MLB Covid Thread

[AUTiger7222]

 

[AUTiger7222]

 

[AUTiger7222]

The Rangers beat the Braves to having the first sporting event with 100% capacity since the pandemic started.

 

[falconsd56]

How can social distancing be "encouraged" but every seat be for sale?

If it sold out it would be impossible to be 6 feet from someone else.

[tl;dr]

41 minutes ago, falconsd56 said:

How can social distancing be "encouraged" but every seat be for sale?

If it sold out it would be impossible to be 6 feet from someone else.

The CDC has changed their guidelines to 3 feet now FWIW. Doesn’t change much, but 

[Malachore]

idk why a player wouldn't get vaccinated.

You willing to risk your team's success because you are afraid of some side effects? Forget that crap.

[AUTiger7222]

3 hours ago, Malachore said:

idk why a player wouldn't get vaccinated.

You willing to risk your team's success because you are afraid of some side effects? Forget that crap.

I agree with you. Most people get a little sick for a day or two and then afterwards they're fine.

[tl;dr]

Got the vaccine back in December (healthcare worker FTW!!) and so glad I did. My arm hurt a bit, but it does after pretty much every shot I get.

Pretty much everyone else I've talked to that has had it has said the same thing. You'll hear about the few cases of bad side effects, but you won't hear about the vast majority of people who have no symptoms/symptoms that go away within a day. 

Get yo vaccines!!!!!!!

[AUTiger7222]

27 minutes ago, tl;dr said:

Got the vaccine back in December (healthcare worker FTW!!) and so glad I did. My arm hurt a bit, but it does after pretty much every shot I get.

Pretty much everyone else I've talked to that has had it has said the same thing. You'll hear about the few cases of bad side effects, but you won't hear about the vast majority of people who have no symptoms/symptoms that go away within a day. 

Get yo vaccines!!!!!!!

The only question I have about this particular vaccine is if it makes women infertile. I've read a few things that says it might. But I don't know how there can be any science one way or the other on that.

[ATL Fan in the DMV]

22 hours ago, Malachore said:

idk why a player wouldn't get vaccinated.

You willing to risk your team's success because you are afraid of some side effects? Forget that crap.

It's not quite that simple. I'll spare you a very long answer to this, but many people in the US - especially of color - can easily point to how its own government has turned them into unwitting test subjects for drugs and treatments. Info is not hard to find at all. I've spoken to many who wonder what the government won't and isn't telling us about these vaccines... And they aren't exactly "anti-vaxxers."

That's all I'll say on it. Nor will I get into a back and forth about it for the sake of peace. 

[Malachore]

1 hour ago, ATL Fan in the DMV said:

It's not quite that simple. I'll spare you a very long answer to this, but many people in the US - especially of color - can easily point to how its own government has turned them into unwitting test subjects for drugs and treatments. Info is not hard to find at all. I've spoken to many who wonder what the government won't and isn't telling us about these vaccines... And they aren't exactly "anti-vaxxers."

That's all I'll say on it. Nor will I get into a back and forth about it for the sake of peace. 

This would make more sense if this was 6 months ago and if not for the fact the vaccine isn't being tested on people who are signing up to get it.

I don't think the government has a stash of vaccines meant to eradicate minority, millionaire athletes.

[K26dp]

4 hours ago, AUTiger7222 said:

The only question I have about this particular vaccine is if it makes women infertile. I've read a few things that says it might. But I don't know how there can be any science one way or the other on that.

There's no evidence of this, and it has been documented. 

[AUTiger7222]

10 minutes ago, K26dp said:

There's no evidence of this, and it has been documented. 

That's good to know. Thanks.

[tl;dr]

9 hours ago, ATL Fan in the DMV said:

It's not quite that simple. I'll spare you a very long answer to this, but many people in the US - especially of color - can easily point to how its own government has turned them into unwitting test subjects for drugs and treatments. Info is not hard to find at all. I've spoken to many who wonder what the government won't and isn't telling us about these vaccines... And they aren't exactly "anti-vaxxers."

That's all I'll say on it. Nor will I get into a back and forth about it for the sake of peace. 

Don’t wanna get into it either, but I get this. I got the vaccine and feel strongly about getting it, but the US government has had a poor track record at times.

The Tuskegee Syphillis study still blows my mind...

[AUTiger7222]

Nationals’ Opening Day Roster Will Be Impacted Following Positive Covid-19 Test

By Steve Adams | March 31, 2021 at 3:05pm CDT

On the eve of Opening Day, Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo announced to reporters that his club had a positive Covid-19 test that will impact the Opening Day roster (Twitter links via MASNsports.com’s Mark Zuckerman). One player tested positive, per Rizzo, but another four players and one staffer were deemed to close contacts in need of quarantine. Rizzo made clear that the Nationals plan to play tomorrow night.

All five players — who have yet to be named — will be inactive for Opening Day. The positive test was performed on March 29, and the Nats learned of the result this morning. The positive player and the five close-contact individuals were all on a charter flight together this week, thus necessitating the quarantine.

Under this year’s updated health-and-safety guidelines, which were agreed upon by MLB and the Players Association back in early February, players who test positive “will be required to isolate for a minimum of 10 days, receive appropriate care and monitoring from the Club medical staff, and be cleared by the Joint Committee and the individual’s team physician, following a mandatory cardiac evaluation and a determination that the individual no longer presents a risk of infection to others.”

Under those same guidelines, individuals who have been identified as being in close contact with a confirmed positive “will be subject to a mandatory quarantine of seven days and must test negative on day 5 or later among other requirements to rejoin Club facilities.”

