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07-18-2021 , 09:12 PM

#16701

MacOneDouble

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Originally Posted by PairTheBoard

I hope the new owners recognize SMP's profound impact on the future direction of human civilization.

PairTheBoard

This is what the Aztecs thought when Cortez arrived.

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07-18-2021 , 09:49 PM

#16702

PairTheBoard

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Better hide the pyramids just in case.

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07-18-2021 , 10:17 PM

#16703

Howard Treesong

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I liked your eulogy, Charlie.

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07-18-2021 , 10:29 PM

#16704

MacOneDouble

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Those who know, do not say. Those who say, do not know. Hence, smp has quitened down as Nirvana was being reached. Yet, I say this.

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07-19-2021 , 06:43 AM

#16705

lastcardcharlie

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Originally Posted by Howard Treesong

I liked your eulogy, Charlie.

Thanks. We had some drinks afterwards in the pub across the road. They knew Sean in there (unsurprisingly), and could not have been nicer or more accommodating to us. I spent about three days making sandwiches. It was a good funeral.

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07-19-2021 , 07:45 AM

#16706

lastcardcharlie

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Originally Posted by MacOneDouble

It is curious that alcohol was mentioned both in your eulogy and then again when you met your mother, almost as it was a cause and a solution, in a sense.

In the end, it's pretty stark and simple. What an alcoholic wants, more than anything else, is another drink. The only choice someone close to them has is whether to tolerate and support that, or to see them begging for pennies on the street.

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07-20-2021 , 11:40 AM

#16707

Zeno

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It is Tuesday. Is there a worse day in the week?

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07-20-2021 , 04:42 PM

#16708

Howard Beale

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Every day is the same to me. The only reason that I know when it's Sunday, for example, is because we get the big newspaper.

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07-23-2021 , 02:51 AM

#16709

Zeno

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My cat is happier than you, Howard. And she can’t even read a newspaper.

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07-23-2021 , 08:30 PM

#16710

MacOneDouble

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Originally Posted by lastcardcharlie

It is not that simple in my eyes. I can understand a heroin addict begging but i cannot understand an alcoholic begging for change. As such. Was it cirrhosis or liver cancer/failure

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07-23-2021 , 08:44 PM

#16711

MacOneDouble

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I dont mean to be an insensitive **********. Sorry. I mean well.

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07-23-2021 , 10:45 PM

#16712

MacOneDouble

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Sorry. Ignore. I am on the beer. I've cut back to 3 times a month and have nothing to say whensober.

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07-23-2021 , 10:57 PM

#16713

MacOneDouble

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However, I would like to ask the math guys about relative risk reduction vs absolute risk reduction within the EUA of the vaccines. Though, although you get numbers, it becomes philosophical in how to interpret them. Especially when you question how they determined covid 19 in both the control and placebo groups. It is threadworthy but i am too lazy, or it is yoo much effort to do from a phone.

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07-24-2021 , 12:32 AM

#16714

PairTheBoard

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The trickiness happens when the risk is small to begin with. You can cut the small risk by 90% but you've only eliminated a small amount of risk because the risk was small to begin with. For example, cut 0.0001 to 0.00001. That's a 90% cut but you've only reduced your risk by 0.00009. Maybe not worth it. The risk from Covid is evidently large enough to motivate a lot of people to try to cut it with a vaccination.

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07-24-2021 , 06:30 AM

#16715

lastcardcharlie

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Originally Posted by MacOneDouble

Was it cirrhosis or liver cancer/failure

They had to do a post-mortem, because he died within a certain number of days of having had an operation, in which case they have to determine whether the operation contributed to the death. Eventually, there were about five causes listed on the death certificate, and I think cirrhosis was one of them.

I don't find your question insensitive. In fact, I'm more concerned with whether "autopsy" is a horrible, American vulgarization of "post-mortem".

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07-24-2021 , 06:12 PM

#16716

Howard Beale

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Originally Posted by Zeno

My cat is happier than you, Howard. And she can’t even read a newspaper.

I'm glad to read that you have managed to keep a pet alive. I'll admit it: I'd had my doubts.

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07-24-2021 , 06:53 PM

#16717

Zeno

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Originally Posted by lastcardcharlie

.snip…….

I don't find your question insensitive. In fact, I'm more concerned with whether "autopsy" is a horrible, American vulgarization of "post-mortem".

We Americans are a vulgar people, Charlie. But I think you already knew that.

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07-24-2021 , 07:15 PM

#16718

lastcardcharlie

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No, I didn't know that.

And I expected autopsy to turn out, etymologically, to be the only reasonable choice.

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07-24-2021 , 09:56 PM

#16719

BrianTheMick2

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Originally Posted by MacOneDouble

it becomes philosophical in how to interpret them.

It does not. There is no interpretation necessary (the math is just math) and it is certainly no more of a philosophical pursuit than choosing which restaurant to eat lunch at.

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07-25-2021 , 07:36 PM

#16720

Zeno

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Best lunch in the East End? Got to be more than just a few. Lastcard needs to explore and give us the lowdown.

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07-28-2021 , 10:33 AM

#16721

MacOneDouble

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Originally Posted by BrianTheMick2

It does not. There is no interpretation necessary (the math is just math) and it is certainly no more of a philosophical pursuit than choosing which restaurant to eat lunch at.

Don't be so anal.

It's the talk of the town. But the thread might be too controversial and get locked down.

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07-28-2021 , 10:44 AM

#16722

MacOneDouble

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Originally Posted by PairTheBoard

Probably not worth it versus amazingly efficacious.
For Pfizer, it was a 0.74% risk in the placebo, or thereabouts, slashed by 95%. How did they determine covid19. A positive pcr test plus a symptom. That is not covid 19.

This is the EUA doc of the J&J reviewed. You could download the docs yourself and read them. It's no less dodgy for pfizer and moderna.
https://youtu.be/i5ax3GF5-PY