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The Roundtable / Re: Mess With the Bull, Get the Horns
« Last post by Northwoods on Today at 11:40:07 AM »
I have sheep.  A small breed. Like rams top out around 80lbs.  I don't turn my back on him.  No way I'd trust a bull.
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Politics / Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Last post by WLJ on Today at 11:39:35 AM »
And we another example of the MSM saying someone said something they didn't say and I'm sure this will be the running narrative of what he "said"

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The Hill
@thehill
Fox News anchor Laura Ingraham backed Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker after he gave a controversial college graduation speech, telling women that their rightful place is in the kitchen. https://trib.al/NJZhJDC
https://x.com/thehill/status/1791280753600262545
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The Roundtable / Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Last post by dogmush on Today at 10:37:19 AM »
^^^

Indeed.  I hadn't though of that.  Also, that's 30-day death of folks that were hospitalized for Flu/COVID.  I expect that weeds out all the "not that bad" cases.  I think by the time you are hospitalized for a respiratory illness, things have gone kinda south.

What's the 30-day survival for folks hospitalized for Pneumonia, I wonder?
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The Roundtable / Re: PiAware Showing Flight Out of Charlotte in Trouble
« Last post by WLJ on Today at 10:30:06 AM »
Quote from: Northwoods on May 16, 2024, 12:28:40 PM
Since it's not a Boeing I'm sure we'll hear nothing.

Even when the issue has nothing to do with it being a Boeing it's all about Boeing.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/boeing-747-400-catches-fire-forced-land-flight-from-indonesia-saudi-arabia
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The Roundtable / Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Last post by MillCreek on Today at 10:14:17 AM »
^^^Also of note is that the VA patient population is skewed towards older males who may have co-morbidities.  I wanted to link the JAMA research letter behind this article, but it is paywalled.  https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2818660#:~:text=Compared%20with%20a%20study%20using,in%202023%2D2024%20for%20influenza.
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The Roundtable / Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Last post by dogmush on Today at 10:02:35 AM »
Quote from: MillCreek on Today at 09:24:16 AM
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/four-years-on-covid-19-remains-a-worse-killer-than-the-flu-study-finds/

An interesting study done using VA records.

I always like more info, but am annoyed that the media (Seattle times in this case) still wants to lead with big scary numbers insteard of useful information.

Seattle times:
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Patients hospitalized for COVID had a 35% higher risk of dying within 30 days than influenza patients, Ziyad Al-Aly and colleagues at the clinical epidemiology center of the Veterans Affairs St Louis Health Care System in Missouri found.


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The COVID-19 and seasonal influenza groups were balanced after propensity score weighting (Table 1). Patients hospitalized for COVID-19 had a higher risk of death compared with those hospitalized for seasonal influenza (adjusted death rate, 5.70% vs 4.24% at 30 days; adjusted HR, 1.35 [95% CI, 1.10-1.66]).

While the Times is factually correct (4.24 x 1.35= 5.72)  they purposefully framed it to seem like COVID was a significant increase in risk.

For comparison the CDC is reporting 2022-2023 Flu Burden report is reporting 31,000,000 cases of the flue and 21,000 deaths, so all ages mortality of like 0.06%.  Of course, we all know that COVID and Flu hit older people worse, so your risk decisions should take that into account. (15,000 of those deaths were in people over 65)  If you are in a high risk for a bad time with respiratory illnesses because of either age, or health, than yes, COVID is still a real concern, and is one of the endemic illnesses you should protect yourself from.
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The Roundtable / Re: Gas stoves
« Last post by WLJ on Today at 09:55:02 AM »
Kenmore stoves when I worked at Sears were usually made by GE
Refrigerators by Whirlpool
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Politics / Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Last post by WLJ on Today at 09:51:36 AM »
And here's the Babylon Bee

'Harrison Butker Does Not Reflect Our Values,' Says League Of Woman Beaters
https://babylonbee.com/news/harrison-butker-does-not-reflect-our-values-says-league-of-woman-beaters
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Politics / Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Last post by WLJ on Today at 09:46:10 AM »
His is now the team's best selling jersey

SURPRISE, SURPRISE: Harrison Butker Becomes Top-Selling Chiefs Jersey With Men AND Women
https://twitchy.com/grateful-calvin/2024/05/17/imagine-that-harrison-butker-jersey-becomes-top-selling-chiefs-jersey-among-men-and-women-n2396327
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Politics / Re: The Bronx chick strikes out
« Last post by WLJ on Today at 09:43:21 AM »
And in this corner..... :rofl:  [popcorn]

AOC unleashes on MTG in fiery debate over her intelligence and fake eyelashes as all hell breaks loose in committee hearing to hold AG Merrick Garland in criminal contempt: 'Oh girl, baby, girl... don't even play!'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13428751/AOC-Marjorie-Taylor-Greene-Committee-Argument.html

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