From the Star Ledger:
Canceled trains were due to an ‘illegal job action’ by engineers, NJ Transit says
NJ Transit officials said an “illegal job action” triggered a rash of canceled trains throughout the day on Friday after locomotive engineers failed to show up for work.
By mid-afternoon on Friday, the job action caused the cancelation of more than 55 trains and shut down the Princeton shuttle after engineers called out of work at “nearly triple the rate of an average weekday,” said Jim Smith, an NJ Transit spokesman.
Trains deep into the evening schedule were canceled this afternoon and rail passengers were advised to check NJ Transit’s Twitter page and other alerts before traveling.
“NJ Transit became aware of a rumor late in the day yesterday that the locomotive engineers’ union, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLE&T), could potentially initiate an illegal job action today,” Smith said in a statement.
“It is clear that this is the result of an illegal job action. NJ Transit is disappointed that the union would perpetrate such an act on the more than 100,000 commuters who depend on NJ Transit rail service every day,” he continued.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen union did not immediately respond to emails and phone calls to comment on the matter.
First…
Death of the fuel-fired pickup truck, maybe Tesla too. All hail the soon to be #1 selling vehicle in America.
https://ritholtz.com/2022/06/ford-to-tesla-we-got-it-from-here/
For chrissakes – LOOK AT THE FRUNK
Is Murphy going to take a political hit in his approval ratings for having the train engineers illegally strike informally on his watch? Will Murphy take any bold action in response (fire them all?)? Demand that NJT cut salaries by 10% at the next union contract negotiation? Fire the head of NJT and put in someone that will whip these ungrateful NJT workers into shape?
A regular 120-volt source of power adds only a few miles of range per hour. Overnight gets you barely 30-40 miles.
What happens when your power goes out for five days? How do we generate enough electricity through existing grids to handle the growing number of electric vehicles? Where do the old electric components go? How do we make them? What’s the carbon footprint per vehicle to manufacture it? How long do the batteries last? Two years? Five years? What’s the cost to replace the batteries? Can any mechanic do it or are we prisoners to the dealers/manufacturers (translation: fuck you, pay me)? Why are batteries/electric the only alternative? Why not another source/engine type?
Another reason WFH makes sense, not having to rely on a bunch of well paid union workers demanding even more.
Oil is going to bust hard…you know this mannn. How many times have we been through this?
njtownhomer says:
June 18, 2022 at 12:21 am
is this the demand destruction story then?
Refinery equities past week:
$MPC -17%
$VLO -17%
$VTNR -23%
$PBF -14%
$DK -16%
$PSX -12%
$CLMT -28%
$DINO -18%
$PARR -15%
Why do you think oil industry so reluctant to invest at the top of the oil bubble? It’s not rocket science people.
People will get serious about working again if unemployment starts rising, in a recession.
And many will rush back to offices to be in front of their bosses so they don’t get clipped.
It’s always easier to fire someone you don’t see and don’t really know, personally.
https://twitter.com/cperruna/status/1538146559795281922?s=21&t=K2DQ9aVTKL3nbW4l7hI3Dg
This guy. Bashing unions for entitlement when WFH workers are the poster boy for entitlement. You always give me a laugh. Thanks.
3b says:
June 18, 2022 at 9:12 am
Another reason WFH makes sense, not having to rely on a bunch of well paid union workers demanding even more
Aren’t many of your growth stocks down more than BTC? Why aren’t you calling them cons? Are you saying you don’t believe BTC ever makes another ATH?
https://twitter.com/dollarbillkap/status/1538144444158836736?s=21&t=dLErM3ppDQFF4QBBiLSktg
Same shit as with ark…everyone was busting arks balls…meanwhile Berkshire Hathaway hasn’t outperformed it since 2014.
And this is how you get cheapies with high growth stocks and crypto….everyone panics at the same time because they can’t handle price falls, and everyone chases during the euphoria price swings to the upside. Like taking candy from a baby…all you need is capital, patience, and an understanding of cycles.
Why did the locomotive engineers call out en masse? Did I miss something?
Not sure, but if my situation is anything like it, prob because of a low yearly raise during a year of high inflation. My district wants to give 1% for this year. That means we lost 7% of our buying power (deflation anyone) this year that we will never get back.
Fast: Locomotive driver trainees start at over 50,000. From there they can make well into 6 figures, overtime, holiday deferential. Conductors make pretty decent bucks as well and some hold other jobs in between shifts.
