I get the feeling our guys are intentionally playing it safe—staying down by two, three, maybe four points—just to bide their time. It’s like they're waiting for the Germans to wrap up their business first, so then they can step in with fewer moving parts and dial in exactly the position they need. Then, if things aren't looking right, they might try to make a frantic comeback in those final ten minutes...
If we actually pull off this win, I think we’re staring down two very different paths: a) We go on a total tear and sweep everything all the way to the finish line—you know, just pure dominance, ending with that glorious 10-0 shutout. b) We take the win now, but then stumble out in the quarterfinals, the semis, or even the finals... and honestly, what was even the point of that?
I know for a fact that the vaccine (from GSK) costs about $150 per dose over three mandatory shots in Germany—so let’s just sit down and crunch those numbers ourselves for a second. 😁
The reality is that types 16 and 18 account for 70% of all cervical cancer cases caused by HPV. And given how people tend to react to things around here—you know, that tendency to immediately dismiss anything new—just imagine the backlash against vaccines that we don't even have long-term data on yet, since they've only recently been approved and are just starting to hit the market across the US and Europe. These could be absolutely stellar as a preventative measure against types 6, 11, 16, and 18, yet the average woman ends up dealing with 33 or 56 different strains... 🙄
And let's be real: you can't just "prevent" getting infected by one type of HPV by having already cleared another one, right? It doesn't work like that... does it?
PS Sarah Long, it honestly doesn't matter whether a girl is sexually active or not; the bottom line is she shouldn't have been exposed to HPV in the first place.
It’s just so lovely, isn't it? Being absolutely wonderful and having the nerve to sit there and judge everyone else—how charming! 🙄 ... honestly, though, especially when you haven't even bothered to look at the context of what's actually happening, which, if we're being real, shouldn't even be your business to begin with...