Vaccine
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I was hoping Juzang made both at the end just to see what Cronin would do last night.austour post=428611 said:Don't let UCLA winning that game distract from the fact that Cronin didn't foul up 3 against a team that was 11-of-25 from the free-throw line. Obviously no one is really going to fire him but it was one of the worst plays and stupidest decisions ever. The only thing dumber was his explanation.mjmaherjr post=428608 said:let’s hope your second vaccine shot goes better than your UCLA AD stintaustour post=428512 said:
PS Vaccines for all over 16 in California starting April 15. Hope to have family done by end of May. Generally available at a couple drive thru sites around the city too, with your pick of vaccine. On the down side talk of returning to the office around the start of summer. Was hoping not til September.
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mjmaherjr post=429262 said:
BrookJerseyRedmen wrote:
I think he either committed to Duquesne or went there one year (I believe when freshmen couldn't play varsity) and then Looie got him for us and he was a tremendous tandem with Mel Davis and later (??) Billy Schaefer (Len Elmore went to Maryland, I am not sure about Jap). Searcy had terrific years with us.
BJR, as I recall Jap Trimble also went to Maryland but suffered a serious injury pretty early in his college career (broken leg?) and never achieved the kind of success there he had in HS. He was another tremendous leaper they used to call Jumpin' Jap Trimble.
I think he either committed to Duquesne or went there one year (I believe when freshmen couldn't play varsity) and then Looie got him for us and he was a tremendous tandem with Mel Davis and later (??) Billy Schaefer (Len Elmore went to Maryland, I am not sure about Jap). Searcy had terrific years with us.
BJR, as I recall Jap Trimble also went to Maryland but suffered a serious injury pretty early in his college career (broken leg?) and never achieved the kind of success there he had in HS. He was another tremendous leaper they used to call Jumpin' Jap Trimble.
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The first time I saw Searcy play was the first real games I saw at SJU (where I saw a game at age 13 or so) and I was hooked. I have this recollection of sitting pretty high up on the utopia parkway side and campus side and in the first half when opponents shots went up, Searcy, Beaver Smith, and at least one other (I think I'm wrong when I say Rellford) would take to the sky like 4th of July Fireworks. Above the rim you'd see a bunch of arms belonging to those guys and invariably one of them would swat a shot.BrookJersey Redmen post=429756 said:
I believe Searcy was a near miss on NBA rosters - maybe a couple of 10 day contracts, but I could be wrong. He was very good.
Holy crap - just checked. Last two seasons at SJU averaged as many rebounds as points 13.7 and 12.2 rebounds per game. That's got to be as good as anyone over 2 seasons at SJU, and averaged 11.5 rebounds per game over his career here and 11.8 points. Definitely the anchor of our front line.
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Lucked into Johnson & Johnson Saturday morning right before an anticipated shortage of it in California (or maybe just Northern California). My county opened up age groups earlier than the announced April 15th and a friend e-mailed me 2 a.m. Friday that she got an appointment for J&J on Saturday. By the time I saw her message at 4 a.m. all the slots were gone, but she called me Friday afternoon that more had been added so was able to get same time slot as her and another friend. Carpooled and everything was smoothly. Shot hurt going in but no side effects up until around 3 a.m. Sunday, at which point my arm was super sore. Still feels a little off, but that's only issue so far.
Apologize for the late response, but I was on vacation. Ed Seaercy went to Power Memorial with Elmore and Trimble, who went with Elmore to Maryland. When they were seniors, Power was ranked #1 in the country.Beast of the East post=429775 said:
Ed went to Duquense as a freshman but then decided to come home and play for Coach Carnesecca. However, that is when Coach left for the Nets. He averaged 11.8 pts and 11.5 rebs while at St Johns. Coach was back by his senior year and he formed a strong relationship with Ed.
Ed was on the Boston Celtics Championship team in 1975. One of his proudest possessions is his Celtic Championship ring. After his year with the Celtics, Ed played overseas. Once his playing career was over, Ed went back to school and received a Masters Degree in Business Administration. He worked for many years in Real Estate and Property Management.
Ed played at St Johns with a good friend of mine, Larry Jenkins, which is how I first met him. I had not seen Ed in over 30 years until I ran into him at a Real Harlem Basketball Basketball Players Reunion about 8 or 10 years ago. We reconnected and had a great conversation. Ed had not been back to St Johns since he graduated. He did not enjoy his experience playing for Muzloff. After we connected, I kept in touch with Ed and he accepted an invitation to attend a St Johns game with me, Fortunately, Coach Carnesecca, Ron Rutledge, Mel Utley, and Glen Williams, all of whom he knew were at the game.Ed enjoyed this experience and since then, has come to a few games each year. I have some pictures of Ed with Coach and his former teammates, will send them to MJ Maher to post since my computer skills are lacking.
At the present time, Ed is retired and living in Harlem. He is involved in community activities, especially a Chess Club for the youth of Harlem.
A few bits of information to put the J&J news into perspective.
1. There are 6 cases of severe blot clot issues, all among women aged 18-48, out of 6.8 million doses.
2. For purposes of comparison, that is as against 30,000+ COVID deaths in NYC (roughly equivalent to 6.8 million).
3. The risk/benefit analysis of the foregoing WRT J&J is obviously a matter of individual opinion.
4. There have been 184 million doses of Pfizer and Moderna (about 30x the J&J administration) without report of any non-temporary side-effects.
1. There are 6 cases of severe blot clot issues, all among women aged 18-48, out of 6.8 million doses.
2. For purposes of comparison, that is as against 30,000+ COVID deaths in NYC (roughly equivalent to 6.8 million).
3. The risk/benefit analysis of the foregoing WRT J&J is obviously a matter of individual opinion.
4. There have been 184 million doses of Pfizer and Moderna (about 30x the J&J administration) without report of any non-temporary side-effects.
MainMan post=431356 said:
I know - many people have trouble evaluating risk in a rational way. It's why I put up the post, just to provide some perspective for people to think about in their own way. I think that your post is the best case scenario - the more likely scenario is increased reluctance to take ANY of the vaccines even though the the mRNA approach is completely different (and apparently highly successful).
I guess we will see if it's a long term or short term issue.
I got my first dose of the Pfizer vaccine last week at the new federal FEMA site in Newark, NJ.
It was the longest line I had ever seen 7 or 8 blocks long outside NJIT.
But it moved. And soon I was in the packed gym getting a shot from an Air Force "medic." Knowing the military, he was probably fixing airplane engines a month ago.
But it was an efficient operation. They vaccinate 600 people an hour. Door to door it took only an hour despite the masses.
It was the longest line I had ever seen 7 or 8 blocks long outside NJIT.
But it moved. And soon I was in the packed gym getting a shot from an Air Force "medic." Knowing the military, he was probably fixing airplane engines a month ago.
But it was an efficient operation. They vaccinate 600 people an hour. Door to door it took only an hour despite the masses.
