2021 Covid Protocols in the NFL

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Sorry Bro, my bad.


Let's get this back on track. I think there will be a very interesting dynamic as I previously mentioned. Locker room division is certainly going to crop up all over the NFL.

if/when that first game is forfeited, teams might just blow up on each other.

[Harlan Huckleby]

My Pfizer shot turned me into a werewolf. It's only once a month though so not super bad.

I had no side effects and the tasks that Bill Gates is having me do are not so bad.

[King Friday]

It's only the coaches that can get canned for not being vaccinated, correct? Regardless, there is certainly potential for this season to turn into a debacle. Finger pointing, lawsuits, drunk orgies with Huck and Gates... Sheesh.

[Rastak]

if/when that first game is forfeited, teams might just blow up on each other.

I think so.

[Harlan Huckleby]

There's a real conundrum happening at the Olympics. The vaccines are superb at preventing illness/hospitalizations but imperfect at blocking infections. There's a lot of virus in Tokyo, and a lot of athletes are testing positive and being sent home. It really sucks. The vaccine keeps them from spreading the virus or being symptomatic. How does the NFL treat these benign positives?

[Zool]

Bring black the Polio

[George Cumby]

Bring black the Polio

I was hoping small-pox would make a comeback.

/s

[bobblehead]

99% of recent COVID deaths and 97% of hospitalizations are unvaccinated individuals. Do what you wish.

Source?

[bobblehead]

There's a real conundrum happening at the Olympics. The vaccines are superb at preventing illness/hospitalizations but imperfect at blocking infections. There's a lot of virus in Tokyo, and a lot of athletes are testing positive and being sent home. It really sucks. The vaccine keeps them from spreading the virus or being symptomatic. How does the NFL treat these benign positives?

If it keeps them from spreading how are they all getting sick?

[Harlan Huckleby]

If it keeps them from spreading how are they all getting sick?

They are not sick or contagious. But they have enough virus in their snout to test positive. It is a short time infection that the immune system (stimulated by vaccine) is dealing with very well.

[bobblehead]

They are not sick or contagious. But they have enough virus in their snout to test positive. It is a short time infection that the immune system (stimulated by vaccine) is dealing with very well.

If thats the case why would they be kept from competing. If they aren't sick and they aren't spreading it why pull them from competition?

[Harlan Huckleby]

If thats the case why would they be kept from competing. If they aren't sick and they aren't spreading it why pull them from competition?

I suppose they don't have the tools to make a more sophisticated decision.

[bobblehead]

I suppose they don't have the tools to make a more sophisticated decision.

So your expertise on covid and the vaccine are superior to thos that the olympic specialists have at their disposal? If vaccinated people were protected, why would the NFL need to cancel games and have + tested vaccinated people miss games? Those unvaccinated should be the only ones to suffer the consequences of missing time and being sick. The simple solution would seem to be that if you get covid and miss games/practice you lose game checks. That way you don't punish fans, team mates and others because an unvaccinated player got sick. I mean, that is if you say everyone who is vaccinated isn't getting sick or spreading it, merely testing positive because they have a few cells in their nostrals.

I am still very confused why all the protected people who are vaccinated need to isolate and all that stuff if they aren't sick and aren't spreading it. They shouldn't be punished in that way if they are vaccinated. Why would the NFL do such a thing? (or the olympics).

[Harlan Huckleby]

I mean, that is if you say everyone who is vaccinated isn't getting sick or spreading it, merely testing positive because they have a few cells in their nostrals.

Nobody said 100% effectiveness. Breakthrough infections requiring hospitalization are unusual. The vaccines are extremely effective. These facts are so widely reported and documented that you obviously aren't going to accept any particular source. But here is one of thousands you can reject:

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-941fcf43d9731c76c16e7354f5d5e187

[bobblehead]

Nobody said 100% effectiveness. Breakthrough infections requiring hospitalization are unusual. The vaccines are extremely effective. These facts are so widely reported and documented that you obviously aren't going to accept any particular source. But here is one of thousands you can reject:


https://apnews.com/article/coronavir...6e7354f5d5e187

Oh, I don't disagree that the vaccine is effective at minimizing severity. You said they were all asymptomatic and couldn't spread it. That simply is not true. As usual you misrepresent what I asked and try to walk back what you said. Thank you for clarifying. So to sum it up, vaccinated people are getting infected and even spreading covid. They don't get as sick as those that aren't vaccinated in general. That is very different than what you said.

Given what we now agree on, why do you care if someone chooses NOT to take a vaccine? Its up to them if they have weighed the risks of covid vs. the risks of the vaccine and decided against it. As long as you are vaccinated (or whoever) you are in a lower risk group.