TarponChaser said:

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Capitol Ag said:

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TarponChaser said:

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8 knee surgeries, bone-on-bone & arthritis in both knees. 2 herniated discs in my lower back (L4/L5 & L5/S1), and a couple shoulder scopes.

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Answers to the name Lucky. Seriously though, dang man! I'd say you definitely have "medical reasons" no doubt! Again, everything you are doing is working and I'd say would qualify as intense training.

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Somebody once said that "football isn't a contact sport, it's a collision sport" and they were right. Then when the docs said I couldn't play football anymore I tried to play rugby. And while I didn't compete I trained in an MMA gym for a while where I was a sparring partner with guys trying to become professional fighters- I got my ass kicked a lot. Especially doing the Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

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Irwin M. Fletcher said:

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Capitol Ag said:

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A very important question is how many have died from Covid after being vaccinated. I doubt very many have. Nor have very many suffered prolonged effects from getting covid after being vaccinated. Another reason why this is specifically a "pandemic" of the unvaccinated. As sad as it may be, do we really need more polies and mandates for something that mostly effects those who chose not to vaccinate?

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Except we do not need more policies and mandates as you're very unlikely to even end up in the hospital or die without the vaccine. This is the biggest misconception about the virus and is eaten up by those who have been working from home or who are older.

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I would agree that you're unlikely to end up hospitalized if you get Covid and are unvaccinated but I would also counter that of those that do end up hospitalized from Covid are overwhelmingly unvaccinated and in many hospitals they are running out of room. I would be really pissed if a lived one of mine was in a wreck for instance and they couldn't get them in a room because a bunch of people chose not to get vaccinated based on bad misinformation. I don't want mandates either but I do wish some of the anti vax people would be more reasonable also. Pfizer just got full FDA approval so some were using that as an excuse to not get it, let's see if they change their tune.

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Capitol Ag said:

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TarponChaser said:

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TarponChaser said:

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8 knee surgeries, bone-on-bone & arthritis in both knees. 2 herniated discs in my lower back (L4/L5 & L5/S1), and a couple shoulder scopes.

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Answers to the name Lucky. Seriously though, dang man! I'd say you definitely have "medical reasons" no doubt! Again, everything you are doing is working and I'd say would qualify as intense training.

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Somebody once said that "football isn't a contact sport, it's a collision sport" and they were right. Then when the docs said I couldn't play football anymore I tried to play rugby. And while I didn't compete I trained in an MMA gym for a while where I was a sparring partner with guys trying to become professional fighters- I got my ass kicked a lot. Especially doing the Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

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A glutton for punishment!. Switch from football to rugby, which is football with no pads and less rules to protect the athlete. Then MMA? Have you tried alligator wrestling yet?

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Aggie09Derek said:

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Does anyone know someone who has died that was fully vaccinated and under 80 years old?

If so please quote this post.

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Aggie09Derek said:

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Were they working at the hospital in Kyle or a stand-alone ER/clinic/urgent care?

Sorry to hear

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TarponChaser said:

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TarponChaser said:

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8 knee surgeries, bone-on-bone & arthritis in both knees. 2 herniated discs in my lower back (L4/L5 & L5/S1), and a couple shoulder scopes.

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Answers to the name Lucky. Seriously though, dang man! I'd say you definitely have "medical reasons" no doubt! Again, everything you are doing is working and I'd say would qualify as intense training.

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Somebody once said that "football isn't a contact sport, it's a collision sport" and they were right. Then when the docs said I couldn't play football anymore I tried to play rugby. And while I didn't compete I trained in an MMA gym for a while where I was a sparring partner with guys trying to become professional fighters- I got my ass kicked a lot. Especially doing the Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

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A glutton for punishment!. Switch from football to rugby, which is football with no pads and less rules to protect the athlete. Then MMA? Have you tried alligator wrestling yet?

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I was 19-20 when I went to rugby. And the MMA really wasn't bad on the knees, it was more going into the office with a black eye. And of course the first rule of Fight Club is that you do not talk about Fight Club...

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Aggie09Derek said:

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Does anyone know someone who has died that was fully vaccinated and under 80 years old?

If so please quote this post.

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TarponChaser said:

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In time there has got to be some sort of genetic sequencing research because there are plenty of people who should have been absolutely hammered by covid who barely got sick and others in pretty decent shape without other risk factors get knocked on their ass and some died.

There has to be some sort of physiological difference that's not apparent on the surface. Perhaps at the genetic level.

Or maybe it's because I used to eat tacos off street carts in border towns before the risk of lead poisoning got too high that gave me a strong immune system.

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PatAg said:

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TarponChaser said:

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In time there has got to be some sort of genetic sequencing research because there are plenty of people who should have been absolutely hammered by covid who barely got sick and others in pretty decent shape without other risk factors get knocked on their ass and some died.

There has to be some sort of physiological difference that's not apparent on the surface. Perhaps at the genetic level.

Or maybe it's because I used to eat tacos off street carts in border towns before the risk of lead poisoning got too high that gave me a strong immune system.

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Could also be as simple as the amount you are exposed to

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The Fall Guy said:

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Well now I know 2 this week. Coworkers wife died on Monday. She went to the Valley to help relatives, came back to Austin, and a week and a half later passed. She was 52 and petite.

Today a nurse friend passed in Hays county. She was a nurse here in Kyle.

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GeographyAg said:

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I can now add two more people that I know personally who have died.

My cousin and her husband, both in their late 60's and unvaccinated. They spent almost two weeks in the hospital. Yesterday my cousin decided to have them remove the breathing machine and go. When her husband heard that she had made that decision he did the same. She died first. He a few hours later.

I still don't know anyone who has had any kind of really bad reaction to the vaccine. A few hours of fever or aches, yes, but nothing worth getting worried about.

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I can now add two more people that I know personally who have died.

My cousin and her husband, both in their late 60's and unvaccinated. They spent almost two weeks in the hospital. Yesterday my cousin decided to have them remove the breathing machine and go. When her husband heard that she had made that decision he did the same. She died first. He a few hours later.

I still don't know anyone who has had any kind of really bad reaction to the vaccine. A few hours of fever or aches, yes, but nothing worth getting worried about.

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it ENRAGES me to think, or assume from that post, that they could not make that decision together.

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They literally could not move. The machine was breathing for them, and every time they moved their oxygen levels would drop through the floor. They were in separate ICU rooms because that's the way ICU rooms work.

She was told there was nothing more to be done so she told them to pull it out and let her go.

I don't think they were worried about whether they were in the same room. Their children were with them. He lasted a few hours and was able to give away his rings and a few personal items, and say goodbye.

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thanks - still sad as hell

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aginlakeway said:

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Father in law died today.

Mother in law may be right behind him.

Both 85. Both vaccinated.

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