Mumps outbreak on Vancouver Canucks

[Reggie Dunlop]

Five players affected.

Per Fan960

Official Statement

[keenan87]

yeah, wouldn't expect anything less from that team. gross

[polak]

You could always tell that the Sedins were Anti-Vaxxers.

[bigrangy]

haha too bad, this might convince dim Jim to sell instead of going for it

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by bigrangy

haha too bad, this might convince dim Jim to sell instead of going for it

It is a huge indictment of that franchise that it has taken this long for management to concede that they are not a playoff team. In any event, with Dim Benning at the helm selling assets in exchange for futures is still a massive challenge.

The Canucks are terrible.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Mumps and adult males can have serious consequences

[sureLoss]

haha

Matthew Sekeres @mattsekeres
Canuck Luck. Days before the trade deadline, a mumps outbreak in the dressing room. Will teams want to trade for a #Canucks player?

[Reggie Dunlop]

Don't teams mandate vaccinations? I mean, they've spent millions investing in these players.

[Lubicon]

Interesting given the Medicine Hat Tigers in the WHL also have a mumps outbreak on their hands. Wonder if there is a connection?

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

haha

Matthew Sekeres @mattsekeres
Canuck Luck. Days before the trade deadline, a mumps outbreak in the dressing room. Will teams want to trade for a #Canucks player?

Don't teams typically quarantine ex-Canuck players for a few days as a standard practice any way? I don't think it's ever a good idea to just let them right into the dressing room without proper decontamination procedures.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Lubicon

Interesting given the Medicine Hat Tigers in the WHL also have a mumps outbreak on their hands. Wonder if there is a connection?

Willie Desjardins! He just can't leave the Tigers alone.

[Lubicon]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

Don't teams mandate vaccinations? I mean, they've spent millions investing in these players.

That's a pretty touch subject, and I'm not sure an employer can force their employees to be vaccinated. (with possibly a few exceptions like military etc.)

[Flash Walken]

Originally Posted by Lubicon

Interesting given the Medicine Hat Tigers in the WHL also have a mumps outbreak on their hands. Wonder if there is a connection?

Mumps outbreak in ontario as well.

Basically, #### the anti-vaccine movement.

[sureLoss]

There is currently a Mumps outbreak going through the hockey community

Hockey Alberta released this yesterday:

[AC]

[cznTiburon]

Originally Posted by Lubicon

That's a pretty touch subject, and I'm not sure an employer can force their employees to be vaccinated.

I'm no lawyer but is that something you could stipulate in a contract where you're paying for their physical ability to perform a task at an elite level? Would be interesting to find an answer

[HotHotHeat]

Canucks should be fined by the league for intentionally tanking.

[DynamRyan]

My Canucks fan friend messaged me saying that the five presenting symptoms: Tanev, Stecher, Granlund, Tryamkin and Chaput are also the 5 single guys on the team. Hahahahaha.

[SofaProfessor]

Originally Posted by Lubicon

Interesting given the Medicine Hat Tigers in the WHL also have a mumps outbreak on their hands. Wonder if there is a connection?

Sounds like the Wheat Kings and Oil Kings are also having a bit of an outbreak. Both played the Tigers prior to the diagnosis. It would be interesting to see if any of these teams were in a locker room or common area prior to the Canucks at one of the arenas where the WHL teams share the space with the NHL teams.

I know there are investigators that are able to track these outbreaks to the source. It would be really funny if there was a travelling puck bunny passing around the mumps. I guess that better than some of the other things you can pick up...

[dash_pinched]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

Mumps outbreak in ontario as well.

Basically, #### the anti-vaccine movement.

Yup - My father-in-law's brother contracted polio as a young kid, he was lucky it was a mild case, but do we really want to see the return of these types of diseases?