Epenesa/Hart/Love-Covid List

[Beast]

3 minutes ago, UKBillFan said:

 

Vaccinations don't prevent the disease, just the severity, and Omicron is more prevalent than Alpha or Delta. Not sure when the NFL is introducing the non-testing protocol for players who have been vaccinated; there are apparently 50+ players who tested positive today - are they all non-vaccinated, all showing symptoms or is the protocol not in place yet?

 

I don't know for sure but it would not be shocked if every single player was vaccinated.

[D. L. Hot-Flamethrower]

1 minute ago, balln said:

delta accounts for 97% as of today in the USA. eventually we think omicron

Actually, newer data says in the Northeast its at least 13%

[Hapless Bills Fan]

9 minutes ago, JohnNord said:

Please let that be the last of the COVID list!!!!

 

My Magic 8 Ball says "unlikely to be the case"

[oldmanfan]

Omicron may very well be the dominant strain by the end of the week given its infectivity rate.  This is going to wreck the league.

[1ManRaid]

3 minutes ago, oldmanfan said:

Omicron may very well be the dominant strain by the end of the week given its infectivity rate.  This is going to wreck the league.

 

Considering Omicron is supposedly much less severe symptom-wise than earlier strains, quite possible to have a lot of players positive with it going forward and just asymptomatic, leading to it not being found with the new testing protocols.

[billybrew1]

26 minutes ago, No Place To Hyde said:

Agree...and much worse after everyone goes home for Christmas this week. 

Can't let Josh go home. Not many vaxxed in Firebaugh, CA.

 

You know what's all the rage?

 

FaceTime....

[Ethan in Cleveland]

Addition by subtraction.  I would like to see more Basham and less Epenesa anyways.

[D. L. Hot-Flamethrower]

13 minutes ago, oldmanfan said:

Omicron may very well be the dominant strain by the end of the week given its infectivity rate.  This is going to wreck the league.

 

[GunnerBill]

7 minutes ago, 1ManRaid said:

 

Considering Omicron is supposedly much less severe symptom-wise than earlier strains, quite possible to have a lot of players positive with it going forward and just asymptomatic, leading to it not being found with the new testing protocols.

 

That is TBC at this point. The initial data from South Africa looks promising but there are other variables at play there too so too early to make any firm conclusions.

[oldmanfan]

13 minutes ago, 1ManRaid said:

 

Considering Omicron is supposedly much less severe symptom-wise than earlier strains, quite possible to have a lot of players positive with it going forward and just asymptomatic, leading to it not being found with the new testing protocols.

Let’s hope.  

[balln]

yuppp and literally in one day. wow. 72% omicron. i stand corrected

[oldmanfan]

13 minutes ago, Ethan in Portland said:

Addition by subtraction.  I would like to see more Basham and less Epenesa anyways.

You show this kind of compassion when you’re rounding?

4 minutes ago, D. L. Hot-Flamethrower said:

Interesting they were saying 3% on Friday. Makes one wonder how much to trust the data😜

 

Doubling time is very fast.

[D. L. Hot-Flamethrower]

4 minutes ago, oldmanfan said:

Let’s hope.  

This too, perhaps the NFL will need to alter its rules going forward🤨

[oldmanfan]

8 minutes ago, D. L. Hot-Flamethrower said:

This too, perhaps the NFL will need to alter its rules going forward🤨

Isn’t the new rule that vaccinated asymptomatic players aren’t going to be tested?

[Captain_Quint]

12 minutes ago, oldmanfan said:

Isn’t the new rule that vaccinated asymptomatic players aren’t going to be tested?

I think so. That was as of this weekend, so maybe these guys were showing symptoms or something. 

 

But who says if they are 'showing symptoms' or not? The team? Or an independant 3rd party? Just looking for a conspiracy angle here....

[oldmanfan]

1 minute ago, Captain_Quint said:

I think so. That was as of this weekend, so maybe these guys were showing symptoms or something. 

 

But who says if they are 'showing symptoms' or not? The team? Or an independant 3rd party? Just looking for a conspiracy angle here....

And there’s the rub.  I don’t know how that’s being done.

 

 

[UKBillFan]

12 minutes ago, Captain_Quint said:

I think so. That was as of this weekend, so maybe these guys were showing symptoms or something. 

 

But who says if they are 'showing symptoms' or not? The team? Or an independant 3rd party? Just looking for a conspiracy angle here....

 

The franchise medical team I presume? They're not going to want players with symptoms hanging out with the rest of the roster.

[D. L. Hot-Flamethrower]

6 minutes ago, UKBillFan said:

 

The franchise medical team I presume? They're not going to want players with symptoms hanging out with the rest of the roster.

The same way they do every morning at many work places, take everyones temperature rectally.

[HappyDays]

43 minutes ago, oldmanfan said:

Isn’t the new rule that vaccinated asymptomatic players aren’t going to be tested?

 

They're still doing infrequent random testing on vaccinated players:

 

 

[Reks Ryan]

https://www.nfl.com/news/chiefs-te-travis-kelce-placed-on-reserve-covid-19-list