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Why is the NBA still doing this COVID health and safety protocol shyt?
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The OP. By letting AL play hes liable to infect all the players then you have to cancel the games or play with less than half your roster
I think they’ve changed the protocols, no? If you’re asymptomatic, you just gotta test negative twice in a 24 hour period?
These dudes bring in millions upon millions of revenue per 48 minutes that they're on the job and the NBA has always been the most liberal leaning of the four major sport leagues & over the last couple of decades, has made an effort to give the appearance that they're looking out for the wellbeing of the players. That being the case, they're going to operate differently than the average Joe who works for $17 an hour in a warehouse and can't go home until his boss gives him permission. COVID may be over to those types, but the NBA has a lot more invested in their employees than Amazon does in a order filler.
The God Poster
LWO representa
This thread is an extension of the stupidity & selfishness in this country smh
Negroes better get out there & entertain rain,sleet, snow , Pandemic
If not you mentally weak & not a man.
Y’all mfs crazy lol
Negroes better get out there & entertain rain,sleet, snow , Pandemic
If not you mentally weak & not a man.
Y’all mfs crazy lol
Do they test the fans court side? I’m sure they come close to the players too.
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ALonelyDad
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Pretty sure they are only testing if guys are showing symptoms and reporting to the league.
My fault, I read your post the wrong way
Marc Spector
the 4'11 Cuban
my brother is in fire training academy and 8 guys in a 30 person class got Covid, in the span of 3 days.
I dont mind the precautions.
I dont mind the precautions.
Folk arguing this shyt are ignoring that many players reported not feeling 100% until 4-5-6 weeks after they had Covid. Get another player sick now and he could be fukked for the rest of the playoffs.
Not to mention that 10-30% of people infected have suffered from Long Covid, even if they only had a mild case at first. So there's a chance you wouldn't just mess up their postseason but would fukk up their entire offseason too.
And worst case scenario, about 3% of young athletes have been diagnosed with myocarditis after Covid infection. So there's a remote chance you could give another player heart damage just because you insisted on playing when you KNEW you had a dangerous virus in your body.
https://www.usnews.com/news/health-...may-trigger-heart-condition-in-young-athletes
COVID-19 Linked to Heart Inflammation in College Athletes
https://www.thecardiologyadvisor.co...mmation-after-covid-19-infection-in-athletes/
Prevalence of Clinical and Subclinical Myocarditis in Competitive Athletes With Recent SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Review of COVID-19 Myocarditis in Competitive Athletes: Legitimate Concern or Fake News?
Option #1: Al Horford sits out first two games
Option #2: Half of both teams are sitting out by Game 4
Like did he really think this shyt through at all?
If you believed that reasoning, then you're saying that every one of a BILLION covid cases worldwide were caused by someone who actively knew they were contagious and fukked around out with other people anyway.
Saying that every single one of these NBA players who got it was around someone who was openly coughing and shyt.
Do you really believe that?
Of is it more like people don't think they're symptomatic until it's too late? Say shyt like, "It's just allergies" until it's too late? Or maybe they weren't symptomatic in the morning, but then they start coughing in the film session, but by then it's too late?
A player is exposed more to another player over the course of a single defensive possession than he's gonna be exposed to the fan over the course of the entire game.
Not to mention that 10-30% of people infected have suffered from Long Covid, even if they only had a mild case at first. So there's a chance you wouldn't just mess up their postseason but would fukk up their entire offseason too.
And worst case scenario, about 3% of young athletes have been diagnosed with myocarditis after Covid infection. So there's a remote chance you could give another player heart damage just because you insisted on playing when you KNEW you had a dangerous virus in your body.
https://www.usnews.com/news/health-...may-trigger-heart-condition-in-young-athletes
COVID-19 Linked to Heart Inflammation in College Athletes
https://www.thecardiologyadvisor.co...mmation-after-covid-19-infection-in-athletes/
Prevalence of Clinical and Subclinical Myocarditis in Competitive Athletes With Recent SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Review of COVID-19 Myocarditis in Competitive Athletes: Legitimate Concern or Fake News?
