Official NBA COVID Protocol thread (please read the OP)

r1terrell23 · Post #201 » by **r1terrell23** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 9:27 pm

BigDan245 wrote:
r1terrell23 wrote:
azcatz11 wrote:I'm maintaining the solution is to stop testing players who aren't sick. COVID is going to continue to evolve and we're all going to get it multiple times in our lifetimes. The NBA has to learn to adapt. We can't just suspend play every year during the season because of this.

Players who aren't sick good get sick playing and compromise themselves playing a strenuous sport. They can also pass it on to a lot of other players and teams if they aren't sick, making those players sick.

So regular working people don't have the same problems? Should everybody working be tested daily?

Regular working people are mostly social distancing and wearing masks. Neither of which happens on the court. The problem is the variants keep coming and we don't know if new ones will be very serious. I get the point of letting players just play through it if vaccinated, but the issue is more the unknown.

queridiculo · Post #202 » by **queridiculo** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 9:31 pm

Castle Black wrote:And there it is lmao. Right on cue. Kyrie shows up to the Nets’ facility on his first day and gets Covid from his vaccinated teammates. Wild.

Read on Twitter

Only the incubation period is definitely longer than a few hours..

MoneyMo · Post #203 » by **MoneyMo** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 9:34 pm

https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl-covid-19-protocols-194538465.html

NFL is ending mandatory COVID-19 testing for asymptomatic vaccinated players. Expect the NBA to follow suit.

azcatz11 · Post #204 » by **azcatz11** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 9:38 pm

r1terrell23 wrote:
azcatz11 wrote:I'm maintaining the solution is to stop testing players who aren't sick. COVID is going to continue to evolve and we're all going to get it multiple times in our lifetimes. The NBA has to learn to adapt. We can't just suspend play every year during the season because of this.

Players who aren't sick good get sick playing and compromise themselves playing a strenuous sport. They can also pass it on to a lot of other players and teams if they aren't sick, making those players sick.

That’s a risk everyone needs to take. Like I said, we can’t keep cancelling things and moving everything into a bubble. If any player isn’t comfortable they don’t have to play

TheLand13 · Post #205 » by **TheLand13** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 9:38 pm

SichtingLives wrote:

Read on Twitter

SichtingLives wrote:I have had 17 modernas, 14 pfizers and a j&j with a side of glenlivet as a goof, and somehow I caught covid after going to 27 parties last week. I don't understand!

Let's behave like adults please. There is no place in this thread for trolling and saying stuff you know is silly just to get a reaction. -b

If you're going to ok idiotic tweets like this, you're directly asking for the idiotic statement to be responded to accordingly. I mean what you allow or don't is not my business just keep the standards consistent.

Stop being a baby.

Please drop this. The user you responded to has been dealt with. -b

Sharcm1 · Post #206 » by **Sharcm1** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 9:42 pm

Maybe something is wrong with the tests the nets are using. Maybe

AleksandarN · Post #207 » by **AleksandarN** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 10:09 pm

Kingsway_fan wrote:6 covid deaths reported in canada today (population 38,000,000)... statistically zero... Country undergoes lockdowns again ...

Keep Pumping that mass hysteria 24/7 Ford and comrade Trudeau ... lots seem to have drank the Jim Jones coolaide and will believe anything now, lol .... rights and freedoms out the window under communist politicians ..

Don’t lie there is more than 6 covid deaths in Canada today. So don’t mislead people.

Ballerhogger · Post #208 » by **Ballerhogger** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 10:14 pm

Add Durant and Mobley to the list

LoveMyRaps · Post #209 » by **LoveMyRaps** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 11:50 pm

Add Siakam and Banton the list.

What's the requirement for exiting COVID protocols (i.e. being cleared to play again)?

Westbrook entered COVID protocols on the 16th & then exited (& played on the 17th).

