do you see covid shutting down sports again?

do you see covid shutting down sports again? Dec 14, 2021 15:27:25 GMT tristramshandy likes this

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Post by Rey Kahuka on Dec 14, 2021 15:27:25 GMT

Dec 14, 2021 15:01:19 GMT masterofallgoons said:

Dec 14, 2021 13:51:45 GMT Rey Kahuka said:

Nope. Personally, I don't understand why guys are being kept out of the lineup. We have vaccines now, and a fully automated world for those with serious health concerns to be able to stay at home. If you don't want the vaccine, that's your problem. You can only spread it those who have been vaccinated (so, not in danger) or those who aren't, which is their own damn fault. We can't shut down society because some people are too stupid to know what's good for them.

I imagine the teams want it that way. When one player enters the facility with the virus they increase everybody's chances of contracting it, and taking out more or their roster. If you're running a team you don't really care that it's your starting free safety's own fault that he didn't get vaccinated and got sick, you're just pissed that his breathing is affected and hes not the player he was 3 weeks ago. And as we all know there are breakthroughs and variants. To say you're not in any danger if you're vaccinated is misleading. They're trying to protect their rosters. Makes sense to me.

Danger is a relative term at this point. I just wonder how long we're going to keep this charade going? Players held out from games while the stadium is filled with tens of thousands of people, no masks? I was at Gillette a couple weeks ago and didn't see any masks. Masks are only required if you're unvaccinated at Gillette, and with 70,000 people I never heard anyone ask to see anyone's vaccination card.

We need to ask ourselves how seriously we still want to take this, and for how long. There will always be new variants, it will supplant the flu as the seasonal illness, which we have vaccines to combat. So how many years in the future will we be testing for covid as if it's the black plague?

Hey, I get wanting to keep the illness from spreading in your locker room (or any place of business), but we need to keep things in perspective. It isn't March 2020 anymore, there are solutions to these problems that don't include shutting the world down or acting as if anyone infected is on their deathbed. It's going to be shitty the day a superstar in any sport gets held out of a championship game because he tested positive despite being vaccinated and asymptomatic.