So you want guys playing with COVID out there?
Option #1: Al Horford sits out first two games
Option #2: Half of both teams are sitting out by Game 4
Like did he really think this shyt through at all?
If you believed that reasoning, then you're saying that every one of a BILLION covid cases worldwide were caused by someone who actively knew they were contagious and fukked around out with other people anyway.
Saying that every single one of these NBA players who got it was around someone who was openly coughing and shyt.
Do you really believe that?
Of is it more like people don't think they're symptomatic until it's too late? Say shyt like, "It's just allergies" until it's too late? Or maybe they weren't symptomatic in the morning, but then they start coughing in the film session, but by then it's too late?
A player is exposed more to another player over the course of a single defensive possession than he's gonna be exposed to the fan over the course of the entire game.
Fools think COVID is done because Safeway put the hot food buffet back out. shyt is stupid.
‘When You Hear the Heart, You Know It’s Your Motor’
The bullpen session was supposed to last 30 pitches. Even after a nasty two-week bout of Covid-19, Eduardo Rodriguez thought he could make it through this ordinary baseball task last July. But by the fifth pitch, the top starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox was so drained he said he was seeing stars.
“I felt like I was going to faint,” he said recently in Spanish during a video call. “By the 10th pitch, I said, ‘That’s it.’”
Rodriguez and an athletic trainer assumed that his body was still shaking off the rust from the illness. So three days after the failed attempt, having squeezed in some cardiovascular exercises despite lingering lethargy, Rodriguez again climbed a mound at Fenway Park for a bullpen session. Exhaustion again took over by his 10th pitch.
“I just couldn’t anymore,” he said. “I felt bad.”
Soon thereafter, Rodriguez was diagnosed with myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscles, which can arise from the havoc created by Covid-19. The condition can lead to cardiac arrest with exertion. To recover, Rodriguez, who had been in constant motion since his childhood playing soccer and baseball in his native Venezuela, was barred from any physical activity for three months.
No trips to the supermarket. No walks outside with the dog. No video games. And perhaps worst of all for a professional athlete in the prime of a finite career: missing an entire season.
“I had to stay as stable as possible and not accelerate the heart,” he said, adding later, “I literally did nothing.”
Tommy Sweeney (Bills tight end) missed an entire season with Covid myocarditis too. Overall at least 5 athletes from the major US sports leagues have been diagnosed with heart damage due to Covid.
The bullpen session was supposed to last 30 pitches. Even after a nasty two-week bout of Covid-19, Eduardo Rodriguez thought he could make it through this ordinary baseball task last July. But by the fifth pitch, the top starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox was so drained he said he was seeing stars.
“I felt like I was going to faint,” he said recently in Spanish during a video call. “By the 10th pitch, I said, ‘That’s it.’”
Rodriguez and an athletic trainer assumed that his body was still shaking off the rust from the illness. So three days after the failed attempt, having squeezed in some cardiovascular exercises despite lingering lethargy, Rodriguez again climbed a mound at Fenway Park for a bullpen session. Exhaustion again took over by his 10th pitch.
“I just couldn’t anymore,” he said. “I felt bad.”
Soon thereafter, Rodriguez was diagnosed with myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscles, which can arise from the havoc created by Covid-19. The condition can lead to cardiac arrest with exertion. To recover, Rodriguez, who had been in constant motion since his childhood playing soccer and baseball in his native Venezuela, was barred from any physical activity for three months.
No trips to the supermarket. No walks outside with the dog. No video games. And perhaps worst of all for a professional athlete in the prime of a finite career: missing an entire season.
“I had to stay as stable as possible and not accelerate the heart,” he said, adding later, “I literally did nothing.”
Tommy Sweeney (Bills tight end) missed an entire season with Covid myocarditis too. Overall at least 5 athletes from the major US sports leagues have been diagnosed with heart damage due to Covid.
Yup. Horford reported he wasnt feeling well, got tested, tested positive, and is out.
UH's Sedrick Williams opts out of 2020 season due to COVID-19 concerns
University of Houston junior defensive lineman Sedrick Williams plans to opt-out of the college football season due to novel coronavirus concerns.
