Coronavirus (sports edition) thread

We should have the Dundie Awards here. That would be some fun polling.

Come up with 5-10 awards, and do like 2 day polling on each one. That could carry is right into some actual games. Probably stupid but reading all the different posts today was wild.

I don't care if it's stupid or not, sounds fun to me.

Go Team!

People judge each other every day for every action. Don’t like it? Sorry my gentle little flower, nobody cares. If you don’t get the vaccine you’re a dumbass.

It is what it is, let’s not get too carried away with tolerance.


Yup. A self absorbed, misinformed, dangerous, greedy, selfish, cunt of a dumbass……to be exact.

Just curious how people felt after they got vaccinated. I got really sick for about 5 days. I felt so bad that I wanted to go to the hospital. I don't think I'm going to put my body through that again, idk. However I am 51. These guys probably bounce back a lot faster than I did. I get why these guys don't want to do it.

First shot I had no reaction. 2nd shot I had on a Wednesday, felt very fatigued for about 24 hrs and by Friday I was 100% again. I'm 48.

Anybody else want to claim the vaccination is killing more people than the virus? There are plenty of badges of idiocy.

I'm not buying that it is killing people. However if you felt as bad as I did you may have a different opinion.

I'm not buying that it is killing people. However if you felt as bad as I did you may have a different opinion.

Well if I felt as bad as you did, AND I were a complete moron, then I might think it could kill me. Otherwise, no, I couldn't have that opinion.

Like, didn't we all take biology in high school? Did we not pay attention? Or was my public education in the suburbs of PA just better than everyone else's?

I'm trying to reconcile how anybody can not understand what an immune response, how it feels, etc. I can't wrap my head around it. I was taught these things in high school. Wasn't everybody? I just don't get it.

For those who didn't pay attention, or didn't take the class, or whatever...

When you get a vaccine, any vaccine, your body responds as your t cells recognize the shot as a foreign invader. Your lymphatic system (lymph nodes) beefs up production of b cells and t cells in response to the introduction of the vaccine, because your body thinks it has an invader on its hands. That response can make you feel crappy, because it's essentially your body reacting the same way as it would towards the actual illness. It causes inflammation in the lymph nodes, you get achy, the inflammation causes headaches and other aches, etc. But you're not actually infected with the virus. Your body eventually realizes that and chills out. Hence the reason why the crappy feeling only lasts 24 hours.

Having been introduced to that foreign invader, your t cells retain a "memory" (really it's an organic chemical imprint) of what that foreign invader looks like, so that next time it sees it, it will destroy it on sight before the virus has a chance to replicate throughout your body, and you get seriously infected.

I really don't understand why that's not well understood at this point. We should be a pretty advanced society.

Think of it this way. You have a german shepherd and you hate your mother in law. You get a shirt that belongs to her that she's worn, you train your german shepherd that he should attack anything that smells like that shirt.

Next time she walks through that door, he takes her down and you live a happy life. That's a vaccine. The dog is your lymphatic system, he knows how to fight he just needs to be shown who to fight, how to recognize them, and when.

If he's not taught to fight her, she's just going to come into the house and be a bitch and get all up in your business. He has to know she's the enemy.

The shirt that smells like your mother in law is the vaccine. It smells like her. It's enough to teach the dog who to fight.

Once he knows she's a succubus, he'll kill her on sight, before she moves in and ruins your life.

Well if I felt as bad as you did, AND I were a complete moron, then I might think it could kill me. Otherwise, no, I couldn't have that opinion.

Like, didn't we all take biology in high school? Did we not pay attention? Or was my public education in the suburbs of PA just better than everyone else's?

I'm trying to reconcile how anybody can not understand what an immune response, how it feels, etc. I can't wrap my head around it. I was taught these things in high school. Wasn't everybody? I just don't get it.

For those who didn't pay attention, or didn't take the class, or whatever...

When you get a vaccine, any vaccine, your body responds as your t cells recognize the shot as a foreign invader. Your lymphatic system (lymph nodes) beefs up production of b cells and t cells in response to the introduction of the vaccine, because your body thinks it has an invader on its hands. That response can make you feel crappy, because it's essentially your body reacting the same way as it would towards the actual illness. It causes inflammation in the lymph nodes, you get achy, the inflammation causes headaches and other aches, etc. But you're not actually infected with the virus. Your body eventually realizes that and chills out. Hence the reason why the crappy feeling only lasts 24 hours.

Having been introduced to that foreign invader, your t cells retain a "memory" (really it's an organic chemical imprint) of what that foreign invader looks like, so that next time it sees it, it will destroy it on sight before the virus has a chance to replicate throughout your body, and you get seriously infected.

I really don't understand why that's not well understood at this point. We should be a pretty advanced society.

It is understood by me. I get how the immune system works. And as I said I do not believe getting the shot is killing people. However, I am still very apprehensive about getting it again. I had shortness of breath, a nasty cough, cold sweats and was shivering while dripping w/ sweat for 5 days. Sorry but you can throw all the biology and t cell bullshit out the window when you feel like absolute dog shit.

^ still beats dying though

It is understood by me. I get how the immune system works. And as I said I do not believe getting the shot is killing people. However, I am still very apprehensive about getting it again. I had shortness of breath, a nasty cough, cold sweats and was shivering while dripping w/ sweat for 5 days. Sorry but you can throw all the biology and t cell bullshit out the window when you feel like absolute dog shit.

That's an emotional reaction. The smart thing to do is not to throw that "bullshit" out the window, it's to take the vaccine again when it's time, deal with the shitty feeling you got from it, and live comfortably ever after knowing that the real virus won't put your ass in the hospital or six feet under.

And I know you understand, I'm not speaking to you per se. I'm laying this out for some dumbass who may be reading this, with no understanding how this works.