Recent content by tigerod

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    If you are a parent or grandparent, you need to look at these stats

    My father asked me if I wanted a job at the start of the summer after I finished 8th grade. I told him I thought I would just spend most of my summer at the lake. He told me “you start Monday “. Made my son work in high school and he has done great. Maybe that’s not the right approach, but...
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    If you are a parent or grandparent, you need to look at these stats

    Sorry about that. Hit something I should not have .
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    If you are a parent or grandparent, you need to look at these stats

    Should have been their not there. My parents helped me with my education, but I still had significant student debt for the period I grew up in. I believe one of the keys in raising kids is making them work in high school. My father asked me if I wanted a job teh I'm 74 and my son and his...
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    If you are a parent or grandparent, you need to look at these stats

    The implication wasn't that they were working a second job. The gig job was there only job.
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    I have’nt watched the news since the 2020 election

    Been the same way for a good while. So-called news has become opinion and agenda - not news. If Tigerillustrated gets into the national and international news business, I'll watch and listen again. integrity is hard to come by.
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    When will these surges end?

    Sorry for the first paragraph>
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    When will these surges end?

    To answer your question: I think the main reason most be who are vaccinated are so concerned about those that don't is simply they go vaccinated because they are convinced it works. Their opinion is that the easiest way out of this pandemic is to have everyone possible vaccinated. There...
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    When will these surges end?

    Have a friend who was an antivaxer. His family lived in a northern state and were fervent anti maskers and antivaxers. My friend asked me to review the information that his family used as the basis for their views. Instead of reading the information, I researched the people who were...
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    OT: Should I get the COVID vaccine?

    The vaccine isn't exactly the new kid on the block. It has been under development for 18 years. A lot of people seem to think that it was developed when Covid appeared. It is true that it has not been used before. Based on the science of the vaccine and my understanding of that science, the...
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    OT: Should I get the COVID vaccine?

    Gentleman and Ladies, The one thing we need to be able to do is share opinions without name calling or involving politics. My personal feeling is that every politician who has politicized the virus should resign immediately. Their actions are childish and self serving. Both parties are...
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    OT: Should I get the COVID vaccine?

    Read the thread on Questions for fellow Covid survivors a few threads down.
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    OT: Should I get the COVID vaccine?

    Make sure your information is correct. If you get Covid, you have a 1 to 1.5% chance of dying and probably an additional 1% chance of having severe long term complications. As of yesterday 71 million vaccines have been given. So far with no deaths attributable to them. That may change, but...