Recent content by mmascari

https://www.spaghettimonster.org/2021/09/vaccine-exemption-letters/ Make sure to read what it's exempting.

I hadn't thought about a city rule knocking out players on the other team. But, that's an interesting concept that could play out with local regulations. If a city government develops a last minute regulation and knocks out the opponent team, while also betting on the game, what would we call...

I suppose this makes it a competitive advantage for teams where all players (and staff) are vaccinated. They're less likely to have a case that results in game impacts. If I was a coach, I wouldn't want the disadvantage of having to deal with unvaccinated players (or staff). Any competent...

The Trolley wins. Always, the Trolley is the only winner. Side note, Twitter surfaced this post to me recently, from 2015. Its amazingly appropriate for today.

Couldn’t she just catch COVID again? Just as good right? Maybe hang out a lot in poorly ventilated space with other unvaccinated or volunteer at an ICU without PPE.

You're looking at the wrong comparison, as if COVID is the only thing an ICU is used for, so 50% COVID utilization doesn't' sound that bad. Compare it to normal "excess ICU capacity". If, prior to COVID, say back in 2018, the ICU normally ran at 80% capacity with 20% free to deal with unknown...

Get vaccinated if you're not already. If you know anyone not vaccinated, get them vaccinated too. The sooner the better. All the rest is just noise, most of it depressing, if it's not achieving the above.

Doing your own Vaccine Research https://xkcd.com/2515/ And for those dealing with caring for a loved one at home. I've found this comic relatable about Scott's journey with his father after a stroke. At least relatable to me, my father in law passed from MS a number of years ago they're...

J&J doesn't use mRNA, but it's still different and isn't an inactivated COVID virus, it's a third thing. First google hit: https://www.vcuhealth.org/news/covid-19/johnson-and-johnson-vaccine-how-is-it-different

Opting out of all those things is an option. Just like the power of the state keeps people from reliving themselves just anywhere for public health. That same standard applies to public settings where used lung air will be shared without option. If someone doesn’t want to take precautions...

Our school is requiring vaccination for all winter and spring athletics in the middle and high school. Presumably fall next year too. I assume that for everyone will follow, but maybe not this year. We have a virtual option people could apply to if that’s an issue.

Right before reading this, my wife was literally telling me the story of how her uncle had all his grandkids over earlier in the week, and then tested positive on Friday. Breakthrough case, but he still feels like crap and has lots of symptoms. His wife is isolating now, no symptoms, but as a...

Because we all have extensive experience traveling in space ships that behave consistent with the technology and physics interactions as depicted in Star Wars? I mean, sure, I head out in my T-16 most weekends. But, I figured that was just me.

True. But, I didn't want anyone to get into a fight about if he died "of" COVID, or "with" COVID. Since everyone knows you're not really dead if it's just "with" instead of "of". He 100% did die because of an "impact from" COVID, even if it wasn't a virus impact to his specific cells. It's...

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alabama-heart-patient-dies-after-hospital-contacts-43-icus-3-n1279025 It doesn't specifically say if he was vaccinated or not, but it reads like he was. Not that it matters, COVID didn't kill him. He wasn't able to learn to live with the risk in the...