re: Predictably, sounds like 100% capacity at tiger stadium this fall is on the chopping block

The numbers are indeed dropping and especially notable is the hospitalizations which are showing marked reductions. This is huge.

What the concern is right now is that schools are opening and LSU in particular opening. It will take a week to know the impact that this has on the numbers. If they tick up, as many predict, there is going to be a big announcement next week. It will likely be bad news for LSU games and gatherings in general.

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The numbers are indeed dropping and especially notable is the hospitalizations which are showing marked reductions. This is huge.

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Where are you seeing this? The numbers at the Lake haven't changed in a week. One dies or discharges and another takes their place.

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mandates came back, what you think about their efficacy, etc. I just care about people getting vaccinated at this point. Had an old friend my age die recently; unvaccinated. My close buddy's dad is in the ICU intubated and might not survive; unvaccinated

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And.... those were their own personal choices. Is this not America? Do we still get to choose what goes in our bodies or not? Is this the land of the free or not?

Or.... are you a Fascist and demand that everyone do as you do. Say as you say.

He is hoping that this country is no longer free...except for free loading.

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Not to argue with you, but can you really blame people for the mistrust? After all the things and bs that has come out over Covid? After all the politics behind it? Is it really so shocking that people are skeptical?

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Not at all. People went way too far both ways with this shite and I don't know how to reverse the course at this point. I just wish people would go straight to healthcare providers for their info and advice regarding health-related issues. There's an abundance of information available online, but unfortunately with it is an abundance of misinformation. It's become way too easy for others to deceive people for their own personal gain.

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I’m vaccinated. My wife is vaccinated.

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Glad to hear it. Thanks for protecting yourself and your family and doing your part to keep the severe cases down.

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But I’m definitely not OK with people being forced to take a vaccine that hasn’t even been 100% approved yet. A vaccine that we don’t know the long term side effects.

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I definitely didn't want to force people to get it nor did I think it would come to that considering how fast people were lining up to get it when it was first available, but I don't know what it would take at this point. It's the only viable way out. We can't keep going like this. And as far as long-term effects of the vaccine, it would be unheard of for a vaccine to have deleterious effects on you more than a few days to weeks after you receive it, and all data at this point suggest that the vaccine is way safer than getting the actual virus.

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Skepticism isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

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I agree. The medical field is built on skepticism. We are always testing ourselves to confirm or disprove what we know or want to know. So much time and effort has gone into fighting this virus and learning how to overcome this pandemic, and it's so disheartening to see that work ignored by so many, including my family and friends.

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Crumblingcountry

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You're a really sad person. You're clearly well beyond the point of no return. You can continue to live a miserable and uninformed life but I don't see a point in spending time on you anymore.

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I didn't figure you would answer. That's what you liberals do when called out...name call and run. Surprised you haven't called me racist. I'm very well informed, and guarantee much more educated as well. You are an activist. I don't like Trump. I do like a free country and capitalism...I'll be damn if I don't do my part from allowing you nut jobs to destroy this country.

So you mean their ..meaning the Biden Administration right? By allowing hundreds of thousands of illegals to cross our border, many infected, and bussing the infected throughout the country, primarily to red states.

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Why you lying though? This is why skepticism still exists.

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I literally work in the hospital man. I see it first hand. I don't know what more to tell you. If you are confident I'm lying then nothing is gonna change that.

You gotta be a Russian bot - either that or just clinically delusional.