Vaccination of Squad

westmeath

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I know this is a touchy subject on any forum but given money these guys are earning, the club should simply insist they all get vaxxed. Too much at stake.

 
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Anyone in our squad who are anti vax?
 

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Anyone in our squad who are anti vax?
Haven’t heard of any specific anti vaxxers but Ole’s comments suggest it’s been left up to the players and unfortunately some footballers are not the brightest …..
 
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Terminate the contracts of any players that refuse the vaccine.

Unless they’re really good, in which case a stern letter in size 14 font will suffice.
 

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Anyone in our squad who are anti vax?
It is far too simplistic to call it anti vax sentiment. Maybe some of them just want to wait until 2023 when the trial period ends…
 

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It is far too simplistic to call it anti vax sentiment. Maybe some of them just want to wait until 2023 when the trial period ends…
Aye! Or at least until Novavax is approved, which is based on a traditional, time-tested technology.
 

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Good to see they are giving them guidance and hopefully answering concerns they have, although you could argue it would have been better to do that before they were eligible for the jab.

If the general public are forced into vaccinations to attend games, I find it hard to see how footballers will be exempt from this.

edit. I also predict this thread is going to go south quickly.
 

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So from next week those who are fully vaxed don't have to self isolate right if there is an outbreak?

But those who aren't do?

I hope anyone who isn't fully vaxxed ends up losing money from it. However petty that is.
 

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I also predict this thread is going to go south quickly.
I know, it’s already begun. Somebody has already mentioned a “trial period” for the vaccine ending in 2023. One of the classic bogus “facts” going around.

Anyway, it’s an important topic and failure to vaccinate our players will lead to them missing games due to infection over the course of the season.
 

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It is far too simplistic to call it anti vax sentiment. Maybe some of them just want to wait until 2023 when the trial period ends…
Yeah so they're anti this vax, I meant to say.
 

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edit. I also predict this thread is going to go south quickly.
Why. We have a rule on this board to ban anyone posting nonsense or conspiracy theories. So if anyone does try and post anti vax sentiments we can just ban them and the adults can carry on talking.
 

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Aye! Or at least until Novavax is approved, which is based on a traditional, time-tested technology.
Exactly! This is why I still have a corded phone. Don't trust these new fangled cordless phones, and don't get me started on cell phones. Mark of the beast I say!
 

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Just tell them that it's their usual weekly injection of steroids and other PEDs, and give them a shot of Pfizer instead.
 

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Good to see they are giving them guidance and hopefully answering concerns they have, although you could argue it would have been better to do that before they were eligible for the jab.

If the general public are forced into vaccinations to attend games, I find it hard to see how footballers will be exempt from this.

edit. I also predict this thread is going to go south quickly.
Footballers won't be exempt. They won't be able to play after Oct 1st without a vaccine.

I agree it's good to see the club are getting on top of this. Once they have all of the information and any myths are busted then most will be happy to get it.
 

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Exactly! This is why I still have a corded phone. Don't trust these new fangled cordless phones, and don't get me started on cell phones. Mark of the beast I say!
Our local theater just closed down current productions because of COVID running rampant through the troup. Every. Single. One. Was vaccinated.
 

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Our local theater just closed down current productions because of COVID running rampant through the troup. Every. Single. One. Was vaccinated.
The full stops in the last line are too funny. This is the kind of ridiculous stuff I half expected when I started this thread. Anyway, we shall move on regardless.
 

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I love the way in threads like these, the anti-vax statements are always so “practical”, and “aye, of course they might want to wait until 2023, that is sensible!”

…while thousands continue to die around the world and millions still don’t feel safe to leave their homes because of your “personal choice”. Not to mention the effect greater transmission will have on future variants or the cost to tax payers when you get really sick from the virus.

Footballers should have no priority. Get the vaccine or don’t play. Footballers have families and dependents who need, and deserve, protection too.
 

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Our local theater just closed down current productions because of COVID running rampant through the troup. Every. Single. One. Was vaccinated.
You do know that not a single vaccine, not even the "tried and true" ones, prevent infection, right? Of those troup members how many are in the ICU? How many have died? THAT is the purpose of vaccination. To prevent as much as possible the morbidity and mortality of a disease and to also shorten the infectious period.
 

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Is that the new bar for "effective"?
The bar for effective has always been 1. preventing deaths 2. Preventing hospitalizations. And it does exceptionally well in both.

I bet you, you will ignore this post.
 

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There are some pro athlestes who had performance issues after the vaccine. So some might be careful and wait
 

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Thats not surprising. Generally it's the thicker members of society who are anti vax and footballers are not known for their intelligence. The club needs to guide them, sooner rather than later as the side effects can occasionally last a couple of weeks.

Though knowing our medical staff they'll probably inject them with the real thing by accident.
 

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Why. We have a rule on this board to ban anyone posting nonsense or conspiracy theories. So if anyone does try and post anti vax sentiments we can just ban them and the adults can carry on talking.
We’ll see :lol: