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Niagara, Orleans, Erie, Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Wyoming, Genesee. Eight. (?)

The situation with Eichel right now is terrible. The thread is just a function of that.

Mass vaccination remains our best hope of managing this disease. But sh1t like this (the public comms to which David W-W refers) from the government and other established institutions does NOT help the cause, at all. This whole thread is illuminating, actually -- and maddening.

Freitas is a great guy - terrific doctor.

No one has a crystal ball. That said: Great post. Solid reasoning.

Nice. S.UCK IT, VOGL!! And I will gladly take a share of that L.

John Vogl should have checked with @Hoss first - the latter was very clear yesterday that that Twitter account is in fact Eichel's. Not presumptively his. Definitively his. 🤔

Ich bin ein Berliner!

thanks for catching that - twas an intentional homage!

Anecdotes like this are discouraging. Research, valid data, and expert interpretations of the same are what (should) drive policy, and people should comply with that policy absent a compelling reason not to. I think I posted this months ago: An uncomfortable (and, I think, un-discussed) truth about mass vaccination campaigns is that they will - in very rare instances - create unwanted side effects, ranging from mild reactions to, in still even more rare instances, serious injuries or death. As a society, it's up to us to take on and spread that risk acrost 100s of millions of people. The alternative paths are far worse for us, as a society -- e.g., periodic collapses of regional hospital systems (terrible, but not catastrophic) or the development of some doomsday variant (probably quite unlikely, but it becomes more and more likely as transmission goes on). As to the latter, I don't get the sense that COVID-19 is just going to become endemic and fairly manageable like influenza. It seems as though, if it continues to circulate, its viral tumblers are going to hit a jackpot combination of lethality.

So does this mean no more low-event hockey, as an overall strategy? I can get with that. What was that other odious term that Bylsma and maybe even Housley used? "Small ice"? "Small space"? Something like that. The idea seemed to be to get the game to occur in isolated areas, in isolated moments. It just seemed to create such dull, dull hockey.

We need a reset. Anyone worried about Sanders’ foot? Older WR’s and nagging foot injuries — not a great combination.

Ha - bro - you’re more than close.

This is straight-up misinformation. Vaccinations aren’t foolproof (hence, these shots aren’t immunizations) - but the data show that they help suppress transmission. One of many recent reputable reports to this effect: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02054-z

The fook you coming at me fer? Presumptions are accepted as fact, unless rebutted. I'll leave the door open, as a courtesy to those who see a tattoo, etc.

The blue check mark is pretty well-vetted, btw. That's presumptively Eichel's Twitter.

And he's topless. I wonder if that photo was taken near to the place where he stopped by an old buddy's house and threw a bunch of weights around ... like old times ... thereby herniating (or aggravating a herniation of) a cervical disk. 😇 Good fooking call, btw.

Came here to see if someone found the Chef’s commercial featuring the French Connection. I haven’t given up hope. But this thread prompted me to search anew … HUZZAH!

You’re not dating yourself with this musical reference — this song was everywhere on TikTok earlier this year.

I was about to dispute the bolded, until I focused on “average.” I think that’s fair, or at least not unfair. I further predict that the NFL’s unrelenting pursuit of more (and more!) revenues will be its undoing. They’ll end up sacrificing the intangibles that made the brand(s) what it is (they are). The NFL is king now. It won’t always be.

Not sure what to make of this, vis a vis a new stadium. The NFL worships at the altar of mammon. Greater Buffalo doesn’t have, throw off enough of it. Sentiment, tradition, brand value will only protect this franchise to a point.

Can this region, this fan base, actually support/pay the costs associated with a new stadium? I mean once it’s built, which sets aside the matter of public money to build the stadium. I have my doubts.

Given the league’s financial trajectory, it’s almost inevitable that the Bills will be moved. *Almost*. I’m resigned to their relocation, and to giving up on the NFL (a real estate development consortium masquerading as a sports league).