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You have a great point, I still can't absolve the coaching though. Even the announcers knew how to beat that defense. If you can't design your game plan appropriately with Howard then cycle in a QB who can. The Michigan game is a job breaker.

Jeremiah Smith 5 for 35 yards. That's a sick joke. No cohesive offensive strategy, no balance, effort to establish Howard and his targets. That was the worst coaching job on one side of the ball since 2018 when Harbaugh's DC played a base defense nonstop the entire game en route to getting blown out by OSU. There's a lot to like about Ryan Day but it's no longer enough. Chip Kelly to the rescue! Not.😂

Uhhhhhh. Hmmmmmm. Nope. Don't want to speculate what you will do better than her.

Let's be clear, I do cardiology research and as stated previously I have zero contact with patients. None of my research involves humans and human tissue. You have piqued my curiosity and I will ask my colleagues about any changes in influenza testing during the pandemic, and if they tested in conjunction with Covid. I will also ask about if there was greater/unnecessary care given to uninsured and how much. Let's be clear though, the funds weren't for everyone, simply the uninsured, which at the time was about 8.5%of the population. https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/percentage-without-health-insurance-coverage-by-state-2021-2022.html Hospitals were still getting paid by insurance companies also. The uninsured brought in a percentage they didn't normally see and it helped keep them afloat, especially rural ones. Did hospitals take advantage of it? No doubt. Is 8.5% enough to account for the total influenza numbers? No, not without better evidence. While surprising, I have no issue trusting decades of influenza standards of care and procedural testing to give numbers at least close to accurate. There's simply no compelling evidence otherwise, unless you've got something better. And we'll see what my colleagues say.

😂 I am a researcher at the primary level 1 trauma center in Cleveland. While not in healthcare, 2 of my colleagues are long-standing ER docs. I am required to have knowledge of hospital disaster protocols already in place in case my help is needed, but for Covid many improvements had to be made in practice. Improvements dealt with the shutdown, pandemic nature and managing patient flow, care, beds, and safety. Do you have any idea what a mostly unreported logistical challenge it was with the crush of patients going through ER's? What specific protocol changes do you feel impacted quality or compromised care? I'll be happy to ask my docs and post about their experiences with whatever you base this on. Also, I and my family had to be tested asymptomatically as required in summer of 2021 by the state of Hawaii. States, conferences, and many gatherings instituted these procedures for a short time. Do your statistics on asymptomatic testing account for this? Or are you referring to influenza? Still no real evidence from you to back up your arguments/opinions and discuss. I'm happy to be wrong and learn something today!

Where is this documented? What procedures did hospitals change? Covid had an asymptomatic component. Or are you referring to influenza? Are you blaming Trump for this as much of it occurred during his administration?

I'm sorry, I'm not going to simply accept your opinions without some actual, you know, evidence. The CDC has had set protocols and monitoring of influenza since 1956. Hospitals have set procedures when to test for influenza. I've shown you that testing was consistent, and other corroborating evidence supports the fact that influenza severity and occurrence took a big, multi year hit during Covid. Let's start with the nearly 1.5 million tests administered during the 20-21 season. Tested and recorded results. How are these incorrect or invalid? What actual evidence compels you to invalidate and declare the situation impossible? Near as I can find, all government hospital financial support was for either the uninsured or Medicaid/Medicare patients only. Procedural changes were made to enable quicker, more flexible care in a time of crisis. For example, eliminating the need for physician referral to test for Covid, allowing facilities designated rehabilitation only to be used as primary care beds, and loosening restrictions to enable quickly hiring more medical personnel. What government mandated procedural changes are you pointing at as being a problem? Many of these were started under the Trump administration and all financial programs were approved by Congress. The conspiracy I am referring to is the assertion that many hospitals across the country unlawfully and improperly diagnosed and cared for patients on a massive scale to take advantage of government funds, invalidating or overinflating covid and influenza numbers. Can you help me out with specifics and evidence to your arguments? To your point, I can't just accept your opinions when there's acceptable hard facts that indicate otherwise.

The stats are eye opening and are definitely unique but that was a unique moment in time. You do realize viral infections have a lot of overlapping symptoms? The only way to be certain is by testing, especially if the patient is in serious condition. That's why we're testing people. The testing rate was inline with historical rates, so on the surface the precipitous drop in positives roughly corresponds to the drop in influenza deaths you asked about. When I responded previously that the number of positives dropped to less than 1% of normal it's the same thing as you saying the illness rate dropped 99%. The stats are surprising but those are the stats, gathered using the same protocols and system as in previous years. You may feel they make no sense and there's a giant conspiracy here but I feel differently, especially as the death numbers were still reduced but starting to rise again during the 21-22 season. So it wasn't like one unbelievable year and the stats were back to normal next year. Also, here's an entire flu strain that hasn't been seen since before Covid: https://www.npr.org/2024/10/18/nx-s1-5155997/influenza-strains-disappearance-attributed-to-covid-protocols-alters-2024-flu-shot There are going to be a variety of factors behind this phenomenon. There are some convinced that simply the isolation, masking, and distance were behind this. I'm not confident in that simplicity, science needs time to understand it. Circling back to your original question and post, for me there are too many corroborating facts on far too large a scale to buy into your conspiracy theory. For reasons not yet fully understood, influenza took a big hit during Covid.

