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  1. 1 hour ago, Warhippy said:

    oh....yay...can't uh wait for mine 

     

    (i hate needles)

    Well if it’s any consolation, I got my bivalent and flu shot on Tuesday. Extent of effects for me was a slightly tender arm the next day. Wife also got both same day. Hit her a little harder - fatigue that night, headache and nauseous a little the next day. These things always hit her harder than me. For me it was similar to the other ones. Both Pfizer and Moderna. I’ve still yet to catch it (knocks wood) although we’ve had it in the house on two occasions. 

  2. If I were in your shoes, I would try to find a way to make a window one work. Way cheaper and much more effective. My daughter and MIL both bought portables and for what they paid, they only marginally knock the heat down. Definitely couldn’t keep up last year. Both regret getting one. I’m in the middle of upgrading to central air as my son has a friend that installs on his evenings away from his HVAC job. Very much looking forward to that. 

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  3. It’s a poorly worded article/ summary of the finding and is confounding two different things - infection vs severe disease. And leaves some open to the above incorrect interpretations. Which is unfortunate. Especially when people quote it as “was, no longer though”. 
     

    Yes, after a month it says prevention from “getting infected” significantly drops. We all know vaxxed/ unvaxxed get it. What it also says is that it is still very effective at preventing serious illness. For something free, safe and effective - it’s a no brainer for me. If I were to watch my cute 5 year old suffer for a week kicking myself knowing if I got her vaxxed it may have just been some sniffles - I’d feel like a pretty $&!#ty dad. 

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  4. 2 minutes ago, King Heffy said:

    Main reasoning behind my suggestion is to make less work for the mods.  These type of threads take a lot of time to clean up when one of the trolls gets loose.

    While I agree with you in principle, I just don’t want these people infecting other threads about my Canucks to increase their post count. Last thing I want is to also hear their opinions of how the Canucks should be run.  At least for now they are somewhat contained. 
     

    (and no I wasn’t intending to compare them to a virus but whattaya know…)

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  5. What do you know - it turns out they knew it all along and the real story is that this a worldwide conspiracy to preserve peace and control population. What the Freedom Convoy and anti-vaxers don’t know is that the vaccine really is immunity from  a lethal poison Bill Gates has developed and Elon Musk will distribute in the atmosphere using his Falcon X. The tin-foil hatters were right. The extremists and rest of the covidiots that have claimed it’s a conspiracy the whole time are being exterminated in a global attempt to rid the planet from morons and otherwise lower IQ humans, restore peace while maintaining global population. Psst… don’t tell the anti-vaxers

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  6. You know, this latest incident became a real teachable moment for myself, basically not to judge too quickly. 
     

    I was watching the Canucks game and i had JUST finished telling my wife about it, and that some idiot had done this not even a day after there was another racial incident in that league. I had already pre-judged and condemned the kid. Then it was not even 10 minutes later that they broadcast the guy’s explanation. And @gurn is right. It’s a rough watch. He seemed extremely pained by it and very much sincere. I’ve played my fair share of hockey and been involved in a lot of the rough stuff. And the taunting/ making fun of someone being tough only when the refs come in. His gesture and explanation  really rang true with me. Whether or not it comes out as the truth or he really is a d-bag remains to be seen, but it was a very relatable thing and a not too subtle reminder that it is important to listen to both sides before condemning someone carte blanche. I was very much guilty of that. I suggest people take a minute to view the video of his explanation. 

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  7. I have gotten to the point that I can’t even discuss this topic with unvaxed. I am ashamed to admit I have two in my extended family and in discussing, their simple solution (no joke here) was that we simply need to build more hospitals and increase our healthcare capacity. So, spend tens of billions of dollars, overhaul the education system, train new workers, and essentially wait many many years before this is complete. As opposed to a free, highly effective, painless, 10 min jab. And they thought this argument was sound. I have come to the conclusion that if their is a logic lobe in the brain, anti vaxers just do not have one. You might as well try to reason with a stump. 

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  8. I’m thinking (hoping maybe?) that because so many on our roster have had Covid that their immunity is especially good with their vaccinated status. Please. 
     

    And I see Hamonic is now on LTIR. Nothing against the person/ player, but the drama/ missed games is getting tiresome. I wish Canucks had Costco’s return policy on contracts. 

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  9. The atmosphere in our barn is just depressing. I am really hoping someone can tell me it’s just the broadcast and lack of mic’s and that it’s loud and crazy there. It is just dreadful to watch. Even the player intros sounded like some mild/ polite applause. I think Canucks entertainment group need to do a total rebuild. It’s embarrassing and I feel for our players. So long without fans and this is what we give. 
     

    ** Edit - ok I see others have commented on the same thing. Glad it’s not just me. Should have read a few posts first I guess. 

  10. Question for those that were at the rink today - are they handing out anything that provides all the skaters and their numbers? I am going on Saturday but want to have something in hand so I can cross- ref a few of the players that I am not as familiar with. I know our roster players, just not the numbers of a few of the new prospects. 

  11. Just grabbed my tickets for Saturday. I am extremely excited for the team this year, and not having ever attended these camps before, $5 when it’s out here in the valley was a no brainer. Can’t wait. Bonus if EP and QH have signed by then 

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  12. 1 minute ago, Dumb Nuck said:

    Even vaxxed people are ending up in the hospital with severe symptom, are you suggesting we shouldn’t also be finding a treatments or symptoms because a small portion of the population are dumb enough to self dose? 

    Where did I suggest that?? My post specifically suggests people aren’t against trying to find ways to treat it. But it’s preferable to treat only 20 vs treating 100. It’s just prioritizing. Prevention first, treatment second. Not saying you can’t or shouldn’t do both. 

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  13. 2 minutes ago, Dumb Nuck said:

    Are you implying they should stop testing invermectin for benefits in alleviating  covid symptoms just because it’s also used in livestock? Make sure you pass that on to the 100s of millions that take it every year for other reasons.

    I think the frustration is just the mentality of trying to treat the symptoms rather than the cause. I don’t think anyone is really against trying to find ways to treat Covid, but if you can reduce the case count by 80% through prevention, it does make a little sense. Especially when it is so easily achieavable, scientifically proven and the real world data supports it. When you have a bad section of Highway that results in 100 deaths per year, you don’t solve the problem by building a hospital there or have emergency response there on standby to pick up the bodies - you look at what’s causing it and fix the problem. 

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  14. 5 minutes ago, Dumb Nuck said:

    People have been self medicating and dying long before covid and will continue long after, I was just pointing out for those that do their learning through memes that it is used in people already, and it is being studied for benefits against covid, never hurts to know the whole story.

    “The whole story”. Good grief, with millions of scientists and doctors studying this and 10’s of thousands of studies, I am at least smart enough to know that I will never know the whole story. Glad you have it figured out. 

  15. 2 minutes ago, Dumb Nuck said:

    It’s not take one or the other, vaxxed people still end up in hospital, having a drug that can reduce the symptoms if they do would be a great benefit no?

     

    I for one am glad they are studying drugs that reduce symptoms because god forbid a strain comes out that the vaccine is ineffective on and we have no other options.

     

    I drink water to prevent headaches but if I ever get a headache it’s nice to know there is aspiring to help reduce its effects.

    You’re totally missing the point. For many of the unvaxed , it is in fact one or the other. And the fact that they choose the other to avoid the one that is available now and works. I will gladly do whatever it takes once it has been shown to be effective. In the meantime I choose to keep my intestinal lining. I have an open mind. The 20% not so much.  

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  16. 16 minutes ago, Dumb Nuck said:

    Firstly it’s not a horse dewormer only, it is used in humans and has been for 40 years and Of course you don’t prescribe something used to treat symptoms over a vaccine but if invermectin or some other drug can be approved to reduce the effects once someone contacts covid then that’s an extra option and in my books a good thing. We don’t know how long current vaccines will last, heck a new variant may come out tomorrow that the vaccine won’t help against at all, I’m glad they’re exploring option that can reduce the effects. Seem you have some kind of blinders on and it’s vaccine or nothing, very dangerous stance if things change.

    Meanwhile the pandemic rages on as the less than intelligent try to find any reason NOT to use a proven method to combat it in hopes of finding some other solution. Call it blinders if you want, but I will choose that every day over something that one “hopes” could achieve maybe a similar result. It is very simple math and defensible stats. But no, “the government” has some hidden agenda. I knew I shouldn’t have bothered. At least I can take solace in the fact that Canadians at least are showing they can use their brains and powers of deduction a little better than many other countries. Not much comfort though. I think there is little hope for that last 20%. Hopefully most don’t go the “eliminate your intestines” route to avoid god forbid having to get a vaccination. 

  17. 32 minutes ago, Dumb Nuck said:

    You do know that invermectin is also used in people and has been for some 40 years? For human use it is only available by prescription from a doctor to eliminate parasites, obviously anyone self medicating with any drug is stupid and dangerous. There are also ongoing clinical trials for invermectin and it’s effects on lessening the effects of covid. But hey, partial truth is much funnier right?

    Partial truth? It’s not that it’s funny, it’s just that the reality is, no legitimate doctor is going to prescribe a horse dewormer when an extremely effective vaccine is available, so people are trying to get around it by getting the non human version. So it’s not that it’s a partial truth, it’s just reality that there are that many stupid people out there. Which isn’t funny, but is quite frightening and very depressing. 

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