I think it's a state by state provision for the NBA.
Andrew Wiggins magically got vaccinated when he finally understood that his little vendetta was going to cost him 15M$
The same restrictions apply to the whole New York area so Kyrie Irving is the other big name to still not be vaccinated and won't be able to play at home when the season starts.In the US:
Thank you for the constructive reply instead of the usual Mr. Sarcasm you usually get on here. I was once like you, pro vaccine and all (again I am vaccinated) and would always have the same arguments with people I know that are anti-vaccine. The thing that has made me just pull out of this debate and not care is the fact that for every study you show to prove your point a study can be pulled out to prove the opposite. Literally for every news article you show there's another saying the complete opposite. I was actually one of the early vaccine takers, I took the vaccine in early January. When I took the vaccine I was told it's just a matter of time until the whole covid thing is over, I live in a country that have a high percentage of vaccinated population. In fact, estimates are more than 80% of our population is vaccinated yet recently, we've had the highest number of daily cases ever. (even when we had 0 vaccinations). You only need to look at what's happening in Israel currently to see that they've overestimated the effects and protection of the vaccine. I'm not here to debate I'm just saying that those who do have reservations about taking the vaccine also have points to add to the discussion and not being labelled idiots by all the 'Internet' scientist around.
What's the death rate compared to pre-vaccine?
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Around 30% less despite number of cases being around 10% more.
Yep, he forgot all about his religious exemption when he considered the cash he was slated to forfeit. Ultimately Kyrie will do the same, but I see him dragging his feet for a good bit of time.I think it's a state by state provision for the NBA.
Andrew Wiggins magically got vaccinated when he finally understood that his little vendetta was going to cost him 15M$
We’re exceptional.
That's good.
Josh Archibald was also tweeting all kinds or nonsense earlier this year. He seems to be a big trump fan, thinks COVID is a conspiracy etc. So kind of leopareatemyface thing for him.
I imagine they want to be able to select those players. Many leagues have banned athletes who aren’t vaccinated.
If a player isn't vaccinated, gets it then infect multiple players, it's not "totally their choice" anymore. You're putting your coworkers, teammates, staff not only in actual health danger but professional too. If they don't want to do it, then stay at home and don't be surprised if your weekly check goes missing.
What I don’t get is managers who sit on the fence or refuse to say anything. They are extremely influential people, inside and (importantly) outside the club. So have a duty to take a definite position on this. Klopp showing up the other managers yesterday. Really disappointed that Ole hasn’t yet done the same.
He is waiting for 80th minute for his decision per usual.
100%. Whether they like it or not, they have influence. Southgate said he got more abuse over his pro vaccine bit than he has for anything else in his career. But he did it. Klopp just gave a common sense take on the whole thing, no tip toeing around people's feelings or whatever. It's a nonsense, the uptake levels in the Premier league. I wish more people would call it out.
They have? Which ones?
I've not really followed it closely as some have, so my question is, can an unvaccinated person be a threat to a vaccinated person? Correct me if I'm wrong, but i'm pretty sure I heard on the news a while a go that once you were vaccinated, you were more or less safe. If so, then an unvaccinated player can only be a threat to other unvaccinated players, right?
I get that, but these are grown adults who also have their own stance on the vaccine. Therefore, regardless of what Klopp or other managers say, if players refuse to take the vaccine, then surely its their choice (not that I agree or disagree).
NBA and NHL have strict protocols for non-vaccinated players. Not sure of any football leagues as such. However, Kelechi Iheanacho couldn’t travel with Leicester due to his paperwork being wrong. I imagine it creates a big headache for clubs if non-vaccinated players need to travel for European games.
If enough people remain unvaccinated it increases the chances of a vaccine resistant variant being spread. Although, a senior doctor did suggest we’d reached enough people in the Uk and worldwide to make this less likely now.
Thanks.
To my knowledge, getting Covid or the vaccine gives you the antibodies to resist a re-infection for a variable duration (months ?) but i don't think you become immune to it.
Meaning that being vaccinated also helps people around you since it’s harder to get the disease. It should be mandatory because not being vaccinated is dangerous to everyone around you. It’s crazy knowing that people deliberately do not take it for political or personal freedom reasons when they are putting populations at risk.
And to every other unvaccinated person he has contact with. And it's not NO threat. You can still get infected despite being vaccinated, it's just much less likely, and also much less likely that you develop symptoms or pass it on if you are.
Originally from the Times tbf so probably something in it
Bolded part: That's a description of what it's like to get into discussions with vaccine sceptics on the internet, not a description of the state of scientific knowledge. For the latter, there is a broad and overwhelming consensus that vaccines should be taken, with due regard paid to certain precautions and specific issues for specific groups of people (allergic reactions and so on) - of which health authorities are aware, and act upon. Within that broad consensus, there are legitimate nuances of opinion and questions that cannot be answered yet with finality, because that is only possible with time and more empirical data than we currently have. But you will not find any competent body of creditable scientific standing who advise against taking the vaccine.
Wouldn’t be a huge surprise. We’ve been a team where players seem to wield more power than the manager ever since Fergie retired.
He's some clownhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58810741
Callum Robinson says he is not vaccinated despite having had Covid-19 twice
We're not the worst but nowhere near the best either. I heard on the radio that Man Utd are at around 50% vaccinated.
Same
Agree completely that vaccines should be taken and they help with the antibodies and so on, I don't think even a sceptic can question that. My point about the studies was in regard to the rate of transmission, for every study that shows the rate of transmission slows with vaccinated compared to the unvaccinated the opposite can be found.
Completely untrue. Every single study ever done confirms that vaccines slow the rate of transmission. The only variation is regarding exactly how much. The opposite of this would be data showing vaccines increase transmission. No such data exists.