Certainly the cherry on the cake and maybe with Chicago's inept FO you are right.

The thing with Williams is he's a slow runner, limited escape-ability. As a rookie that's especially toxic and needs time to develop his mental game. I'm with others that the clock mismanagement is totally on Eberflus. Bad enough he hasn't sufficiently prepared his rookie QB for that scenario but job ending that he didn't recognize it and burn the last timeout to regroup and preserve clock time.

Interesting about your SIL, how often had she been getting Covid shots before that? Not unreasonable that too frequent of shots kept the immune system upregulated and fed into a rheumatoid condition. One of the cool things about Covid is the increasing knowledge about viral transmission. Years ago I got my first flu shot in Jan/Feb and got ill 2 days later. No real explanation why from the docs. A few years ago our hospital instituted mandatory flu shots in early fall and I've never gotten sick from them. What I realize now is that I had probably already had the actual flu before my first time flu vaccine, and much like the follow-up covid dose, my immune system was primed and responded overwhelmingly, resulting in feeling ill.

https://www.cdc.gov/flu-burden/php/data-vis/2020-2021.html Number of Specimens tested were essentially the same as the previous (mostly non-covid)year https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-people-die-flu/ At this point, yes, it was low two years in a row though I am always open to discussion as there is still much we didn't know. But, I trust the CDC didn't change their influenza data collection methods for these years and you can see the amount of tests administered is inline with a normal flu season. Should tests have been higher? Maybe, but it's not significantly lower and the amount of positives (not deaths) is less than 1% of normal! Were there hospitals that were using a positive covid test to gain funding? Most likely, but do I believe it was widespread enough to give us these numbers? Hell no, too many liability issues at stake. Much like the 2020 election that hyperinflated isolated incidents of voter fraud, the same mentality is at work here by the same people. Do you have solid, respected data that says otherwise?

Yes they did. If a patient has to be hospitalized from a viral infection, they're going to do their best to figure out which it is. Is it possible a positive Covid test precluded further testing? Possibly, but I didn't really discuss to that detail with the ER doc I work with. But if the patient is Covid negative they will run through their other tests to best help them save the patient's life. And Covid was everywhere. At the time when the science of it was so unknown medical professionals had to fear for their lives and their family's.

Influenza is easily tested for, your pet theory is extremely unlikely. "NIH Chief" Cholan has an MS and is Chief of the Data Standards Branch, National Library of Medicine. A former scientist who manages a library branch. Bravo "NIH Chief".

Good post, thanks. The entire thing seems vaguely and mildly familiar to DeShaun Watson with the Browns. I'm sure Berry and Stefanski have long wanted to move on .

I don't think they had much of a choice. I read Mara's parting statement to Jones and it sounded like he really loved him and didn't want him to leave.

It's important and Watt definitely has a knack for it. Quite frankly you can't go wrong with either of these guys, I just feel like Watt has less field awareness than Garrett. Myles also plays on a team that really doesn't have much to play for, so his chances to ice a game is definitely lower. This year he's also battling pain in both feet.

Watt's good, but much like Bruce, Garrett makes far more plays in the run game and down the LOS. Couple that with the fact that Cleveland doesn't have much to play for, despite Garrett's post game pressor.

Been to museums in Cleveland, NYC, Pittsburgh, Chicago and small ones out west so this one's gonna sound weird but the best family museum I've ever gone to is the Grand Rapids Public Museum. If you're ever stuck around Grand Rapids, I highly recommend it. They do an amazing job with their displays with a wide variety of items gathered from history and donors around that side of the state. Art, fashion, paleontology, games, natural history, engineering history, war history. It focuses on Western Michigan but has worldwide items donated by wealthy in the area. They recreated an entire street from the 1890's with all the shops that you walk into to see the appropriate artifacts. Aquarium tank with several young sturgeon from the Grand River. A large finnback whale skeleton a local Dr. had bought in Florida and displayed in his front yard for a year before donating to the museum.😂 Interesting collection that keeps you from getting bored for 2-3 hours.

Yes, everyone knows Mahomes sounds like Kermit. The added hair and jersey seem to indicate that also. It's a different kind of disturbing to pretend that this isn't a hanging of Mahomes as a joke. I'm not saying it's racism. But it is symbolic of the lynchings and systemic racism in the south and offensive to at least some members of the black community. I know because I've discussed with some of my friends/acquaintances. It's disappointing and it would be nice if these Mafia members had more class to find a different way to get this joke across.

I appreciate his passion for trying to make the play but I prefer my punter to act as safety. He's just asking to get lit up charging into all those personnel. Sooner or later a ST coach will notice this on film and assign someone to make sure he does.

I posted it after the game, but I feel that Bernard's intelligent enough he goaded Mahomes into making that throw. Kelce is his security blanket over the middle, especially late in games, everyone knows it. Stay far enough off him to make it look like an open window but keep a good angle and slam it shut once the ball is in the air.

They're all playmakers so I say definitely yes despite Benford injury concerns.

With Ty getting at least 30-40% of those runs. He hits heavy and in a hurry.

This year, he's finally a complete quarterback. That's the only complaint talking heads could preach on him, that he was trying the dumb hero throws too much instead of the open shorter routes. But other teams' fans all know how good the guy is and how fun it is to watch him play. For years now. If they can't openly say he's awesome it's because they're jealous we have him. All my non-Bills fan friends sure are.