You would think that with remote/ WFH these folks would realize they no longer have a captive group of commuters who have to endure broken down dirty trains and now a job action.
You still think the economy is going remote…🤦🏼♂️
“You would think that with remote/ WFH these folks would realize they no longer have a captive group of commuters who have to endure broken down dirty trains and now a job action.”
Yea, 3b, who needs public transportation. Let’s get rid of it.
“Why did the locomotive engineers call out en masse?”
Apparently the new contract that is offered, which the union has not yet accepted, had Juneteenth as a holiday. Union wanted it so now, before the contract is signed.
NJT said no, so why not job action it, especially on the nicest Friday in nearly a year….
Luck matters…when you were born matters.
“In the 2010’s geriatric Millennials got the opportunity to buy cheap houses, now they’re the ones in our late 30’s/early 40’s with houses who can put excess savings and higher incomes into cheap stocks, kind of crazy how these financial asset cycles are working out for us.”
3b,
They’re holding out for more money/better contract? Anecdotal but I went into the office yesterday, took the Main Line, Clifton Station. I know it was Friday but I’d say the lot was 20% full at best. That lot is huge, 600 plus parking spaces. I was one of three people in the office. That’s it. The train was the typical six car length but I’m not sure why.
Fast: I don’t begrudge them looking for an increase , but I do have an issue with making lives miserable for people who have to commute; using them as a pawn to address their grievances is wrong.
The lot in my town has 10 to 15 cars a day in my town, and people I know in town who had issues with commuter parking in front of their houses no longer have that issue.
My consultant friend told me it costs 11k to 14k a yers per employee for office space, which I had no idea, I never even thought about it. She also said it’s still cheaper to keep the space empty then to bring everyone back, and dump the space as the leases expire.
This idea now that with the recession everyone will flood back to the office is false. Companies will know who gets the work done and who does not, deliverables, timelines, projects completed that’s what matters.
Of course companies in addition to dumping real estate can dump people as well. But dumping real estate is less disruptive than dumping people, especially the ones who know what they are doing. Going forward of course companies will have the upper hand as far as raises and bonuses. We saw that after the financial crisis where people for years in the corporate sector git little to no raises. People in the private sector can’t do the job action thing like the public sector does.
Poor Brandon:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-takes-spill-while-getting-143724765.html
3b, why did IBM abandon remote work in 2017? Why did BestBuy do the same? Same as yahoo in 2013.
When taking a remote approach against in person competition, you will die a slow death. BestBuy saved their company by cutting it off. They totally brought the company back when they strategized in-person. That company would be dead right now if they stayed remote.
Yahoo killed themselves. Held on to remote for far too long, sure saved on real estate, but lost their competitive advantage in less than 5 years. Remote killed them.
You can’t tell me a remote workforce is more competitive than in-person. Yes, it’s cheaper, but you pay for what you get. The in-person competitor will be able to turn the ship much faster than a remote business when they hit bad times in a recession and need to change course quickly. How the f do you do that with a remote business? It’s not instant communication. Remote doesn’t feel the stress of an in person collaboration on how to save the company. Why do you think Musk and others are fighting back now? Because they know recessionary headwinds are coming and better get to work fast or be left in the dust.
That truck would be mocked except for the fact that electric vehicles actually perform.
No oil changes, no water pump leaks, less brake service due to regeneration. Hermetically sealed A/C, the list goes on.
As long as they have the range you need, and an accompanying tax break, they are a great thing to own. Especially if you are a multiple car family and can use an ICE when you need one.
By the time you attempt to roll coal on one it is past you.
Yes, it’s cheaper, but you pay for what you get.
Pumps, cheaper. That’s it.
As long as it’s “Good Enough.”
It’s where we are headed no matter how much you cry. Soon to come to a school like yours as the adults don’t care enough about the kids.
Power grid must be having a fun time today.
Much of the country in the 90’s, with fifty percent plus humidity for good contact.
Of course if the power does go out the Ruskies will be blamed for it in the media.
Gotta have a scapegoat.
Phoenix,
Sure, remote works when all your competition is doing it too (past 2 years). You know human nature. You know capitalism. It’s inevitable that your competition is going to try and take any advantage they can…in-person is an advantage.
Think of it like this. Your nephew needs help building a complicated lego build. What’s easier, doing it through slack, zoom, phone, email, text, or in-person? Which one will deliver the product the fastest? It’s so much easier to work on something in person.
What’s easier,
Are you a boomer or a zoomer?
Zoomer’s fear a phone call. I had this discussion with the young ones where I work. Anyone under 30 texts 99% of the time. A phone call is rare, less than Face Time.
I have confirmed this with many. I have had to change my own form of communication with my younger peers due to this.
The only ones they call are their parents….
How America works:
Elon says ” everyone should suck d i cc.”
Price of kneepads skyrockets.
What happens when your power goes out for five days?
I will have to charge my car off my gasoline generator.
I wish they would make the maverick in plug in hybrid with awd
grim says:
June 18, 2022 at 7:57 am
Death of the fuel-fired pickup truck, maybe Tesla too. All hail the soon to be #1 selling vehicle in America.
https://ritholtz.com/2022/06/ford-to-tesla-we-got-it-from-here/
For chrissakes – LOOK AT THE FRUNK
“Chinese hackers can breach routers and steal passwords, FBI and NSA warns”
Well, if the American government didn’t insist on backdoors for spying on Americans maybe this wouldn’t happen.
Or that corporations weren’t into making things cheap, disposable, and in foreign countries using cheap labor for maximum profits.
The renewed investor interest in retail marks a turnaround for a sector that has been struggling to adapt to the rise in e-commerce since before the pandemic.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/private-investors-buy-up-retail-real-estate-as-bigger-players-remain-cautious-11655208001?mod=djemRealEstate_h
Phoenix,
You are correct. It’s scary how anti-social these generations have become.
Phoenix: A couple of points. Phone use has declined dramatically in the corporate world since the advent of e- mail; we are at least 20 years into the widespread adaption of e mail.
As for Zoom it is a powerful tool, for those of us in the corporate world who actually use it and all the functions it provides. Prior to Zoom we had to gather in a conference room and try to connect multiple parties in, both internally and externally and across the country. It was incredibly inefficient, and not to mention the multiple times peoples connections were lost. These past two weeks my team spread across the country was able to collaborate both effectively and efficiently and with a couple of 10 o’clock nights was able to deliver a project 3 weeks ahead of schedule. With that out of the way all the timelines on our other deliverables should be done ahead of schedule as well
We never would have been able to do that in the past and it had nothing to do with being in an office. As well , putting in 10 o’clock nights and then having to face a 1 to 2 hour commute home, is not something pleasant.
If you get a chance take a look at Power Bi, it’s an incredible program. Teams is another great tool. Of course I speak from personal real world experience, which like in any field makes all the difference. Oh and IBM too offers WFH/ remote/ hybrid.
I don’t know how it all plays out , but the old days of everyone in the office 5 days of the week is a thing of the past. It’s like the old timers who said e mail was a fad.
Time will tell how it goes, but I tell you this I will be proven more right than wrong by far.
They are not anti-social.
They are more efficient, just like their communication devices.
It’s why we got rid of analog phones and went to digital.
They communicate in packets. Using burst mode.
In other news a 51 year old man was pushed into the number 7 subway tracks yesterday afternoon and was killed. Even in the bad old days of the 70s and 80s this subway pushing was not going on like it is now. It seems to be once a week or so.
Yeah, come back to the office and ride the subway. No thanks, no need to.
You are right. I shouldn’t say anti-social.
Just feel like they are afraid to talk on the phone. Can’t call for delivery, need an app to order it. No idea where the phobia comes from with talking on the phone.
“Just feel like they are afraid to talk on the phone.”
Can confirm this. I scared one this way. Didn’t mean to.
Also, they don’t even like using their regular phone to text, preferring snapchat/instagram etc.
Adapt or die as an old goat.
Give it a rest. Stop reading all the bs. You read biased right wing news trying to paint the city as so dangerous. 70s/80s?? Crime hasn’t even come close to 90 levels…give it a rest.
Omg, the city is so scary!! Stay away!!! It’s so dangerous!! Meanwhile death rate is higher
“There are some crazy misconceptions out there about crime in NYC. Yes, crime has increased since the pandemic, but the city is still much safer than most of America
Pennsylvania, Florida, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Alaska, West Virginia, Kansas, Montana, South Dakota, Virginia, Wisconsin, California, and Colorado.
As for the subway, your chances of dying in a subway or station are far lower than dying in a car crash in Kansas City
Life expectancy in NYC in 2019 was higher than any U.S. state, at 81.3 years (edging out Hawaii at 81). That might have taken a hit from Covid, but it remains a great place to raise kids and grow old together.
NYC’s murder rate of 5.5 per 100,000 last year is lower than the state averages for Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Missouri, Arkansas, S. Carolina, Tennessee, Maryland, Illinois, New Mexico, Georgia, Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Oklahoma, Michigan, North Carolina, cont..”
https://twitter.com/tsrandall/status/1513947576197910532?s=21&t=ejzyL4VX6HdSyL17kxyD9w
3b says:
June 18, 2022 at 1:22 pm
In other news a 51 year old man was pushed into the number 7 subway tracks yesterday afternoon and was killed. Even in the bad old days of the 70s and 80s this subway pushing was not going on like it is now. It seems to be once a week or so.
Yeah, come back to the office and ride the subway. No thanks, no need to.
“There are some crazy misconceptions out there about crime in NYC. Yes, crime has increased since the pandemic, but the city is still much safer than most of America
NYC’s murder rate of 5.5 per 100,000 last year is lower than the state averages for Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Missouri, Arkansas, S. Carolina, Tennessee, Maryland, Illinois, New Mexico, Georgia, Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Oklahoma, Michigan, North Carolina, cont..
Pennsylvania, Florida, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Alaska, West Virginia, Kansas, Montana, South Dakota, Virginia, Wisconsin, California, and Colorado.
As for the subway, your chances of dying in a subway or station are far lower than dying in a car crash in Kansas City
Life expectancy in NYC in 2019 was higher than any U.S. state, at 81.3 years (edging out Hawaii at 81). That might have taken a hit from Covid, but it remains a great place to raise kids and grow old together.”
https://twitter.com/tsrandall/status/1513947576197910532?s=21&t=ejzyL4VX6HdSyL17kxyD9w
D-FENS,
https://www.motor1.com/news/592897/ford-maverick-spy-plug-in-awd/amp/
https://fordauthority.com/2022/06/ford-maverick-hybrid-awd-prototype-potentially-spotted/amp/
3b,
Although I agree with your push for WFH, it’s still a huge advantage/savings/tax break compared with us who are unable to perform work from home.
Life isn’t fair, I get that-but this will cause a shift where people may choose careers based on this. If there isn’t a premium tacked on salary for those who lose time traveling and have car/fuel/travel expenses should be interesting to see the changes people make towards career choices.
I most certainly would like to WFH. I always felt travel expenses should be a deduction from income- businesses do it, so why not individuals? Car depreciation as well.
Tax laws never favor the the worker / W2 person, mainly because business owns the Govt. WFH is an end run around this. Bravo to those who can do this.
Toyota thinking about bringing back a small pickup.
Yeah, the Tacoma isn’t small anymore. And too expensive.
Maverick at 19k – sure it will be more, but that is enough to peak my interest @ 25k.
still keeping my f150-lightining reservation in place. Perhaps my turn will come up late 2023. Will go for a base level Pro with the highest value.
Ford will reach 200K next year and fed tax credit will be reduced.
Fun to read people who received it, or expecting it. Dealerships (stealerships) have a long way to go to adjust the new customer trends. Almost 50% of reservation holders are new to pickups like me.
https://www.reddit.com/r/F150Lightning/
f150 lightning = murder mobile
6,015 lb curb weight sitting on a full frame body x 0-60 in 4.5 seconds with a low low center of gravity..
The average Billy Bob and Bobbie Sue are going to load it up with their family and luggage and stuff will mean 7,000 lbs of death for anyone in a regular car, they will get smushed.
Reports are it already has breaking issues…
https://www.carscoops.com/2022/06/fords-f-150-lightning-is-so-fast-that-it-can-smoke-the-raptor-and-its-own-brakes/
These electric cars and trucks should not be rolling off the line with race car performance. Again 0-60 in 4 seconds and a 12.7-second quarter-mile at 107 mph. This F150 lighting truck has a better quarter mile time that an older ZR1 Corvette and it also beats a brand new Mustang Mach-e electric car with only a 13.6 sec 1/4 mile.
Suzy the housewife and Jimmy the contractor who already think they own the road already in their big trucks are going to mean death and destruction for anyone in a regular car that gets in their way.
