[News] Flames have 20 players, 3 coaches, and 10 support staff in COVID protocol

[memphusk]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

The whole league is shut down by the end of the week. I'm calling it.

You have to book it.

[looooob]

Originally Posted by Dude Where's Makar?

Could be wrong, but from what I've read:
Tkachuk, Kylington, Coleman, Backlund, Dube, Vladar.

and from what I recall Tkachuk and Dube are two of the players that at one time or another we have learned did previously have covid- or I am mis-remembering?

[Dude Where's Makar?]

Originally Posted by looooob

and from what I recall Tkachuk and Dube are two of the players that at one time or another we have learned did previously have covid- or I am mis-remembering?

I don't recall anything? I do however have friends that have been positive early in the pandemic and have tested positive a second time well over a year later. (vaccinated)

And I know you can test positive after you've had it for quite a long time. They all cleared up and just "got it again"

Weird times.

Hope everyone rests up, heals up, and no problems after.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by Old Yeller

Yup... when the leagues shut down originally when all this started 17 years ago, it's what made a lot of people start to take it more seriously.

[FlamesAreOne]

https://twitter.com/DFOFantasy/statu...61664414396418

[agulati]

Originally Posted by Dude Where's Makar?

Could be wrong, but from what I've read:
Tkachuk, Kylington, Coleman, Backlund, Dube, Vladar.

Wasn’t there a rumor kicking around that Kylington had a false positive last week?

[looooob]

Originally Posted by Dude Where's Makar?

I don't recall anything? I do however have friends that have been positive early in the pandemic and have tested positive a second time well over a year later. (vaccinated)

And I know you can test positive after you've had it for quite a long time. They all cleared up and just "got it again"

Weird times.

Hope everyone rests up, heals up, and no problems after.

oh no doubt that you can get covid more than once, just found it interesting given that these guys are presumably also 'fully vaccinated' and so may be in a relatively high protection category


Tkachuk
https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article...ll-great-game/

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by agulati

Wasn’t there a rumor kicking around that Kylington had a false positive last week?

Not a rumor, he did

[FanIn80]

Originally Posted by Old Yeller

Yup... when the leagues shut down originally when all this started 17 years ago, it's what made a lot of people start to take it more seriously.

Billions of dollars in lost revenues between all the major sports leagues because of the shutdowns and truncated seasons... yet there are still s--t sippers out there thinking it's all a hoax.

Yeah, cause folks like Mark Cuban are willingly giving up millions of dollars just to f--- with a bunch of rednecks.

[Mayo]

Safe to say I can make alternate plans for Saturday now?

[agulati]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Not a rumor, he did

Ahh. I wasn’t sure if it was the actual case.

[ComixZone]

Originally Posted by Mayo

Safe to say I can make alternate plans for Saturday now?

Yes. It seems there won’t be any Flames games between now and Christmas at the minimum.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Preds getting hit hard too.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1471180033448452105

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Playing tomorrow? Ummm doesn’t sound like a great idea.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1471181154225111040

[Draug]

With all these cases (at least on the Flames) confirmed to be asymptomatic, why would the league shut down???

It seems that the easiest and most profitable course of action would be to just cancel/reschedule 10-14 days worth of games for each team it goes through, and continue on.

It's more anecdotal proof the vaccine works. More proof that it is a life saver and that it prevents serious negative outcomes.

Further to that, I don't think fan attendance should be restricted either. You need to be vaccinated to attend games. Any person, with any deductive reasoning ability can see that the vaccine works. It is time to leave the minority that choose to remain unvaccinated behind. It is what they have chosen; so be it. The 85% majority should no longer keep paying the price to protect them. Refuse them ICU care if need be. And I say this with almost my entire extended family choosing to remain unvaccinated

[agulati]

Originally Posted by Draug

And I say this with almost my entire extended family choosing to remain unvaccinated

I’m so sorry that this is the case.

[agulati]

Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan

Playing tomorrow? Ummm doesn’t sound like a great idea.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1471181154225111040

Yeah, there should be no way this game should go ahead.

Also just got an update from the Athletic that the Hurricanes will continue their schedule (playing the Red Wings tomorrow) after their game against the Wild got cancelled/postponed.

[shadowlord]

Originally Posted by Blaster86

They had the initial test come back negative and then a second PCR come back positive. As soon as they got the positive they pulled him. What would you have them do?

In medicine (I work in health care), we always assume a patient is infectious unless we have a confirmed result otherwise.

If there was a second PCR test result taken, the player should have been kept out of the line-up until the result came back. Especially when 2 other members of the team already tested positive, so COVID-19 was present in the locker room.

[kobasew19]

Originally Posted by Draug

With all these cases (at least on the Flames) confirmed to be asymptomatic, why would the league shut down???

It seems that the easiest and most profitable course of action would be to just cancel/reschedule 10-14 days worth of games for each team it goes through, and continue on.

It's more anecdotal proof the vaccine works. More proof that it is a life saver and that it prevents serious negative outcomes.

Further to that, I don't think fan attendance should be restricted either. You need to be vaccinated to attend games. Any person, with any deductive reasoning ability can see that the vaccine works. It is time to leave the minority that choose to remain unvaccinated behind. It is what they have chosen; so be it. The 85% majority should no longer keep paying the price to protect them. Refuse them ICU care if need be. And I say this with almost my entire extended family choosing to remain unvaccinated

Agree 100%, if you're unvaccinated you should NOT be taking up a spot at the clinics, hospitals, ICU etc.

[Reggie Dunlop]

I hope Harvey is okay. He was running around without a mask.