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Does it really bleep out “*****” ? I mean I guess it’s offensive/not the preferred term in most contexts but it’s literally in the name of a baseball league that existed in the US for a long time.

Here’s the article I remember seeing about it. He had lost 40 lbs as of the writing of article in December following an 85% tear of his quad. He had been told he would gain weight during recovery and ended up doing the opposite. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.stltoday.com/sports/college/slu/serious-leg-injury-limits-but-doesnt-stop-corey-tate/article_d496f57c-adde-56d7-a047-fe4ce7a8d013.amp.html

Lots of non revenue sports like swimming, etc I think

Thank you! Almost 6 months old now. Very healthy, happy, and cute (not a biased opinion at all ) baby.

I joined, thanks for posting this!! I’ve been a part of a fantasy golf league in a way since I was a little kid. My dad and his friends had one before fantasy sports were so huge, before the internet even. They would print out a list of all the active golfers with a tour card, have their draft in person, and hand write their teams. 5 players you keep for the whole year. They still do it 25 years later. Once I made enough money to blow 250 bucks on the buy-in I joined. Makes watching golf a little more interesting for sure. The point being I’m pumped for this, since I wasn’t able to make it to the draft this year and I’ve missed watching golf actually.

Steve will leave my account in existence; I just won’t be able to/don’t want to be able to access it. I may be back some day when this is long in the rear view mirror. To explain why I am leaving: I just don’t get any joy in posting somewhere where I’m called unintelligent, nitwit, and a piece of sh!t over an academic quibble. I know myself and know I can’t stop myself from responding to the trolls if they continue to harass me. It’s better for me if I take that option away from myself. I love you all, even those of you who hate me.

Last post before Steve deactivates my account tomorrow AM. For those who don’t get alumni/donor emails, below is a link to SLU’s current “OneSLU” fundraising initiative. You can choose to give to any number of funds, including emergency relief for students struck by unexpected hardship because of COVID and COVID vaccine research. https://givingday.slu.edu/giving-day/28556

This one made me laugh. Phony woman? Playing a "card" ? At no point in this discussion have I made reference to the fact that I'm a woman. My picture is my real picture. My initials are my real initials. People have posted tweets from my real account on this board. I won't post my full name on here because I don't want this site to pop up when people search for me. But I'm probably one of the easiest people on this board to locate and determine is not "phony." I made a decision a long time ago not to hide behind anonymity on here because I felt that if I'm going to fire off on a message board I want to be able to back up everything I say. I realize that this is capitulating to many of you who for some inexplicable reason hate me. And many will say "good riddance." You win. I came to this board because I love the Billikens and I wanted to stay up-to-date on Bills news and a sense of community now that I no longer live in STL. With twitter, I no longer need this site for that. But I can read a room and tell I'm not wanted here. I'm out. @SluSignGuy, please delete my account.

He is right though; I’m a colossal piece of sh!t for getting “come on, Eileen” stuck in everyone’s heads. It really is unforgivable.

Yikes. You know nothing about me, my character, or what my job entails.

Old man, keep my name out of your pathetic mouth. I have not, and will never, claim to have a scintilla of medical knowledge. I am not an MD. i did not attend medical school. I cannot diagnose or treat a patient. I never claimed any of those things. you can continue to bloviate for 8000 words per post all you want but leave me out of it and don’t outright lie about what I’ve said. There are many things I don’t know, and I admit that. One thing I do know is how research is typically conducted. the specific study you posted earlier in this thread was poorly designed and lacked statistical power. That is the only thing I have argued with you about. If the 6000 number you posted above is true that’s great. I am glad it is working. That is completely separate and apart from the small French study you cited earlier.

I’m sorry, that’s scary for you and your family. I hope you’re ok.

This would not surprise me one bit considering how China was promoting some conspiracy theories about the US bringing it to China. One thing everyone should agree on is that whatever you think of the US response, China's government response has led to a lot of deaths. One thing to note is that this article seems to hint that there was something untoward about studying coronaviruses in general in a BSL-2 lab instead of BSL-4. This is not necessarily the case, depending on the specific virus. We study COVID-19 at my work and the highest BSL we have is level 3. If it did escape from the lab though, it does suggest that the BSL-2 lab in question might not have been following actual BSL-2 procedures.

I guess Jimerson is a little shorter, but honestly Kyle Korver has been in the league for like 20 years so it seems plausible to me

I don’t write songs, the FDA does!!!

I REGRET NOTHING. However, I will not hold it against anyone for troll-posting me into oblivion on that one.

Covid-19 too-loo-rah Covid-19 too-loo-rah Covid-19 too-loo-rah I'm sorry. Mods, please ban me from the board.

I saw someone on twitter saying they always get “come on Eileen” stuck in their head after reading COVID-19 and I always think about that too now

Other countries’ approval is not evidence. Evidence is evidence. Unless other countries have some data not mentioned before, they are looking at the same studies we are and saying it’s worth a shot. As for you continually notifying me that I don’t have a say in drug approval...do you... think I don’t know that? I’m obviously offering my opinion. Everyone on this board is. I was not aware that you need to be an FDA official to have an opinion on the results of a study done in France. I’ll make note of that for future reference. The original opinion I shared was pretty mild and noncommittal (basically just said I’m not an expert in infectious disease but do have knowledge in pharmaceutical research and think this is good but needs more study), which is part of what makes your responses so hilarious. You’ve repeatedly condescended to me and made unwarranted personal digs at me. I don’t know why you continue to bend over to try to insult me or what it is about me that seems to get under your skin so much, but rest assured that I’m not bothered. I have, however, reached my limit on respectfully responding to you, so continue to insult me all you want, but I won’t reply. I don’t want to make myself look like an @sshole.

Feel like I should add this to my work email signature

Yes, exactly. They said there is reasonable but limited anecdotal evidence to show that this treatment may work and that since it’s an emergency situation it’s worth trying. This is exactly what I stated earlier. The letter goes on to state that the risk-benefit analysis on whether to continue this will continue to change as more results come in.

I would sincerely love to hear what this is. I have not claimed to be an expert in anything I am not an expert in, have not been rude, have not resorted to personal attacks, have not said anything political, and have not questioned your or anyone else’s credentials. The most I have said is summed up by “interesting but incomplete results; hope there is more to it.” A couple of weeks ago I shared my experience having been admitted to a hospital in these uncertain times and you jumped down my throat at that time, too, and told me not to complain because I made it out alive. (I was not complaining, just relaying a story exactly as it happened—if you read anything further into it, well, I guess that’s on me for not communicating my point effectively) Your reactions to my posts certainly seem disproportionate and I’m curious to know why that is.

It automatically embedded instead of linking. Original post has been fixed.

FDA statement linked below. https://www.fda.gov/media/136534/download