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Don Johnson

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  1. I don't think measles policies should have anything to do with Covid policies, but CDC considers you protected from measles if you have written documentation (records) showing at least one of the following: You received two doses of measles-containing vaccine, and you are a(n) — school-aged child (grades K-12) adult who will be in a setting that poses a high risk for measles transmission, including students at post-high school education institutions, healthcare personnel, and international travelers. You received one dose of measles-containing vaccine, and you are a(n) — preschool-aged child adult who will not be in a high-risk setting for measles transmission. A laboratory confirmed that you had measles at some point in your life. A laboratory confirmed that you are immune to measles. You were born before 1957. https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/faqs.html
  2. Sleep comfortably knowing the scientist call Tubbs* way more often than they call me. *He doesn't value prior infection at all but we still get along.
  3. Yes. Based on multiple studies, policies from other countries, and anecdotal musings, I will continue to speculate that immunity from prior infection contributes to positive outcomes. If you disagree with my speculation - okay, then. Are you arguing that no value should be placed on acquired immunity with regards to Omicron until the inevitable studies are done? Because the CDC continues to roll with its 90 day window for those with prior infection regardless of whether its alpha, delta, or omicron without Omicron studies in the books. If many of our policies and recommendations, including vaccinations, are based on prior variants, I'm comfortable with my personal speculation based on prior variants.
  4. I didn't say that as there obviously haven't been studies yet on Omicron. But you can speculate based on the Delta study published by the CDC. So its not just coming from Facebook.
  5. Sounds like neither the vaccine or immunity from prior infection stopped the second bout. But I'm sure they avoided a negative outcome.
  6. Honor system is bullshit. But when you set up the "testing apparatus" placing no value on immunity from prior infection you find yourself in this position. You recently had it and took a home test. When you are making decisions about when to get your next booster, you will factor that in won't you?
  7. Vaccines that were needed. Boosters in college students, who are already double vaxxed and many who have had prior infection, are not needed.
  8. And this goes back to us refusing to acknowledge that there could be value in immunity from prior infection. We knew there was value in it and more studies were being done, but set up the system where it would be impossible to "credit" many with it. We are "sending out" free home tests to everyone right now, but in your proposal none of those positive tests would count for shit. You had Covid and were sick, did what we told you and stayed home and quarantined. Go get your blood drawn and prove it. I'm talking about boosters as much as I am initial vaccinations. People who did the right thing, got double vaccinated, had a breakthrough case and do not see the need to get a booster anytime soon. In many cases they are treated beneath those boosted, sometimes as unvaccinated.
  9. No doubt and no one should purposely get infected rather than get vaccinated. But millions have already been infected not by choice. Unfortunately, unlike other countries, we have continued to place zero value on immunity gained from prior infection. And have no plan in place to record or credit those with prior infection. We tell people if they feel bad, don't even bother getting tested, just stay home. Or we now mail out and encourage home testing. So, if we want to incorporate prior infection into our policies/recommendations for many it would have to be based on the honor system. Same thing goes for being boosted as well. The definition of fully vaccinated is slowly changing and is not set up to acknowledge those that have been double vaccinated + prior infection. Instead they are treated as non-vaccinated in many instances, which is absurd.
  10. I'm an idiot. Thought this was Daily Texan
  11. He's expected to be an immediate impact player. Likely weekend starter even before Pallette went down. A few blurbs on him from the D1 preview: Top Newcomer: Take your pick between blue-chip freshmen Stovall and Smith or big-ticket D-I transfers Jace Bohrofen, Chris Lanzilli and Michael Turner. All of them will be huge difference makers. But we already included Stovall in the “star power” section, so let’s give the nod to Smith, a funky low-slot lefty with supreme feel for pitching. Even as a true freshman, Smith might have the best present combination of stuff and pitchability on the entire staff, and we expect him to be a fixture in the rotation right away. From the Fall The fourth top contender for a starting job is true freshman Hagen Smith, the other crown jewel of this year’s recruiting class along with Stovall. Hobbs and Van Horn couldn’t stop raving about Smith, and I saw why in Monday’s scrimmage, when he breezed through three scoreless innings. A loose, athletic low three-quarters lefthander with advanced feel for pitching, Smith carved up the zone at 91-93 mph with heavy sink, a sharp slider at 79-82 that he commands very well, and a very good 83-86 changeup with fade and sink that he’ll throw against lefties as well as righties. Though he’s only a freshman and he has yet to proven himself at the D-I level, Smith might have the best combination of stuff and pitchability on the entire staff, and he’s going to be a big star — sooner rather than later. And his high school track record in Texas is loud: he threw seven no-hitters in his career at Bullard High School. Here is a good pre-draft article on the kid
  12. From the study published by the CDC yesterday The understanding and epidemiology of COVID-19 has shifted substantially over time with the emergence and circulation of new SARS-CoV-2 variants, introduction of vaccines, and changing immunity as a result. Similar to the early period of this study, two previous U.S. studies found more protection from vaccination than from previous infection during periods before Delta predominance (3,7). As was observed in the present study after July, recent international studies have also demonstrated increased protection in persons with previous infection, with or without vaccination, relative to vaccination alone†††, §§§ (4). This might be due to differential stimulation of the immune response by either exposure type.¶¶¶ Whereas French and Israeli population-based studies noted waning protection from previous infection, this was not apparent in the results from this or other large U.K. and U.S. studies**** (4,8). Further studies are needed to establish duration of protection from previous infection by variant type, severity, and symptomatology, including for the Omicron variant.
  13. Is this any different than people saying vaccines don't work because someone gets Covid after being vaccinated? Both clearly provide protection but aren't bulletproof. Studies released yesterday show protection against Delta was ranked: 1. Vaccination plus prior infection 2. Prior Infection only 3. Vaccination only 4. No vaccination and no prior infection https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/prior-covid-infection-more-protective-than-vaccination-during-delta-surge-us-2022-01-19/ https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7104e1.htm?s_cid=mm7104e1_w
  14. Big fan of this low carb IPA, too. Less calories even than a Michelob Ultra. 3 carbs per.
  15. They have them at Whole Foods but I just get off Amazon.
  16. I like these. Keep them in the freezer. Even eat them for dessert when not doing Keto.
  17. That’s a weird way to say you agree with what I’ve posted. But I’ll take what I can get.
  18. No. All I’m saying is that I disagree with the statement you made I quoted. Had we had a highly rate of vaccination we could not have avoided Omicron altogether. And what? I disagree with the statement he made that if the US would’ve vaxxed more we could’ve avoided Omicron. Do you believe that? -signed fully vaccinated guy who just had Omicron.
  19. No. All I’m saying is that I disagree with the statement you made I quoted. Had we had a highly rate of vaccination we could not have avoided Omicron altogether.
  20. We represent like 4% of the world’s unvaccinated and like you say, it didn’t come from here. It’s tearing through highly vaccinated communities, states and countries with no regard. If everyone was double vaxxed with fresh boosters, we probably could’ve slowed it a little but only delayed it. We definitely couldn’t have avoided it altogether.
  21. Best role?
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