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What if I said, I disagree? Calm discussion or dismiss with a brief reprimandish type comment? The world is meant for disagreements and discussion. We have so little of it now. Just hate (not saying you) even among relatives.

Sheets can hit the baseball. I personally think he and Vaughn will be productive big leaguers on the South Side. Nice win. The bats were roaring.

More radio deaths. ... Looks like all these people were in a risk category (age). It's not a good way to die. I feel badly for everybody who has been affected by Covid, the living and the dead. Sad. https://www.yahoo.com/news/conservative-radio-hosts-anti-vaccine-die-from-covid-184420178.html

Wow. Benetti really exploded on that podcast. Good for him. It's simply ridiculous to not let he and Stone travel on the road. How the hell are you supposed to broadcast a game watching it on TV in Chicago? Awful decision. Cmon. Compared to player contracts these announcers' pay mean nothing to the bottom line. I bet Stone refuses to do this next season.

Almost everybody I know who has been traveling extensively of late (as much as pre-covid days) has caught Covid. All have been vaccinated but still report fairly nasty symptoms, though nothing to put 'em in the hospital. I still don't feel like traveling.

The next global issue in my mind with my odds listed: Caveat, this is my opinion only. 10-1 odds: Hackers from enemy countries shut down U.S. grid and perhaps at same time attack our water. They do this in winter and it's not pretty. 5-1 odds: Another virus hits the entire world as this one has done. If not a different virus, a variant of this one and it's really really bad, bad nuff to shut everything down and wreak havoc on the health system for a long, long time. 3-1 odds: Earthquakes hit us hard. We've had hurricanes and tornadoes, earthquakes hit. Natural disasters/global warming, same ballpark. On a positive note: 2-1 odds: The pandemic ends after most of the unvaccinated frankly catch covid. Let's hope most of the cases are mild and it's not that catastrophic as this disease ultimately is contracted by all unvacced at some point.

Thanx. If we're looking for reasons anti vaxxers have used, however, one was the fact it had not been fully approved. That was mentioned a lot by the anti's. And I was concerned about it at the time of my jabbing. You point out full approval had never been used before, yet it was used for this one and can explain some vaccine hesitancy. The hesitant do not just include eccentrics who have conspiracy theories. Some truly examine the pros and cons then determine whether they will be vaxxed or not. here's the us food and drug report: https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-covid-19-vaccine

Fair point, but when I got my two vaxxes, both after Biden took over as president, there still had not been FDA approval. If I'm wrong correct me on that, but I recall that presenting a problem in my mind. Full approval was not granted til Aug. 23 right? ... as far as your initial sentence if that's the proper context then you make a fair point. The news items I've seen with that quote from Joe assert that he was saying "who would trust that?" in terms of a person being smart to question the vaccine and not trust it cause Donald was the one pushing the vax.

From what I've read on here, most (all?) of the board, including me, have gotten vaxxed and wear masks, which I think we should do. I've run into a couple anti vaxxers at church and it's not pretty. They believe what they believe and don't wanna hear my point of view. The three of them are prolly in their 50s.

True dat. I could discuss Covid forever but will not do it on here cause I don't wanna get too political and get in trouble. Rules are rules.

I know some don't like Joe Rogan at all but he had an interesting podcast on how he threw everything including the kitchen sink at his Covid. Now he's rich and popular and I'm sure has doctors who will help him out in such a health problem, but if there are peeps who have an open mind and want to hear about how this one person treated his own covid and got well quickly, here's the pod. He used various drugs and was better quickly. He does say in the podcast he's is pondering suing CNN. I know some will dismiss, say it's Joe Rogan and not care. I'm not taking sides, just saying for those who like both sides of an issue, it's cool to hear Joe talk about his Covid case and medications. Peace out.

Why pick on me? I'm consistently optimistic about the Sox and try to explain the position of conservatives who think like me. I'm more an Independent than a Republican. Why do you want me banned so badly? Man, one controversial topic on the board and you freak out over me. Do I need to go on and on about why I feel the vaccine is political? I won't or I will get banned. I could PM you a short essay on it, starting with Trump wanting vaccines when he was president and Joe saying "who would trust that?" To Fauci, who I have some political thoughts about. To the timing of lockdowns being political. Are u serious with the question? A lot of this is political.

Great question on trust. I trust nobody right now except immediate family members and best friends. And that's the problem. Millions of Americans trust nobody. I'm sure most people who refuse the vax trust nobody. I won't make this political but we can count MANY lies from both Repubs and Democrats the past 20 months. Hence I trust nobody. I assess what I'm told and decide how I feel bout it. My decision making process on the vax was: I do know it's TRUE some peeps have died horrible deaths gasping for air, etc. Sounds like Covid is the worst way to die. Though I personally felt the vax could remove me from the planet from a violent reaction to it, I felt the smart play was trusting my pharmacist and a few other smart people I know who told me the smart play is to get vaxxed. I also didn't want to cause deaths to others, but being selfish my main reason was the first. In my mind, despite not trusting anybody but loved ones and close friends, I felt I "probably" would not die a horrid death from COVID if I got vaxxed. And I took my chances on vax concerns. Peace out, I truly wish harm on no one, no matter their political affiliation.