Man, I have a feeling the market is going to take a bat to the head come Tuesday. Crypto taking the bat is the warning sign.
Yawn, why are conservative media sources obsessed with bashing NYC? And they obsessively love Florida. It’s wild.
“There’s something strangely obsessive about the New York superfans who spend so much time bashing Florida.” NY POST
https://apple.news/ADJPDjB4vRBKy-e2yCBoYTw
Juice: Hopefully, with interest rates high and tightening credit availability, the yokels won’t be able to get into one as easily.
Again 0-60 in 4 seconds and a 12.7-second quarter-mile at 107 mph.
Because the Garden State Parkway can never have enough low IQ Neanderthals terrorizing other drivers.
Gas is more expensive because the gas tax has been raised what, 3 times now?
Juice, we had the ford lightning 15 years back. Insane power. The big issue was it’s all at the rear wheel with no weight in the cab. It was a lot easier to slide out than the Mustang we had running 675 hp at the rear wheels
Autonomous trucks, unlike robotaxis, are going to be here soon.
Some say by the end of 2023.
This is a big deal, and I went deep on their tech, safety and economics in this week’s weekend @WSJ
Thread:
https://twitter.com/mims/status/1538172472301867009?s=21&t=uW4YSOeqqCP8TwFkK7rOwA
1) Robot trucks can run all night. So they can more than double the time a trucking company’s most expensive asset is being used.
2) Long haul trucker shortage is real, even if it’s mostly a burnout and retention crisis.
3) Trucks become competitive with air freight
That’s 500,000 long haul trucker jobs at risk.
But a totally new way to move freight on offer.
As one expert put it:
wsj.com/articles/self-…
Happy Father’s day to all on here with kids.
Phoenix,
Ditto and to all Dads here.
Happy Fathers Day to all the dads.
Real estate greatness awaits some enterprising swashbuckler in NJ’s largest city. . .
524 Central Ave.
Newark
$400,000
6 apartments
1 store
Rent roll $6350
https://www.njmls.com/listings/index.cfm?action=dsp.info&mlsnum=22018839&openhouse=true&dayssince=15&countysearch=false
Sitting in the hot tub with my favorite tunes and a nice drink in hand. Happy Father’s Day fellas!
Happy Fathers Day to all! Enjoy your day to shine…. back to the grind on Monday.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg14jNbBb-8
BRT says:
June 18, 2022 at 7:44 pm
Juice, we had the ford lightning 15 years back. Insane power.
https://www.nj.com/marijuana/2022/06/how-to-make-a-weed-infused-red-velvet-cake-in-honor-of-juneteenth.html
lol, wtf?
BRT,
Gabby likes weed. It’s her thing-your go-to if it’s what you are into as well.
https://www.nj.com/marijuana/2022/04/introducing-gabby-warren-our-new-guide-to-all-things-legal-weed-in-nj.html
BRT,
Our society is becoming more absurd by the day. I presume this is what it was like when the Roman Empire began it’s decline. We have people eating Tide pods, judges not sure what a woman is, money being handed out to sit at home and constitutional rights being assaulted. Don’t be shocked if a horse is appointed as a White House advisor.
Democratic big wigs just now. discovering Biden is old. Now whispering out loud he has to go. Kamala wants it, but she is certainly not up to being President. They apparently have no other candidates that are serious contenders right now, Trump won’t go away, recession on the way, probably already here. Fed going to keep tightening, but people are calling already for him to reverse course and loosen, thereby causing economic whiplash and more inflation. The west losing interest in Ukraine, China still stealing our technology and growing their military might.
It’s a shiteshow everywhere you look.
O’Biden: One term loser… far worse than Jimmy Carter. Yes, please run Carmella for president, a slam dunk to win, right (cough)?
As a side, I see thousands of flights being cancelled daily. Your very own transportation secretary, Petey Buttigieg is “on it” and doing everything “they” can to alleviate the mess. That, along with the supply chain disasters still not corrected. Even mayor Petey had to drive from NY to D.C. because of a cancelled flight. lol.
I also see tampons along with baby formula added to the growing list of things that can’t be found. Keep pulling that lever for dems, suburban moms.
NJ Advance Media, aka nj.com, has become a joke. This state has 9.3 million people and deserves better journalism.
I pay $10 a month to read hard-hitting stories such as “All 52 major brands of ice cream available in N.J. ranked.” The marijuana coverage is a misallocation of resources. How about doing better on real estate?