ItsDanger · Post #210 » by **ItsDanger** » Sun Dec 19, 2021 12:03 am

AleksandarN wrote:
Kingsway_fan wrote:6 covid deaths reported in canada today (population 38,000,000)... statistically zero... Country undergoes lockdowns again ...

Keep Pumping that mass hysteria 24/7 Ford and comrade Trudeau ... lots seem to have drank the Jim Jones coolaide and will believe anything now, lol .... rights and freedoms out the window under communist politicians ..

Don’t lie there is more than 6 covid deaths in Canada today. So don’t mislead people.

About 20? yesterday. The point is materially valid.

Pointgod · Post #211 » by **Pointgod** » Sun Dec 19, 2021 12:04 am

LoveMyRaps wrote:Add Siakam and Banton the list.

What's the requirement for exiting COVID protocols (i.e. being cleared to play again)?

Westbrook entered COVID protocols on the 16th & then exited (& played on the 17th).

Post two negative tests within 48 hours.

Post #212 » by **infinite11285** » Sun Dec 19, 2021 12:05 am

Read on Twitter

xdrta+ · Post #213 » by **xdrta+** » Sun Dec 19, 2021 12:05 am

LoveMyRaps wrote:Add Siakam and Banton the list.

What's the requirement for exiting COVID protocols (i.e. being cleared to play again)?

Westbrook entered COVID protocols on the 16th & then exited (& played on the 17th).

Two negative Covid tests within 24 hours to exit protocols.

Post #214 » by **infinite11285** » Sun Dec 19, 2021 12:17 am

One thing is for certain, whatever the WNBA did to get this right, the NBA needs to adopt.

xdrta+ · Post #215 » by **xdrta+** » Sun Dec 19, 2021 1:06 am

infinite11285 wrote:One thing is for certain, whatever the WNBA did to get this right, the NBA needs to adopt.

Well, they did get to 99+% vaccinated early, no other pro sports team has done that. Let's face it, women are just smarter than men.

Bucksmaniac · Post #216 » by **Bucksmaniac** » Sun Dec 19, 2021 2:45 am

xdrta+ wrote:
infinite11285 wrote:One thing is for certain, whatever the WNBA did to get this right, the NBA needs to adopt.

Well, they did get to 99+% vaccinated early, no other pro sports team has done that. Let's face it, women are just smarter than men.

You’d basically have to prove the few unvaccinated in the NBA were culpable to start this spread for that to be a cogent reason.

Post #217 » by **infinite11285** » Sun Dec 19, 2021 2:51 am

Bucksmaniac wrote:
xdrta+ wrote:
infinite11285 wrote:One thing is for certain, whatever the WNBA did to get this right, the NBA needs to adopt.

Well, they did get to 99+% vaccinated early, no other pro sports team has done that. Let's face it, women are just smarter than men.

You’d basically have to prove the few unvaccinated in the NBA were culpable to start this spread for that to be a cogent reason.

No, you don't. Why not just observe the end result? The NBA is struggling right now. All leagues with a vaccination rate lower than the WNBA’s are. The WNBA is (still) in cruise mode.

ItsDanger · Post #218 » by **ItsDanger** » Sun Dec 19, 2021 2:55 am

NHL has only 1 unvaxxed player out of over 600. Aside from other flaws, this working theory of yours would get wrecked in seconds. And I'm not exaggerating.

Jabroni Lames · Post #219 » by **Jabroni Lames** » Sun Dec 19, 2021 2:58 am

Still early, but Omicron is looking a lot like a common-cold variant of Covid. If that's true, we should all be celebrating because this is how pandemics typically end. The vaccines would have done their job and possibly triggered the virus to mutate to a highly contagious form to survive, but a more benign form.

If all goes well... everybody will catch Omicron which will create global herd immunity and this nightmare will go away. Fingers crossed.

OkcSinceSGA · Post #220 » by **OkcSinceSGA** » Sun Dec 19, 2021 3:14 am

Evan Mobley and Marcus Morris too. Omicron is here. Time to change policy away from zero covid.