Williams, a mid-year enrollee who spent two seasons at Kilgore College, tested positive for COVID-19 in early July and spent 14 days in quarantine.
In a Facebook post, Williams said he’s had complications with his heart.
“As a result of the virus, I’ve had complications with my heart and I really don’t know the outcome or what’s in store for me in the future,” Williams wrote in a message posted on Facebook. “I just know that my life is more precious to me than football could ever be. I’ve decided to opt out of the 2020 football season due to these complications. I won’t take this year for granted. I’m coming back bigger, faster and stronger than ever.”
Mother of Indiana Freshman Brady Feeney Says Her Son Seriously 'Struggling with Virus''
Debbie Rucker, the mother of incoming Indiana freshman offensive lineman Brady Feeney, went to Facebook on Monday asking for prayers for her son, who is struggling mightily with the COVID-19 virus.
Indiana athletic department officials have been releasing positive test results every week or so, but they have not ever mentioned which players or coaches or staff members have tested positive. In their most recent announcement last Friday, the school reported that there had been 33 positive tests out of 480.
Feeney is a 6-foot-4, 325-pound lineman from St. Louis, Mo. Here is his mother's complete Facebook post:
" I am not one to post about personal family issues because I am not one to ask for help very often! However, in this crazy, chaotic world where a global crisis is not being taken seriously I have decided to post my personal family crisis with the permission of my son, Brady who is struggling with this virus! I am asking each of my friends as a request from my HEART, PLEASE take this serious and wear a mask, exercise social distancing and realize by wearing a mask you could be helping protect those that you love! PLEASE
"My son was negative when he got tested at the beginning of volunteer workouts. Within three weeks he and multiple others tested positive. His university has done everything right by shutting down workouts and retesting the whole team.
"Unfortunately this virus hit my son very hard compared to most of his teammates. Here was a kid in perfect health, great physical condition and due to the virus ended up going to the ER because of breathing issues. After 14 days of hell battling the horrible virus, his school did additional testing on all those that were positive. My son even recieved extra tests because he was one of the worst cases.
"Now we are dealing with possible heart issues! He is still experiencing additional symptoms and his blood work is indicating additional problems. Bottom line, even if your son’s schools do everything right to protect them, they CAN’T PROTECT THEM!!
Vanderbilt women's basketball player Demi Washington out for season with myocarditis
Vanderbilt women's basketball player Demi Washington tweeted that she will miss the rest of the season after being diagnosed with myocarditis following a COVID-19 positive case.
Myocarditis is an inflammation of the heart muscle usually caused by a viral infection, including COVID-19. Symptoms include chest pain, fatigue, shortness of breath and arrhythmias.
Washington, a sophomore guard, did not play in Vanderbilt's season-opening 82-74 loss at Little Rock on Saturday. The Commodores' first three games were canceled because of COVID-19 either within their program or the opponent's.
On Monday night, Washington tweeted that she will not play the 2020-21 season.
"Following a case of COVID-19, I have recently been diagnosed with myocarditis and will not be able to play this season," Washington tweeted. "While I am disappointed, I look forward to supporting my teammates and returning to the court soon. #AnchorDown"
College football COVID update: Miami's Al Blades Jr. out for season with myocarditis
Miami Hurricanes cornerback Al Blades Jr. has been diagnosed with myocarditis and will miss the remainder of the season.
Blades said on his Twitter account late Tuesday the condition was discovered after concerns about his bloodwork. Myocarditis is an inflammation of the heart muscle that has been associated as a possible complication from COVID-19.
“As of last week, I was going through COVID protocols when doctors had some concerns about my bloodwork,” Blades wrote. “After undergoing an MRI on my heart, I have been diagnosed with myocarditis. This will cause me to be out for a minimum of three months. It hurts to not to be out there with my brothers, but I will always be a Hurricane. I’m looking forward to returning to the field in 2021.”
Blades was one of 15 players listed as unavailable before Miami’s 48-0 victory at Duke Saturday.
