids when the disease is not particularly harmful to them. I'm not saying it's foolish to get the shot(s) at that age, but I am saying that it's not crazy to avoid the shot(s) in that age group. It would be a much tougher decision for me if my kids were under 20.

This. And weekend tee times have been very hard to get especially during the covid era with people traveling less and college and high school kids staying home.

Or it could have been To Serve People. It was something like that. It was a great episode. IIRC, the lead alien was played by Jaws.

I have to quote this so it continues to appear on the tapa front page. Thin beautiful women are special.

Don’t know where you live or hang out, but here in Houston I have seen zero change in mask protocol after Abbott’s decision. My workplace, church, HEB, restaurants and private clubs are all the same as before.

This thread reminds me of a Twilight Zone episode. The aliens come to Earth and bring a book. It’s finally determined that it’s a cookbook titled: “On Serving Humans” after millions have been shipped back to the home plant on “vacation.”

And a lot of the over 16 under 25 age group has already had the virus and are not in a hurry to get the shots. Most of my friends and work colleagues who got covid got it from their young adult kids, especially college kids. On the second day of eligibility I was able this morning to snag an appointment at CVS in Houston for my 26 year old.

Yes. Whether it’s based on studies or not it’s often prescribed. I took it very early on after my shingles (a virus) outbreak a few years ago and my case of shingles was clear in a couple of days. Sure, it’s anecdotal but it seemed to work for me. My doctor’s attitude was that it can’t hurt and it’s seemed to work with her patients. And one of my friends who had covid a couple of months ago (along with his wife) told me during golf this past weekend that he and his wife were both given HCQ and their symptoms (which were not, like most, severe anyway) disappeared in about a day. A placebo might have gotten the same result, but they believed it worked. To be clear, I’m not trying to debate the merits of a particular drug. Just saying that it’s being prescribed.

Got second Pfizer on Friday. Sixteen hours out my arm was sore and 20-30 hours out I had a slight fever and body aches. Good excuse to sit around and watch the Dell Match Play. By 36 hours everything was back to normal and I woke up this morning with no issues. All in all, it was no big deal.

I love this tournament, especially as a UT Ex. I’ve been fortunate to have gone 2 of the last 4 years. Sergio’s hole in one was pretty cool.

I didn’t mean to emphasize that particular drug. I know some people early on who were given HCQ. Recently i have not paid that close attention when they told me the name of the drugs except i clearly recall zpak. The more recent treatments maybe were the drug that begins with an R(?). The main point of my post was to show anecdotal experience with many friends and people I know. They got it, received treatment, and were fine in a couple of days. Some barely had any symptoms at all.

These horror stories suck. Maybe I missed the more optimistic anecdotes but I’m one of the few of my close group of friends and their college aged kids that, to my knowledge, hasn’t gotten covid. One guy (maybe 68 years old) who had other health issues was very sick and went to the hospital for a few days. He was awake the whole time and just felt like shit. He never thought he was close to death. He’s fine now. Everyone else i know of that had it—maybe 30-40 people, basically felt like they had a cold and not a very severe one at that. One or two days on Zpack and hydroxychloroquine and they were back to normal.

Yes on the big red part and hell no on the mustard part. Actually, the big red schtick in the BBQ thread is an attempt at humor. Not many people over 10 years old actually drink big red. So the big red part probably doesn’t belong in this thread.

Best cocktail ever.

My only exception to that rule is a BLT. Mayo works on a BLT.

^^^ The right instructor is everything. Some pros can be great with some people and horrible with others. It can be hard to find the right mix of technical teaching ability and the right personality fit. I recently took a great lesson from a pro who was brutally honest with what I needed to change. I like that approach and i have thick skin. Other guys I know hate it and think the guy, and others with a similar style, are terrible. For them, bedside manner is very important. Unfortunately, sometimes you have to spend some $$ to find the right teaching pro for you. Another point for any sexists in the house, don’t discount lady pros.

This. I’m really hoping everyone is joking about how scared they are without the shot.

Depends on the stout. I’m not a fan of Guinness Extra Stout. Chewy is a good description. Guinness Draft is heaven sent. It’s a light bodied beverage meant for drinking in mass quantities. It’s relatively low in alcohol.