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    I love waking up on a Sunday Morning after we don't lose

    I basically can't even watch other college football games when we're this bad. Too painful.
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    OT: Shingles

    And if folks are reading this thread and have young children (or will have them soon), please get them the MMR vaccine. We're up over 4000 cases in 2026 (with over 1000 in PA), the highest amount in over 35 years and about 10% of those cases have resulted in hospitalizations and there have been...
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    OT: Shingles

    It's not actually "known" yet as it's only been on the market for about 10 years, although people from the clinical trials still have good efficacy 11 years later. The fact that the CDC and other experts out there don't recommend any Shingrix "booster" (boosters aren't available or approved)...
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    OT: Shingles

    The mRNA flu vaccine offers about a 27% reduction in infection vs. the standard flu vaccine in those over 50, but the clinical trial didn't compare the mRNA vaccine vs. the 4X higher dose flu vaccine for those over 65, so we don't know how that compares. I just got the high dose since I'm...
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    OT: Shingles

    Good video, but just to clarify, active shingles infections with blisters that contain the varicella zoster virus (which causes chicken pox in children, mostly, and then remains dormant in one's nerves for decades and eventually reactivates and becomes shingles), can be contagious with respect...
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    OT: Shingles

    You should know from previous medical/vaccine discussions that bac thinks his "research" deep in the dark recesses of the internet is more relevant than your years of medical training and experience and the accumulated medical wisdom from clinical trials and post-clinical observational studies...
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    OT: Shingles

    Wow, that sucks and is pretty unusual. Might you be immunocompromised? The CDC recommends the shingles vaccine for those over 19 who are immunocompromised, especially since those folks are more likely to get shingles multiple times. I'm thinking 1-2 days of flu-like symptoms from the vaccine...
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    OT: Shingles

    So sorry to hear about your misfortune with shingles. My mom had two terrible shingles outbreaks, experiencing debilitating pain for weeks (these were before Shingrix was on the market, although the old Merck vaccine still might have helped her have much less painful outbreaks), so shingles can...
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    OT: Shingles

    At our age one should get the influenza vaccine every year (especially the high dose version as immune systems of the elderly are not as robust as they are in the young), as it greatly reduces the severity of the flu, including greatly reducing the chances of hospitalization and death. It...
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    OT: Isaias Likely to Strike the Central Gulf Coast as a Cat 2 Hurricane late Fri/early Sat

    Isaias has indeed just hit Cat 3 strength this morning with winds at 120 mph, but the forecast is still for a significant increase in shear before landfall, which should occur around midnight near Pensacola, as a high end Cat 2 storm (105-110 mph). However, as the NHC discussion below says, the...
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    OT: Isaias Likely to Strike the Central Gulf Coast as a Cat 2 Hurricane late Fri/early Sat

    No significant forecast changes for Isaias, which is now up to a Cat 2 hurricane at 105 mph and is expected to briefly hit Cat 3 near 115 mph by tomorrow morning, but the storm is expcted to weaken a bit prior to landfall, to about 100 mph or so at landfall, which is forecast to be very close to...
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    OT: Isaias Likely to Strike the Central Gulf Coast as a Cat 2 Hurricane late Fri/early Sat

    Didn't see a thread and I will say the tropical threads always seemed to be very well received by posters who either are in harm's way or know people who are, so here you go. Anyway, Tropical Storm Isaias is up to 65 mph and will likely be a Cat 1 hurricane with the 11 pm NHC update. The most...
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    Football Rutgers Football versus Maryland Game Time Announced

    Surprised this game didn't end up going on at 2 am on the Ocho...
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    Weather Thread for Indiana

    Not participating in weather threads here anymore as the constant trolling has made them unpleasant and the mods simply won't do anything about it (like they used to in the past), so it's just not worth the aggravation anymore. I post weather info in about 6 different forums (including another...
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    OT: No Gotterup love today? Putting lights out for Team USA.in President's Cup.

    Was fun watching Gotterup - way better short game than he probably gets credit for - and then the huge comeback today. So many great matches - thought the Morikawa-Matsuyama match was especially exciting with so many good shots back and forth.
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