University of Houston junior defensive lineman Sedrick Williams plans to opt-out of the college football season due to novel coronavirus concerns.
Williams, a mid-year enrollee who spent two seasons at Kilgore College, tested positive for COVID-19 in early July and spent 14 days in quarantine.
In a Facebook post, Williams said he’s had complications with his heart.
“As a result of the virus, I’ve had complications with my heart and I really don’t know the outcome or what’s in store for me in the future,” Williams wrote in a message posted on Facebook. “I just know that my life is more precious to me than football could ever be. I’ve decided to opt out of the 2020 football season due to these complications. I won’t take this year for granted. I’m coming back bigger, faster and stronger than ever.”
Mother of Indiana Freshman Brady Feeney Says Her Son Seriously 'Struggling with Virus''
Debbie Rucker, the mother of incoming Indiana freshman offensive lineman Brady Feeney, went to Facebook on Monday asking for prayers for her son, who is struggling mightily with the COVID-19 virus.
Indiana athletic department officials have been releasing positive test results every week or so, but they have not ever mentioned which players or coaches or staff members have tested positive. In their most recent announcement last Friday, the school reported that there had been 33 positive tests out of 480.
Feeney is a 6-foot-4, 325-pound lineman from St. Louis, Mo. Here is his mother's complete Facebook post:
" I am not one to post about personal family issues because I am not one to ask for help very often! However, in this crazy, chaotic world where a global crisis is not being taken seriously I have decided to post my personal family crisis with the permission of my son, Brady who is struggling with this virus! I am asking each of my friends as a request from my HEART, PLEASE take this serious and wear a mask, exercise social distancing and realize by wearing a mask you could be helping protect those that you love! PLEASE
"My son was negative when he got tested at the beginning of volunteer workouts. Within three weeks he and multiple others tested positive. His university has done everything right by shutting down workouts and retesting the whole team.
"Unfortunately this virus hit my son very hard compared to most of his teammates. Here was a kid in perfect health, great physical condition and due to the virus ended up going to the ER because of breathing issues. After 14 days of hell battling the horrible virus, his school did additional testing on all those that were positive. My son even recieved extra tests because he was one of the worst cases.
"Now we are dealing with possible heart issues! He is still experiencing additional symptoms and his blood work is indicating additional problems. Bottom line, even if your son’s schools do everything right to protect them, they CAN’T PROTECT THEM!!
Vanderbilt women's basketball player Demi Washington out for season with myocarditis
Vanderbilt women's basketball player Demi Washington tweeted that she will miss the rest of the season after being diagnosed with myocarditis following a COVID-19 positive case.
Myocarditis is an inflammation of the heart muscle usually caused by a viral infection, including COVID-19. Symptoms include chest pain, fatigue, shortness of breath and arrhythmias.
Washington, a sophomore guard, did not play in Vanderbilt's season-opening 82-74 loss at Little Rock on Saturday. The Commodores' first three games were canceled because of COVID-19 either within their program or the opponent's.
On Monday night, Washington tweeted that she will not play the 2020-21 season.
"Following a case of COVID-19, I have recently been diagnosed with myocarditis and will not be able to play this season," Washington tweeted. "While I am disappointed, I look forward to supporting my teammates and returning to the court soon. #AnchorDown"
College football COVID update: Miami's Al Blades Jr. out for season with myocarditis
Miami Hurricanes cornerback Al Blades Jr. has been diagnosed with myocarditis and will miss the remainder of the season.
Blades said on his Twitter account late Tuesday the condition was discovered after concerns about his bloodwork. Myocarditis is an inflammation of the heart muscle that has been associated as a possible complication from COVID-19.
“As of last week, I was going through COVID protocols when doctors had some concerns about my bloodwork,” Blades wrote. “After undergoing an MRI on my heart, I have been diagnosed with myocarditis. This will cause me to be out for a minimum of three months. It hurts to not to be out there with my brothers, but I will always be a Hurricane. I’m looking forward to returning to the field in 2021.”
Blades was one of 15 players listed as unavailable before Miami’s 48-0 victory at Duke Saturday.
