I don't want to turn this into a vaccine conspiracy theory thread, as that's been done to death elsewhere.
With the rising Covid cases in the UK, and across football, and various games being cancelled - it poses the question - should unvaccinated players be barred from playing?
I get that a person's medical records should remain private, and that it's a human right to keep your medical stance / status to yourself, so there's that side of the argument as well. However, in the exceptional circumstances of a global pandemic, and the fact that unvaxxed players are high risk - it will cause further disruption and difficulty to games and scheduling as well as the obvious wider health reasons.
The most recent data I can find for the PL is this -
Listening to the radio just now, I'm hearing that 75% of players are now fully vaccinated, with the remaining 25% refusing to take the vaccine. Should the 25% be barred from playing?
With the rising Covid cases in the UK, and across football, and various games being cancelled - it poses the question - should unvaccinated players be barred from playing?
I get that a person's medical records should remain private, and that it's a human right to keep your medical stance / status to yourself, so there's that side of the argument as well. However, in the exceptional circumstances of a global pandemic, and the fact that unvaxxed players are high risk - it will cause further disruption and difficulty to games and scheduling as well as the obvious wider health reasons.
The most recent data I can find for the PL is this -
This was as of October 2021 (article here).
Listening to the radio just now, I'm hearing that 75% of players are now fully vaccinated, with the remaining 25% refusing to take the vaccine. Should the 25% be barred from playing?