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• Chevrolet Bolt EV sales EXPLODED with a SIXTY PERCENT increase vs. Q1 2020. • General Motors Q1 2021 sales went THERMO-NUCLEAR in selling 642,250 units in Q1!!! EXCITING TIMES!!! ?

There is no such thing as 'herd immunity'. While 'herd immunity' is related to the percentage of vaccinated people in a population, 'herd immunity' as proposed and explained and wished upon us during the Covid-19 pandemic was purely BS. As Drew puts it: The weak shall perish. (I think we as a species, have come a long way from our animal roots to be going back to the laws of the jungle and its 'only the strong shall survive' ) When a large percentage of a society is vaccinated, the spread of disease is limited and thus protects indirectly, the unimmunized people. The chain of infection is disrupted. But that does NOT mean that the disease is eliminated. No vaccines, and sometimes humans will NOT develop natural immunization and if the disease is deadly enough, it WILL wipe us all out of existence. No 'herd immunity' in that scenario as some politicians were clamoring on about, right? Plenty of diseases out there that fall into that category. Does Covid fall into that category? I dunno. I dont want to find out either, Even if 100% of the population is vaccinated, for 100 years continually, we humans sometimes STILL dont develop 100% immunity from certain diseases either from the vaccine OR naturally. Meaning, in some humans, vaccines do not work and meaning that some diseases just know our DNA biology and there is nothing to do about it. In some diseases, as you guys know, when there is a strong enough anti-vax movement, some diseases actually come back (stronger than ever) to haunt us. Ive read that there are some babies whose mother was vaccinated for Covid-19, and the baby had natural immunization from Covid-19. But Im not sure if all human babies develop natural immunization from Covid if mommy was vaccinated. Covid-19 is said to be with us forever now. Its going to be a part of our future dispelling the possibility of the scenario I described above where there HAS been some babies with natural immunity because of their mother's vaccination. Covid-19 is a bitch of a thing. As I understand it, its not about how weak you are or out of shape. Its how your own body, your OWN DNA make-up that decides your fate on how you will cope with it. There has been healthy 20 year old athletes (male AND female) that have fallen really sick from it and there has been deaths too. Just as there has been asymptomatic 80 year olds. Covid-19 patients all have different symptoms. A wide range of symptoms. Covid-19 patients also have a wide range of body organs failing. Not all have their lungs being attacked. Some have had kidney failure only. Liver failure only. Some have had neurological failure. Some were all of the above. Some were a mixture of. Whatever your personal decisions are....just stay safe please!

Science constantly evolves and without testing, vaccination, etc. we would still have today Polio, Chicken Pox, Measles, Mumps, etc., etc., etc.. Common sense tells me that as more and more data comes in that the leaders of smart medical groups including our own CDC will adjust recommendations and guidance on how we approach and deal with this. 1918 Influenza, AKA Flu killed many before vaccination started to come out and history shows yearly updates of vaccination happened well into the following decades before the planet reached herd immunity and deaths started to decline to a more controllable level. History shows how we have dealt with pandemics and medicine is on our side for keeping the bulk of society healthy and alive. Past Pandemics | Pandemic Influenza (Flu) | CDC 1918 Pandemic (H1N1 virus) | Pandemic Influenza (Flu) | CDC 1957-1958 Pandemic (H2N2 virus) | Pandemic Influenza (Flu) | CDC 1968 Pandemic (H3N2 virus) | Pandemic Influenza (Flu) | CDC 2009 H1N1 Pandemic (H1N1pdm09 virus) | Pandemic Influenza (Flu) | CDC Nothing is perfect, but I for one believe that the Good of the Many outweigh the Good of the Few. Vaccination is a choice, but I would rather have everyone vaccinated keeping us with a delightful multi-cultural world than one that destroys humans with certain blood types or medical conditions just cause someone is uncomfortable with vaccination.

So that second pair is pretty close to what I’d buy if I got LEDs because they look pretty close to OEM. However, I think this set might also look awesome given the horizontal theme on my front end. Four horizontal DRLs might look awesome.

If one person tailgates you, they’re a douchebag. If a whole line of cars is tailgating you, you’re the douchebag.

Will have to get a write up on this later, but the Hummer EV SUV is released and Watts to Freedom is available for reserving now. 2024 GMC HUMMER EV SUV Debuts during March Madness

Tesla stock is certainly a fitting analogy: there the stock price has ‘blown past’ all the fundamentals and is based on smoke & dreams.

It would be appreciated / beneficial to the news channel threads here if the hyperbole was brought more inline with reality. 184K actual on a 177K estimate is a mere 3% over that estimate. "Squeaked by" is far more appropriate than "blew past", IMO. Food for thought; since there's MORE than enough misrepresentations in the Battery Electric narrative as it is.

Truck fixed itself; no light all the way home from job. Have to talk about the GMC out of earshot of the Silverado...

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Deviled eggs!! ?

Happy Easter to those who celebrate it, and happy weekend. And, even if you don't, you can still make sure you eat well (aerial view courtesy of the Chicago Tribune).

Nah Ah! It aint me, babe! NO! NO! NO! Im bald! And honestly, Im quite fit for a mid-aged Greek fella with a stay-at-home Greek wife that owns a hot dog joint. Because...after a certain age, certain Greek men pack the poundage, especially around the waist area... But not me, babe. NO! NO! NO! It aint me, babe! Its certainly aint me, babe! Here, this is what Im saying about poundage around the waist area. NOT...a stereotype.

1st check engine light ever in 204K miles.

Shadbush trail at Salt Fork State park, where Kim my wife and I are hiking tomorrow.

Interesting story I saw the other day out of NM....15,000 bees in a Buick Century at a grocery. One thing that wasn't mentioned in the article was when they thought the bees got in...did it happen spontaneously while the owner was in the grocery, or had they been driving around for a while w/ a bee hive growing in the car? https://www.autoblog.com/2021/04/01/bee-hive-overtakes-car-buick-century/

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Marvel mystery oil