Check out the three headlines atop realestate.nj.com. The same headline twice, and the third headline is from 2021. At the same time, big stories are breaking, including the continued downward spiral of American Dream finances and collapse of sale of largest portfolio of NJ 1-4 family houses.
I emailed the editor two years ago and told him to bring back the comments section. He wrote only 2% of users read the comments (nonsense), subscribers wrote mean comments, and moderating comments was too hard. Credible competitors including the NY Post and Wall Street Journal successfully moderate comments and are thriving.
Rutgers sports coverage is good but not a lot of NJ residents care about that, and pro sports coverage fall short of NY Post which provides its content for free.
The problem I have with the F-150 lightning is that it’s too damn big and gross. If you are not in the construction business it’s not for you! However, thanks to the hummer loop-hole every small biz owner will want it.
Here’s the real emissions analysis of electric vehicles https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTdEY675d/?k=1
Phoenix,
I guess maybe if that’s all she’s there for, but seriously, “here’s how you celebrate Junteenth with weed” reeks of implied racism.
Yo,
I emailed them saying I would be willing to subscribe if they brought the comments section back. They responded that there was too much racism, hate, and bigotry in them. It was the best way to randomly sample various opinions from fellow residents on any topic.
Re: nj.com comments….when they disappeared my kids were into hockey locally. They had an NJ Youth Hockey forum…it was brutal. People calling out kids – not just minors but 10 year olds – if not directly by name then with enough identifying details. Personal details on parents (legit but not proven) on whose wife may be sleeping with whose husband. Personal details (unfounded) on coaches…who is into which drug or which hockey mom….
I suspect some lawsuits, real or tipped with enough serious credibility, flew around. I recall the youth sports forums being shut and then it seemed most others followed…
If they can’t produce real estate pieces more current than 2021 on this State then they have zero intention of even trying to moderate forums. So many other specific, good information sources for whatever you are looking. Some entities evolve with time, some die. Natural course of events.
Leftwing, I get it. Why can’t Nj.com limit comments to articles unlikely to attract inappropriate comments, such as Rutgers football, and a few articles with broader interest that are important like a politician endorsement and aggressively monitor those articles.
NJ Advanced Media isn’t alone. Peer media group Newsday on Long Island “temporarily” shut down comments in early in 2018, promised in late 2018 “ comments section launched soon,” and still in 2022 doesn’t allow comments.
If Grim can moderate comments, New Jersey’s largest media organization should be able to moderate comments.
When is the TV-scripted committee going to air the Stephen Colbert insurrection trial on multiple prime time channels?
just about every media company did it leading into the 2020 election, yahoo included. Yahoo has opened up comments again.
One thing I don’t understand with these massive pick up trucks even for those in the construction business, is the cargo bed is so small and short. You can fit more in a regular van or even a mini van when you take the seats out.
we used to have a big F150, huge bed. The Ford lightning we got after that, tiny bed. But we got it bigger with the extension bracket. But being able to just dump crap in is a big convenience. Rocks/mulch etc… Moreover, you can get it dirty and just hose it down.
“If Grim can moderate comments, New Jersey’s largest media organization should be able to moderate comments.”
Not disagreeing, just doing the math…no one is paying any reasonable rate to advertise to random people…it’s just too easy to specifically micro-target your audience through the big tech players. No one is paying as a subscriber to read anything on nj.com as you can get (usually better) information elsewhere. Where’s the money?
No cash = no recent real estate articles, no money to pay people to moderate comments.
My guess is they (or you) would do better with a highly focused site…only Rutgers (or only NJ sports), only youth sports, only NJ real estate….lower costs, better targeting.
Grim makes it work (to the extent he actually moderates) because there are only two hundred posts per thread…the freak show that were the nj.com comments across every article? You’d need many more people and those pages just aren’t generating that kind of revenue…
Fact sheet for vaccinating the youngest uns.
https://tinyurl.com/kidvaccine19
@ BRT I have a $500 utility trailer to dump my brush and hauling crap. I don’t need a $100000 truck for it. Plus it has a lower bed and easier to take my generator for service etc.
Let’s look at that fact sheet…quotes are verbatim….
“There were extremely few cases during the trial, so there is significant uncertainty around these efficacy numbers.”
