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  1. 15 hours ago, pawnman said:

    Depends.  Military readiness depends on a lot more than just not dying, for example.  Doctors and nurses are in contact with a lot of people who are more at risk than the general population.

    And the Israel study showed that antibodies from being infected were effective protection against a second go-around with Covid...that doesn't render the vaccines useless for people who have never been infected.

    I don't know how you think people who get infected, even if they are at the pinnacle of health and never see the inside of a hospital, aren't a risk to other people.

    if unvax'd person gets COVID, then the know it and likely quaruntine or like you said earlier, maybe they are in the hospital.  

     

    if a vax'd person gets COVID, they are less likely to know it, and more likely to be out spreading it.  

  2. On 9/12/2021 at 3:00 PM, Negatory said:

    Here's a typical example of doublethink where morality fits you when you like. This one actually plays directly into the abortion debate that helped get us here. I sincerely hope that you, and anyone else claiming to have moral issues with how the vaccine was created, never used any of these drugs (I am 100% certain you have, as you're in the military and have been vaccinated):

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    This is such a fallacy.  I looked every normal drug on here.  Every single one was invented/patented/tested for safety DECADES AGO.  Most were 1950 and before.  Some, like Claritin, were 1990s.    In every single case, the first HEK293 test was performed on these medicines in 2010 and beyond.   And none were to test the safety of the intended purpose of the drugs, as those tests were all done a long time ago.    
     

    thanks for playing.  I can’t wait for big AF to ask me this question.  

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  3. On 9/12/2021 at 3:00 PM, Negatory said:

    Here's a typical example of doublethink where morality fits you when you like. This one actually plays directly into the abortion debate that helped get us here. I sincerely hope that you, and anyone else claiming to have moral issues with how the vaccine was created, never used any of these drugs (I am 100% certain you have, as you're in the military and have been vaccinated):

    FetalCells.thumb.jpg.38f86c8a4dc0a9113a27561d73b46690.jpg

     

     

    So let me get this right.  A product, actually the first 3 products I looked up, (Tylenol, ibuprofen, Motrin) were all developed and produced in 1960s and before.    And hek93 came about in 1970s in some Netherlands lab?    
     

    your meme/real life attempt to grasp at straws is garbage.    If I take water and do a test on it using HEK293, does that really make water bad?   I don’t think so.  
     

    the vaccines were quick-footed by using hek293.   They were done that way to be the first to market and to make money.    The most money.   Evil

  4. 5 hours ago, pawnman said:

    They've already kicked one person from the USMC for not getting the vaccine.

    As for the anti-abortion thing...hope you're not drinking Pepsi, consuming any Nestle products, and I hope you refused the MMR shot...all were tested using a fetal cell line called HEK-293, cultured from a fetus aborted way back in the 1970s.

    That’s correct to all.  
     

    mmr is irrelevant.  Is that what we get as an infant?   I didn’t agree to it then.   If we got it while in the AF, I was not aware of the way it was made (pre Internet days)

  5. Religious exemption is pretty straight forward regardless of your religion.  The vaccines were all made leveraging abortion fetal cell lines.    If you are against abortion, then this is an easy moral dilemma on supporting abortions by proxy.   
     

    some may say, but it’s so far removed. Ok, Whatev.  I’m not ready to benefit off the life an a murdered baby.  

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  6. On 9/3/2021 at 10:08 PM, Kenny Powers said:

    So, real question:

    How do we explain the fact that half the country is for the virus and half the country is against it?

    This isn't a conspiracy theory where a small portion of the population holds a belief that the rest of the population doesn't accept. We are literally split almost 50/50.

    What do you assume the “conspiracy” is?

     

    some people are willing to stand up for freedom.  Some are not.    Most of those standing up for freedom lean republican, so what.   There are patriot Dems too.     
     

    dems own the media and can propaganda their way to anything.   That’s coming to an end eventually.   The silent majority is more powerful than the current regime.   They are awakening a sleeping giant IMO.

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  7. 8 hours ago, pawnman said:

    So the best course of action would be to have Covid patients cough on everyone they meet until everyone has gotten it?

    Probably, yes.   Or we can continue to do whatever is it that we are doing...every 4 to 6 months for the rest of our lives??

  8. 7 minutes ago, pawnman said:

    So this seems to suggest that getting vaccinated even after an infection is better than just getting infected and hoping for the best...am I reading that correctly?