Pretty simple, Pete. I put quote marks around worship cause I couldn't think of another word. I tried, just couldn't think of one so I slapped quote marks around worship. I asked people not to get mad at my post cause that doesn't help anything. People are NOT going to change their minds about masks, vaccines, Fauci, Biden, Trump, China, Wuhan Lab, lockdowns, full football stadiums vs socially distanced churches, etc. We've got to calm down or America is gone. Sorry about 'worship' in the thread. I truly was stumped at the time. No lie.

Leury with the walk off. It gets no better than that vs. Boston.

I agree something is wrong. Read my above post and comment please.

Yeah it's truly baffling. My nephew got J and J and fainted on the spot. He didn't have to go to hospital. And I know some who had side effects from pfizer and moderna both. Now even though I had no problems I'm not looking forward to the moderna booster. Frankly I have no faith in Fauci or the government (let's not argue this; we're so late in the process some 'worship' Fauci some despise him; we're not going to change) and with me being disgusted by the costs for drugs in general I don't trust big pharm. Again it's a political thing: Some 'worship' the government and believe it all if it's their side doing the ruling. Other are extremely wary of the government. That's me now through all this. Here's the crisis insanity in a nutshell. 100,000 fans at a Michigan football game; with pictures of almost all peeps unmasked. How many were vaxxed in stadium? 40 percent? 50? Tons of illegal people crossing the border and not being tested vaxxed (Psaki confirmed in a snarky way) and yet we know about the mask mandates, vaccine mandates for workers and mask mandates for kids in schools. What if the same kid was at the Michigan game? It's all silly at times outrageous at others, handled so poorly and so yes, I DO NOT feel comfortable with the vaccines. In a weird way I sort of applaud those who have not been vaxxed. They have the guts to refuse the jab they feel could harm them. Me? I'm vaxxed baby. p.s. If this post angers you, ask yourself why? I assure you many Americans feel as I do and I'm merely explaining the position of many to you. WE DO NOT TRUST SCIENTISTS OR GOVERNMENT. Yes their motives can be questioned. Think of it this way. If you are shaking in anger reading this post, that's only natural in 2021. Americans despise each other; that's what's going on. It has to change. Peace out.

Add me to the list of peeps who liked this post. Spot on.

Will folks who got the one dose J and J have to get boosters? My relatives who got J and J got it because of the one-shot aspect. I sought out Moderna cause a few Friends of mine had no side effects and also a small pharmacy had them. I initially was going to the drive thru fairgrounds for Pfizer but I got scared cause of the 'cattle call' aspect of it. I felt some non medical person would be doing the jabbing rather than a pharmacist. I still say trust of government and fear of a violently bad reaction to the vaccines play a huge role in all this reluctance.

Most of these replies are too long to read. Just thought I'd say that. Peace.

Not good nuff

America is in trouble. At a crossroads. Politics is EVERYTHING. There's no escape anywhere. Sports are infested with politics and social issues. It's not a game anymore, it's politics. This is the most serious health crisis in American history and it's been all about politics in terms of attacking the problem. Republicans and Democrats despise each other. It's only going to get worse with Trump still a possible candidate which freaks out the Democrats/media and Joe doing a lot of things angering Republicans. Can we come together as a society? All I'm hearing today are threats of lawsuits by businesses against the government over vaccine mandates at work. Lot of hatred. Specifically about the vaccine ... my guess is this thing will lessen only after virtually everybody gets Covid. It hasn't slowed yet and the country is so divided people will not cooperate.

Classic half empty vs. half full stuff in this thread. More compelling message board stuff regarding differences in human nature. I think this post is closer to the truth. Obviously to win the first playoff series we need Rodon, Cease and Lynn to be our starting anchors. Keuchel has to surprise and excel in his playoff starts. Then there's Kopech, the two ex Cubs and Liam. It's not a bad relief setup if Tony uses them right. I'd prefer Tony ride the starters deep into the playoff games. Give me seven innings baby and then ride the hottest of the four bullpen stalwarts. Sox have a chance despite all the injuries. They also could get swept in the first series. Anything's possible. Team health has been abysmal all season.

His stuff from the third inning on screams "hit me." Maybe adrenaline will take over in the postseason and he'll give the Sox six shutout innings in his starts but he appears to be a horrible starter at this time.

Our fanbase is obsessed with resting/sitting players as cures for struggles. I still say as much batting practice as they take, rest is overrated. I still think Vaughn and Sheets will be OK. I guess there's a chance they could turn into Yermin, but I'm not so sure rest is the answer. Yes it's annoying when he and Sheets both turn into instant outs, but I'd quit stressing over sitting guys. If Sox manager and hitting coach and scouts think he's still "ready" for the bigs and still has the tools, let him hit. I think it'll be interesting in the postseason when adrenaline takes control and some of these guys either fail miserably or rake the ball all over the field and over the fence. It's so easy to say a guy should sit after they have a pathetic game or four. p.s. has nothing to do with the thread, but once again we see why Jerry doesn't like to sign pitchers to lucrative deals. Kuechel appears done. He had fairly good stuff last night and still four runs and was hard hit from the fourth til sixth. Ugh. Even Dallas is only a 4-5 inning guy now.