In other words, so few of the children became ill (including in the control group) they can’t calculate efficacy with certainty. If so few children are becoming ill, why do we even need these vaccinations at all for healthy children with no co-morbidities? Especially since…
“Serious adverse effects were rare”. But apparently not non-existent given the wording? And…
“Myocarditis (heart inflammation) has been linked to mRNA vaccines in adolescents but remains rare. Risk of myocarditis after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination, if any, in young children is unknown. [emphasis added]
Gottlieb was on CBS Sunday, he estimates 75% of children in this age cohort have already been exposed to the virus and stated that there were 12,000 hospitalizations and, as we know, there were only 430 deaths over 2+ years in this cohort.
So bottom line….
They are uncertain on efficacy, unknown regarding myocarditis, but they still want to use my kid as an experimental pin cushion after only an EUA approval with those open questions outstanding? With a 0.0003 annual hospitalization rate? And a 0.00001 annual death rate? Where’s the “emergency” in the EUA?
I’ll keep my healthy kid, thank you very much. You keep your (under)tested vaccine out of his veins.
Just sharing so people know the facts. I didn’t think that tip sheet was deceptive at all.
Ehhh…’Fact’ sheets usually don’t come with a point of view….”The Vaccines are Safe”, “Myocarditis is Rare”…..
Especially since on those two topics the bullet points undermine the bog, bold, POV…
Or look at the very last topic “Long Term Side Effects…” and the very first sentence in the text…
C’mon, it’s marketing.
Plus, I want to know about the ‘rare’ serious side effects….basic math here….very possible if not likely that the incidence of serious side effects in the study exceeds the hospitalization rate of the healthy. There were only 7,700 kids in the study and presumably half were control group?
That can yield a pretty high incidence of serious side effects…let’s get more ‘facts’ on the comparison between serious side effect incidence in the studies and hospitalization incidence among healthy children…..
I din’t post it to start a fight. I posted it so people could be given the facts. That’s it. A lot of people here were complaining about the lack of information around the vaccine. That’s all. Personally, I didn’t think it made a compelling argument for taking it. Another reason that I posted it.
As much as the Right hated mandates and screamed about their constitutional rights, well I would think the truth, so one can make an informed decision, would be happily welcomed.
I still can’t believe the party of rights and anti-regulation is so hell bent on making abortion illegal. I hope it backfires.
People need to be let to think for themselves.
And of course a vaccine fact sheet is going to be pro-vaccine. Come on now!
>> People need to be let to think for themselves.
Really?
Public health does not work this way.
Should everyone have an option to get auto insurance? Is it my option to wear a seat belt or not? Kids are already mandated to full vaccination before enrolling into Kindergarten.
Even my dog won’t get groomed if ai dont give her a rabies shot ever year (or 3, depending on the shot).
“I din’t post it to start a fight. I posted it so people could be given the facts. That’s it.”
Not looking for a fight either. I’m just noting that ‘fact sheets’ that start with big conclusions on the left column really aren’t ‘facts’.
Much more helpful, to everyone and myself included, would be presenting the data behind the questions I asked above?
Really simply and please note I haven’t mentioned politics once here….
What is the rate of serious adverse effects that happened right now upon taking the vaccine in this age cohort versus what is the rate of an otherwise healthy child at some point in the future potentially needing to be hospitalized?
Isn’t that a fundamental factual question that is at the core of do/don’t vaccinate my kid?
“And of course a vaccine fact sheet is going to be pro-vaccine. Come on now!”
This ^^^ is just SO wrong….No, absolutely not, any medical ‘fact sheet’ should be, hell must be, presented objectively to let the patient decide….starting with a conclusion and then building ‘facts’ to support that conclusion is egregious in any setting, let alone in personal health and personal health for toddlers…..
Leaked Amazon memo says the company may run out of available labor by 2024
Some locales, like California’s Inland Empire, are particularly at risk.
https://www.engadget.com/leaked-amazon-memo-says-it-will-run-out-of-workers-2024-labor-supply
The only empirical observation I have to offer is:
My kid caught covid, had flu one day, sniffles the next and then bounced right out of it. Disney movies and a few days off from kindergarten. Child’s unvax’d classmate also caught covid, just days apart s0 same strain/wave, was KO’d for 2-3 with spikes up to 104F.
“With the Justice Department and Jan. 6 committee taking a close look at Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, he and his cronies could certainly use a fall guy, and it looks like they’ve found their patsy: right-wing lawyer John Eastman.”