StrangeSox

Israel rolled out almost entirely on Pfizer and they followed the same dosing schedule as the US did--3 weeks between shots. That was the quickest way to ramp up protection against infection. The UK has highish vaccination rates, but they used AZ and Pfizer, mixed it sometimes, and also had a delayed dosing schedule. They've had a big case spike just like the US and Israel, but their hospitalization rates are remaining much lower. There's thoughts that the delayed second dose may provide for better long-term immunity, or just that their second doses were not as long ago as a lot of Israeli and US second doses, so their antibody levels are still high. A third dose in Israel in their 60+ population is seeing that group leveling off pretty clearly in recent weeks. It's all still in the early investigative stages, but the main thought appears to be that Delta replicates and attaches so much better than OG sars-cov-2 that by the time your immune system spins up antibodies, the infection already has a foothold. So now you've got this rush of antibodies that's going to help fight off the infection more quickly and still reduce your odds of hospitalization quite a bit, but it's not going to stop the infection in its tracks and you'll still be able to spread. The vaccines were much more effective at preventing infections of non-Delta because those took a couple of days longer to really set in, giving your immune system more opportunity to build up antibodies. We are still suppressing hospitalizations here and in Israel, but not nearly as much as the UK managed with this latest wave. via NYT https://t.co/zfpdYOlaYU

Expecting to see more of these rolling out:

latest news: not great!

This was a family member. She will be missed. Absolutely senseless tragedy.

I could be wrong but I think BA meant 99.99% of MLB player hookups go under the radar because they're just consensual encounters

Bring back the halocyn days of the player/manager/owner

The game would be so much better and tickets/concessions obviously cheaper if the owners got to pocket more money. Floor is good, luxury tax may be a good idea just not sure 180M is where it should start.

Tuned in late just in time to catch the Vaughn hit and Lamb homer, came to check the thread, deflated now

The smart manager knows that you get to bank unused challenges for future games

7-6 with the go-ahead homerun being robbed at the wall for the third out would have been pretty damn epic too.

Where it ultimately lands on the list will depend on how the rest of the season plays out. If they win the WS, it'll be looked back at as a key moment in the season when the team was just sort of muddling along and blew a lead late only to come back and re-energize. Gotta agree with @lostfan though, hard for any regular season HR to top a post-season one.

Once more, in spanish I didn't believe what I was actually seeing when that ball left the bat. Half of my brain knew it, half of it refused to process it.

You couldn't have scripted a better showcase

Britton right now:

That'll do

Tony clearly didn't tell Liam "throw better pitches instead of bad ones," putting him squarely at fault

Lots of umpires are bad at their jobs, sad but true

Whew

Chicago's population basically held steady over the past 10 years: