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Trauma is a bastard and sneaks up when you least expect it. Hugs to everyone that needs them.

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The second time I got packed in ice for a while because my fever was so high.

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If congress held all social media to the same standards as tv then we'd make a dent.

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I literally (within the past 2 minutes) got off the phone with my insurance and verified that it's 100% covered with no co-pay, as long as you're over 50. (That's for an Aetna plan, but vaccines are preventative care, so should be no co-pay as per Obamacare.)

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Thanks! I'll poke around!

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that's the exact kind of stuff Europe has been extremely concerned about for decades.

it's also entirely on brand for him to both spy and destroy infrastructure.

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I feel you. I'm from Pennsylvania.

We seem to be the state that does all the heavy lifting.

The Declaration of Independence.

The Constitution.

The Whiskey Rebellion.

The (pretty much) the end of the Cival War in Gettysburg.

The Creation of Steel Unions.

Hell, even on 9/11....those people sacrificed themselves in Pennsylvania to save our country during a terrorist attack.

Isn't it time places like Minnesota or Iowa start lifting their own weight for The Great Experiment? Even OHIO has been riding on the "coat tails" of democracy for 100 years.

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Well, it's 3 days to recover from the booster, or 10 to recover from COVID. And my experience with the bivalent was completely benign. The first shot was like a mild flu, 2nd was like a moderate flu, third shot knocked me out for 24 hours, this late one completely nothing-burger. Barely even a sore arm.

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Man, you're still not ready to be a mob boss, you did well on the Henchman Draft, but your Ho Picks are still 3rd rate at best!

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I'd happily volunteer all of Fox to be test monkeys.

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Karma is not doing its job with these FOX people.The other day I saw the end of a Western where some guy was avenging his preacher brother's death at the hands of the evil townspeople. They had burned him alive in his church. So at the end the hero and the bad guy were outside the burned church and the good guy shot the bad guy and started to walk away. But the bad guy was not quite dead and was just drawing his gun when THE LARGE CROSS FROM THE CHURCH FELL OFF THE ROOF ONTO THE BAD GUY AND FINISHED HIM OFF. Now that's some smiting and/or karma.

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tell them it'll make them ALPHA AS FUCK or whatever the kids call it these days.

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Armpit scissoring is a thing?

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That's good to know, and thanks. But, yeah, they should cover all of it for preventative care.

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I got the multivalent Moderna and a flu shot (other arm) the day before the WonkMeet in Hudson. I had a mild reaction of nausea, but ginger tea fixed that.

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