La Dee-vina Comedia

Did you swallow a thesaurus for breakfast?

Thanks, but I'm none the wiser!

Aren't they also missing Barrass and Ryan?

Why? I don't need to as I don't fear AZ at all. I have my second vaccination later this month.

If you fear AZ, then it's time you gave up Q as well. I'm also willing to give up O, too, but the boss might disagree.

Here am I thinking AFL is the country's national sport. Apparently not: https://www.crikey.com.au/2021/07/23/trashing-astrazeneca-national-sport-not-national-saviour/?utm_campaign=SundayRead&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter [PS: I was accused somewhere earlier in this thread of spreading conservative propaganda by linking to a story in the Australian Financial Review. Hopefully linking to a story in Crikey redresses that alleged (and denied) bias.]

After it's over.

I feel like I'm reading one of the last chapters in Sophie's World. (Anyone who has read this book should understand. It's nominally a novel, but it's really a journey through the history of philosophy from the ancient Greeks through to modern philosophy...where it gets really weird and confusing.)

Who appoints the ATAGI members? Pretty sure it's politicians. In other words, under your classifications scheme, ATAGI and Health Officials should be together. The problem with ATAGI is that they have been looking at risk analysis purely from a health perspective and have not considered human behaviour at all. As a consequence, they have installed completely unnecessary fear in the comunity by inadvertently demonising AstraZeneca. And they've not been helped by the Qld Chief Health Officer. As an aside, I wonder wheher she's been appointed Qld's next Governor as a way of removing her from her current position? (That's pure speculation on my part, by the way.)

I assume that's Daniel Harford, Jimmy Bartel and...who is White?

Thanks. If I'm reading it correctly, the data on blood clots showing a rate of 1 case per every 100,000 to 200,000 of doses is total of all cases, including fatal and non-fatal. Is that right? And as you point out, getting in your car to escape to the country to avoid lockdown is far riskier than getting AZ and staying put.

I'm a bit worried about your risk assessment thought processes. You willingly stand outside the Casey ground to watch training (for which we are grateful) even though you know there are snakes in the vicinity. The number of deaths in Australia from blood clots caused by AZ is 7 out of 7 million doses given, obviously the classic "one in a million". The number of fatalities in NSW from Covid is 76 out of 8.2 million people. That's more than 9 in a million. Are you sure it's worth taking that risk of remaining unvaccinated when an alternative is available? (I appreciate every person's circumstances and individual health profile can vary.) Oh, and in Australia there is an average of two fatal snake bites per annum. Just something for you to think about.

I think this is essentially the same plot as a Thomas the Tank Engine story but written in a more cryptic way.

Who would you see him replacing in this squad?

Maybe your Pfizer doses are still sitting in a fridge at Windy Hill.

I'd much prefer a wine plan.

Pleased you've joined up. But I'm amused by the post which says "I never post" just above the counter that says you've made 3 posts. Don't be shy. Keep on posting.

Not sure what is a harder task. Melbourne (the team) getting to the Grand Final or Melbourne supporters getting there.

I hope your interpretation is correct. However, it's not what I've been seeing for the last decade. To clarify my previous post, I don't mean that all kicks which might collide with an opponent should be classified as dangerous. Only those where the kicker puts an opponent's health and safety at risk. In other words, where he might be at risk of kicking an opponent in the head or his hands when he's going for the ball. And I just quoted you.

Good post. But you forgot to point out that the expert and not-so-expert commentators seem to go out of their way to say that the very program they are on "probably" should not be re-showing or referring to the incident and then continue to talk about it ad nauseum.

I don't understand why people are concerned with three game memberships. The issue here is having supporters of clubs being converted into members, whether they attend matches or not. It doesn't even matter if the memberships are free or $1000 each. What matters is having 18 clubs which are successful off the field and for that to happen they have to convert supporters into signed-up members. Once signed up, the clubs are then able to offer those members as bait to potential sponsors. Mind you, if I'm a potential sponsor, I'd want to be sure that each of those members that I wish to target with my product is a human!

All we know is what is included by Jeff White in the photo in the OP. Given the #kinghit hashtag, I think we can assume it is from the Stephen King kick. It actually raises a question in my mind about the kicking in danger rule. I don't know how the rule is worded but it seems to me a free kick (pardon the pun) is only paid if the kick actually makes contact with an opposition player. I would have thought a free kick should be played whenever there is a risk of such contact rather than only when contact is made.

Fair points. My reason for saying the comparison is fair to make, though, is not because of what Viney did but what other people might do. We know suburban and amateur football can be violent. A player who copies what Viney was doing may not appreciate the nuances of duty of care and press on another player's neck for too long depriving oxygen to the brain. That's why I think it's not unreasonable to bring George Floyd into the conversation. I appreciate others may think my view is an over-reaction, but I'd rather err on the side of safety.

ouch!