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It's a very small city just west of me. It has an interesting history. Because of Dearborn's racism blacks were not "encouraged" to live in the city. But Henry Ford had built the Rouge Plant here on the Detroit River along with US Steel next to it. His black workers needed a place to live and Henry Ford hated big cities. So he helped deveop Inkster into a city for his black workers. He built schools, grocery stores, churches.... It's always been a "black" city so to speak. I also once heard Kirk Gibson telling a story from the early 80's about Alan Trammell and he referenced that he lived in Inkster. A little surprising but back then it wasn't that bad. Just a regular lower middle class suburb and Tiger Stadium was just a short drive down MI avenue so I could see why a player who didn't live here full time might live there. https://www.thehenryford.org/explore/blog/the-search-for-home I drive thru Inkster when pickig up my friend for baseball games. Like 10 years ago I was going north on Middlebelt when I saw a commotion in front of me, people running. Traffic stopped so I went down a side street to go around it and as I turned I was able to see around the cars and saw a guy laying in the street. Later that night I learned he was just shot point blank in the street. I was one traffic light away from being right there. That's Inkster. don't go there at night.

My wife has patients in the ICU who did that.... "I didn't think I could get it twice.... They said...." These are people who were in the ICU for COVID and are back in the ICU for covid because they didn't get a free shot.

When I met my wife our first date was a Tiger game. I was a senior in high school. We met Labor day weekend. The following Friday I took her to a game against the Yankees. A few years ago I looked it up on BR. I figured if she couldn't handle going to a game then there's no point because that's what I do.

I have family in Texas that got it in the summer of 2020 and were using that in place of a vaccine. It was aggravating. They would pay to have their blood checked for antibodies. that seems like more of a hassle than getting a shot. The GOP leader in MI wanted prior infection to count for the "vaccinated" numbers when MI was deciding when to open things up and to what level. The trouble with that is tests are not always tied to an individual. Depends on the lab. Home tests don't get reported. You don't know who tested positive and didn't eventually get vaccinated vs who tested positive and never got vaccinated. There's overlap. The # of positive tests is just a number.

I’m talking about setting policy and allowing exemptions based on prior infection in place of a vaccine, like what you appeared to suggest with the tennis player. Your wife is vaccinated. If he didn’t get vaccinated prior to infection then that’s the risk he took by waiting. Sucks for him. And its going to cost him the Fench Open too. If vaccine requirements mean unvaccinated miss out on things then so be it. I don’t care about them in that regard. They made their choice and can stay home and not participate in a society that requires us to pitch in for our fellow citizens well being. I saw references today that a study on 4th booster in Israel didn’t show much of an increase if at all in terms of protecting.

That seems like a lot of wasted efforts just so people can find another excuse to not have to get a shot. Get the vaccine. Don’t look for a shady loophole or waste valuable resources finding one. It’s like spending $2000 in attorney feeds trying to find a way to prevent paying $500 in taxes.

Prior infection should not be considered when discussing immunity and setting rules.

I just look at the fees as them now having the ability to divvy up the slices involved in who gets what money. If a ticket says $65 then I assume it will be $100. I got second row on the field tickets for Elton John.

What operating pipeline was shut down?

I’m not a fan of the permanent DH. The VMart papi types. I do like it as rehab tool. But I don’t know how you regulate that. Maybe nobody can appear as DH more than 40 games a season.

I miss seeing old names when looking in old threads on the former site. Tigercap. WMUDan. NotoriousCPC. Moonlight Graham. funny story on moonlight. Met him at one of the gatherings. Later on after a game I notice he is next to me on MIchigan Avenue. I get his attention and he rolls down his window and I ask “are you moonlight Graham?”

What policy change caused inflation?

I wonder if there’s a dynamic at play among Ben and Justin Verlander. Ben works for the league now. He probably has to keep his tongue in check if he has opinions sympathetic to his brothers side.

I think it was DetMaleFic. Something like that.

Wow. I remember that name now.

What policy change caused the supply chain issue as you call it.

Sanford and Son debuted 50 years ago today. Here’s Ella Fitzgerald performing the lyrics to the song, which I never knew existed

We know several people who have had it where nobody else in the family got it. One friend went to Mexico with her husband for their 25th. Tested negative prior to going. He tested positive before coming back. He has no symptoms but had to stay at the hotel, on their dime, isolated. He can't even go on the balcony. They bring food to him and leave it at the door. She never tested positive. He was tested every day while in Mexico before a negative allowed him to leave. This was just last week so probably omicron.

it absolutely does. Telling 21 year olds to not get vaccinated because the risk is "low" is like telling them to not wear seat belts. Yes the risk is small but it's also not zero. My wife has had patients in the hospital under 30. Healthy patients.

For Maron it's all about the guest for me. But sometimes they get too deep into their personal stuff for my liking. Like therapy.

it's why I said "in theory". They're free to not join. I wonder how that would hold up if we had a draft today?

and sadly one of the most influential people for males under 45.