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

[shotinthebacklund]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Not sure natural immunity means anything. Evgeny Kuznetsov has been in COVID protocol 3 times since last season including right now.

im not up to date on protocols but is close contact vs positive categorized differently for NHL protocol?

[taxbuster]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Not sure natural immunity means anything. Evgeny Kuznetsov has been in COVID protocol 3 times since last season including right now.

Agreed.

It's known as "novel coronavirus" because it's NEW.
NOBODY has a "natural immunity" to it.

[Bill Bumface]

So now that the whole team has had it, should be good at least until next season's super-variant?

[Royle9]

I'm curious as to how the WHOLE team basically got it.
Until the Flames outbreak we haven't seen such a large scale group all get it within a few days.

I doubt the Flames would ever release the timeframe/idea behind when they got it.. but its crazy that everyone caught the Omicron variant at basically the same time.

[Bingo]

Originally Posted by Royle9

I'm curious as to how the WHOLE team basically got it.
Until the Flames outbreak we haven't seen such a large scale group all get it within a few days.

I doubt the Flames would ever release the timeframe/idea behind when they got it.. but its crazy that everyone caught the Omicron variant at basically the same time.

But aren't we hearing that this thing spreads at Rnot of 4x, not really that surprising for a group of men that travel and sweat together.

[Derek Sutton]

Originally Posted by Coach

Man Omicron is ridiculous.

Do we know its Omicron? I mean yesterday AHS only reported 60 Omicron cases in the entire province?

[Toonage]

Friedman said the Flames were dealing with that, yes

[Royle9]

Originally Posted by Bingo

But aren't we hearing that this thing spreads at Rnot of 4x, not really that surprising for a group of men that travel and sweat together.

We are... but why have no other teams who also sweat and travel together go into anything on the scale the Flames have?

Just seems odd the Flames have like 25+ now between players, coaches and staff. Not a single team is even close to that... yet perhaps?

[Heavy Jack]

All it takes is one with any variant, the Flames got the omicron which is incredibly more contagious than previous variants and boom now the whole team basically got it. Not really shocking when you look at Britain reporting their highest daily reported infections since the pandemic began. Thankfully the Flames/League caught it when they did and shut the Flames down for the week otherwise it could have gotten much worse across the league.

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by taxbuster

Agreed.

It's known as "novel coronavirus" because it's NEW.
NOBODY has a "natural immunity" to it.

Well, this has been going on awhile now. The players are all at least double vaxed. I think literature supports that people who had covid-19 and then got vaxed have better immunity than those who are vaxed alone.

He wasn't saying Coleman is some sort of anti-covid mutant, just that he's had it before which probably gives a bit of extra immunity.

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by Royle9

I'm curious as to how the WHOLE team basically got it.
Until the Flames outbreak we haven't seen such a large scale group all get it within a few days.

I doubt the Flames would ever release the timeframe/idea behind when they got it.. but its crazy that everyone caught the Omicron variant at basically the same time.

Vegas

[PeteMoss]

Originally Posted by Bingo

But aren't we hearing that this thing spreads at Rnot of 4x, not really that surprising for a group of men that travel and sweat together.

Ontario omicron R(t) is currently 4.55 (so every person infected, gives it to 4.55 people). Wouldn't take very long to infect a whole team. Delta was never anywhere near that.

[Ozy_Flame]

Regular reminder that being double-vaxxed does not mean impervious to infection, but rather helps lessen the chances of contracting it, softens the symptoms, shortens the recovery time, and helps mitigate potential long-term damage better than being unvaxxed.

Hoping for a speedy recovery so that we can get back to hockey.

[FanIn80]

Originally Posted by GordonBlue

what I found interesting is the part of the article that stated

"Last week, Dr. Kieran Moore, the province’s top medical official, had recommended to the government that family gatherings inside a home be restricted to 10 or less while not lowering capacity limits of sports venues."

Wonder what the reasoning was to not worry about sporting venues.

Cause family gatherings aren't going to have employees standing at the door checking for vaccinations.

[Leeman4Gilmour]

The way this thing ripped through the Flames, it seems to me highly improbable it's not ripping through the general population right now. Which is a good thing if very few are getting overly sick from it.

[GordonBlue]

Originally Posted by FanIn80

Cause family gatherings aren't going to have employees standing at the door checking for vaccinations.

well being vaccinated obviously isn't going to keep someone from getting the new strain, and half the time the person checking your QR code doesn't check your ID too closely, if at all.
(They may be more diligent at sporting events. I don't know. )

[FanIn80]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Flames are going to have like 10 games in hand when they get back

Yet still 6 games up on Edmonton.

[Royle9]

Opening up Christmas this much for both vaccinated and unvaccinated could and likely will spread this new variant like wildfire.

[Salt Water Cowboy #10]

I think it’s Sutter’s doing. Like he made a deal with the team that if they were first in the division they would claim Covid positive cases and everyone could have an extra long Christmas break. Then come back and March into the playoffs!

Hope everyone stays healthy this holiday. Crazy times

[Gaskal]

Originally Posted by Salt Water Cowboy #10

I think it’s Sutter’s doing. Like he made a deal with the team that if they were first in the division they would claim Covid positive cases and everyone could have an extra long Christmas break. Then come back and March into the playoffs!

Hope everyone stays healthy this holiday. Crazy times

Hockey Gods clearly think Sutter hockey is too overpowered for this league. Told us to take a knee.