UncommonGrackle

Studies show that most people are not solely motivated by money, or at least there are more important factors to staying with an employer, or choosing to leave an employer. 
 

I think you probably need a “strong offer” to get them there, but life isn’t as mercenary to most people as popular culture might have you believe. 
 

results may vary on an individual basis but over the population it’s pretty well documented 

I have a slightly different take on CHF’s comments about needing more and better athletes. I think it’s absolutely necessary, ESPECIALLY because of we message board fans. The great wailing and gnashing of teeth when the team gets beaten by a team that should beat them is already unbearable, in his first year. The fact that we need to be reminded is dumb, but it’s there. 
 

As for our current players, hey. That’s tough to hear but they already know it. And they know by this point in the season what it takes to win. And rah rah speeches and telling them how handsome they are ain’t enough to put them over the top anyway. 
 

everyone remembers how disgusting it was to hear “great week of practice, we’re gonna get better” every week while getting our teeth kicked in. Saying “hey we’re gonna go out and get more athletes and compete for championships” sounds a lot better to me. 

I want the last few hours back. The worst part was it was so close I couldn’t look away, but I always knew LSU would win. From the kickoff to them kneeling, I never doubted it. 
 

I kinda hate both Harsin and Gus for that. I used to watch auburn football optimistically. Now, even when we win we lose. 

8 minutes ago, McLoofus said:

He said that, generally speaking, those who treat their bodies poorly are de-prioritized for scarce resources. Heavy emphasis on scarce resources because, remember, there aren't a ton of resources that are truly scarce- organs would be an exception- until you have half the country with their heads up their asses trying as hard as they can to stupid their way into intensive care. 

Don't get me wrong, I have no interest in defending the priorities of our healthcare system. But it's not like what you're suggesting isn't a foreign concept that hasn't been implemented. 

 

1 minute ago, DAG said:

I am not suggesting anything . I am telling you insurance companies , surgeons , etc take into account your medical history and adherence to health. That’s why you insurance becomes sky high if you do the things that actively puts your body at risk. That is why you may fail to get a heart transplant , lung or liver transplant if you don’t meet a certain criteria. I have no idea where people thought you can just do whatever you want and qualify for unlimited health . It doesn’t work that way strictly from a financial Basis , which runs healthcare. It is the same thing with mental health as well. You can be denied going into IOPs, residential programs etc if you prove to be non-adherent simply by your insurance company refusing to cover your stay. Can you afford 2500 dollars a day for a 4-6 week program out of pocket? 

I’m a fully vaccinated person who listens to my doctor and advocates for others to do the same. I am not against you. I understand your frustration. My wife, mother and best friend are in healthcare. I know how triage works. I know how insurance works. I understand how transplant lists work. I know that procedures can be denied.

I also know that hospitals don’t boot heroin addicts, COPD,  DUI wreck and gang war victims out to die in the street. 
 

There are those in this thread advocating for unvaccinated to not be treated or to even seek treatment. Again, I get the frustration. It seems that some people are putting themselves and others at risk through their behavior after being informed of the risk and then taking up resources. 
 

All I’m saying is if a segment of the population who does things we don’t agree with are left entirely on the outside looking in for healthcare why stop there. Maybe we make em sign a legal document, you can do whatever you want, no vaccines, heroin is legal, juggle chainsaws whatever but don’t call us when it goes bad. 

8 minutes ago, McLoofus said:

@DAG has posted many times that that's exactly how it goes. 

He did say something similar but what I understood was chronic drug users aren’t competing for treatment because they don’t require the same resources as a covid patient.
 

If he was suggesting they outright reject alcoholics, drug users, the morbidly obese and others some might characterize as undeserving of resources im gonna have to throw a flag. 

I wouldn’t vote to deny people medical care on the basis of whether or not they’d been vaccinated, but I’d be willing to compromise as long as others who ignore major health recommendations are similarly sent to the back of the line. I think refusing treatment to drug users, chronic alcoholics and those injured in the commission of felonies might set Darwin back to work in our gene pool.  

2 minutes ago, McLoofus said:

As for people growing used to COVID, I'm not sure I buy that. We're running out of families that haven't had a scare or worse. I personally know a girl who cried "I don't want to die" and "Why didn't I just get the vaccine" while they watched to see if she was going to have to go on a ventilator. She and her kids are now all vaxxed and every family I've seen that needed that extra convincing has been convinced. 

My guess would be in 5 years vaccination rates are higher but masking and social distancing disappear nearly entirely even as people continue to get sick and die. I base this prediction on: observed behavior since the pandemic and the fact that throughout human history we’ve willingly accepted proven risks of illness and injury and death simply as a fact of life. 
 

I don’t think covid will ever go away, just like the flu and the common cold haven’t. I think eventually the energy and collective will for mitigation that requires constant effort and deprivation seeps away.