     That’s one way to look at it.   If you are peddling the jab.  
     

    the jab wears off.  It’s meant to keep you on the Pfizer tit.   Here immunity would be best had by everyone gaining natural immunity.   But now, instead, we have vaccinated people running around with minimal symptoms but still able to spread the virus.  
     

    Trojan horse!!

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  9. On 7/29/2021 at 6:28 PM, Motofalcon said:

    Actually, what he said (from the article you linked) was:

    "Every federal government employee will be asked to attest to their vaccination status. Anyone who does not attest or is not vaccinated will be required to mask no matter where they work, test one or two times a week to see if they've acquired Covid, socially distance, and generally will not be allowed to travel for work,"

    So the vaccine is NOT mandatory, but if you don’t get vaccinated you will still have to mask and be tested regularly, along with no work travel/TDYs. Which is already how some bases were operating before this statement was made. 

    If everyone is equally transmissible, then why single out unvaccinated people to take weekly tests?   These people will actually KNOW when they are sick because they would have symptoms.    The vaccinated are like walking Trojan horses...less symptoms but same transmission.

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  10. 26 minutes ago, FLEA said:

    The only thing I see as a potential flag is your final CGO strat being at the flight commander level which is a little strange to me. For one, I would ask why you were under a flight command as a senior Captain. By this point most are graduated flight commanders. Secondly, usually by this point you've attrited enough of the totem poll to get a wing or group level strat. Especially since you move off the wg/gp role the next year. Everything else looks fine to me. Shit tons of FGO awards. Were they all at the squadron/division or higher? If so then I'm instantly discounting every fricken rater who has given feedback that FGO awards are important. (I already suspect they're not since a lot of staffs did away with that category.) 

     

    Edit: Should disclaimer I rarely know what I'm talking about and this is in no way meant to be feedback. I'm as much curious about this boards decision as anyone else here. 

    great catch, and you are correct.   I didn't have many strats at all as a Lt.  and as a Jr. Capt.  I DID have a lot of strats as a mid-grade Captain.  As such, i was passed over for Major, and was a Capt for 4 years too long.  During that time, i wasn't "allowed" to have any jobs that showed progression (as they took away from others having that opportunity).   During that time i was an "Assistant Flt Commander" for an OPR and then an ADO with other Majors (but i didn't get the ADO name, i stayed an Assistant Flt/CC..... both rated on by a Capt!  

    I also wasn't eligible for awards during that time, because i had no AF future.    Seems as though they were right.  I have no future.  

    I've learned 2x lessons out of this.   

    1.  We are ALL better than the AF and should not be defined by what the AF thinks of your promotion package.  

    2.  It ONLY matters what you do as an Lt and young Captain.  after that, its a self-licking ice cream cone in one direction or the other, and NOTHING you can do will change that momentum.    

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  11. If the notification period is 18-22 June, then in my experience, the LATER you are notified, the more likely you are to be a NO GO for promotion.

    Likewise, a phone call out of the blue vs a scheduled meeting.    If you are scheduled a meeting, the more likely you are a NO GO.

     

    that being said, i am scheduled for a meeting on Tuesday!  I also already know through back channels that I am a NON-promote

     

    Received a P on overall recommendation

    Bottom Line of 2-line PRF:  “#2/3 I/APZ; #2/11 Majs--beyond ready for Lt Col; Def Promote (verbiage)”

    Last 7 OPRs:

    #1/8 CGOs, (Flt/CC)

    #1/4 USAF Majs, Deployed OSD SES; #6/26 Majs (Gp/CC)

    #24/144 Majs (Wg/CC)

    #7/153 Majs (Wg/CC)

    #1/2 Majs (Div/CC)

    #3/7 Majs (SES)

    #2/10 Majs (SES)

    --11x FOGQ and 2x FGOYs

    zero negative indicators ever (pt, DUI, anything)

     

    I'm not sure what they are looking for strat wise.  even when they have changed all stratifications to exclude the 2nd and 3rd tier strats, i don't even have any of those; i thought i'd be "good to go".

     

     

     

     

  12. Absolutely no one should be staying in past 20 years.  (aDSC aside).   
     

    we can all make more doing the same thing as a ctr, or go find a new career.    It’s fiscally irresponsible to pas up immediate pension!     You will NEVER make it back up, even by increasing rank and %Pay

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  13. 16 minutes ago, 14N Guy said:

    Leadership did contact me and confirmed. Hopefully the dudes out there that were in a similar situation to me can benefit from the changes the AF is making, and hopefully the AF continues to make changes to improve how all of this is done.

    Sorry to hear, 14N.   How many years to retirement?

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