It’s not year clear at this time which players are impacted by the positive test, but Rizzo acknowledged that the Nationals will “certainly” have to make some roster moves prior to tomorrow’s game (Twitter link via The Athletic’s Britt Ghiroli).

Players can be placed on the Covid-19 related injured list with no minimum time required, and those on the Covid-19 list do not count against a team’s 40-man roster. Replacement players can also be temporarily added to the Major League Active List, “without the need for those players to be placed on waivers, outrighted or optioned in order to be removed from the 40-man roster when players return from the Covid-19 Related Injured List,” per MLB’s updated 2021 protocols.

[jidady]

Yes, if anyone has any questions about the vaccine, please ask them. We can reply with what's known on each subject.

We should be encouraging everyone to take this vaccine, as it will save hundreds of thousands of lives.

And yes, one baseball player's wife did rant about being anti-vaxxer, leading to a social media drubbing that's remarkable to watch unfold.

[AUTiger7222]

4 minutes ago, jidady said:

Yes, if anyone has any questions about the vaccine, please ask them. We can reply with what's known on each subject.

We should be encouraging everyone to take this vaccine, as it will save hundreds of thousands of lives.

And yes, one baseball player's wife did rant about being anti-vaxxer, leading to a social media drubbing that's remarkable to watch unfold.

I was afraid to even mention my question for fear of being called an anti-vaxxer cause I'm most definitely not. I find it ridiculous that people wouldn't get a vaccination of any kind that is proven to be safe.

[tl;dr]

49 minutes ago, jidady said:

Yes, if anyone has any questions about the vaccine, please ask them. We can reply with what's known on each subject.

We should be encouraging everyone to take this vaccine, as it will save hundreds of thousands of lives.

And yes, one baseball player's wife did rant about being anti-vaxxer, leading to a social media drubbing that's remarkable to watch unfold.

There is so much misinformation about vaccines. There has literally never been any reputable source to say they cause autism for instance 

[tl;dr]

48 minutes ago, AUTiger7222 said:

I was afraid to even mention my question for fear of being called an anti-vaxxer cause I'm most definitely not. I find it ridiculous that people wouldn't get a vaccination of any kind that is proven to be safe.

I can understand some of the concerns over this vaccine just because it’s been so fast. But we are 4-5 months in now so hopefully a lot of the concerns are gone.

Felt like you asked a question though and that doesn’t make you an anti-vaxxer. Firmly believe asking questions is a good thing most of the time. Helps us get smarter 

[jidady]

50 minutes ago, AUTiger7222 said:

I was afraid to even mention my question for fear of being called an anti-vaxxer cause I'm most definitely not. I find it ridiculous that people wouldn't get a vaccination of any kind that is proven to be safe.

Right, let's none of us be afraid to ask. Then, we can fact check each other so that everyone knows what's accurate.

We all want this to be over so that we can get Acuna on his way to the Hall of Fame.

[AUTiger7222]

11 minutes ago, tl;dr said:

There is so much misinformation about vaccines. There has literally never been any reputable source to say they cause autism for instance 

I don't believe they cause autism either. I think the reason we've seen an increase in autism diagnosis's is because over the last 20 years we've learned so much more about it and now it's regularly tested for.

[tl;dr]

Just now, AUTiger7222 said:

I don't believe they cause autism either. I think the reason we've seen an increase in autism diagnosis's is because over the last 20 years we've learned so much more about it and now it's regularly tested for.

I think you hit the nail on the head 

[Malachore]

I signed up for mine 2 months ago and haven't gotten it yet. My in laws signed up 2 weeks ago and got their a week after.

Kinda stupid.

[AUTiger7222]

25 minutes ago, Malachore said:

I signed up for mine 2 months ago and haven't gotten it yet. My in laws signed up 2 weeks ago and got their a week after.

Kinda stupid.

Try being on the lookout for a place that is doing first come first served vaccines. There's been places here where if people who haven't signed up don't show then they'll make some kind of social media announcement like "50 vaccines available within the next 30 minutes, first come, first served." I could have done that last week expect I didn't have enough time to get there cause I live nearly an hour away from that particular site.

[AUTiger7222]

Nationals-Mets Game Postponed Due To Covid-19 Protocols

By Steve Adams | April 1, 2021 at 10:45am CDT

10:45am: Despite a previously scheduled off-day on Friday, the Nats and Mets will not make up their game tomorrow, tweets Olney. Joel Sherman of the New York Post hears the same, adding that the league prefers to exercise extreme caution, particularly given that the additional early off-days in the schedule and the two teams’ geographic proximity makes it easier to reschedule the opener.

USA Today’s Bob Nightengale tweets that the Nats are awaiting official confirmation from a follow-up test, but initial results from the latest wave of tests did reveal a second positive among their players.

10:15am: Tonight’s season-opening contest between the Nationals and the Mets has been postponed due to Covid-19 related issues, ESPN’s Buster Olney reports (Twitter link). The Nats were known to be down five players as of yesterday, due to one positive test from a player and five close contacts (four players, one staffer).

Nats general manager Mike Rizzo said yesterday that his club was expecting to make a series of corresponding roster moves and play as scheduled. That, apparently, will not be the case. ESPN’s Jeff Passan tweets that there are concerns about “at least one more” positive test among the Nationals this morning.

The names of the player or players who tested positive aren’t known, although some of the roster moves that had been planned by the Nationals had come to light. The Washington Post’s Jesse Dougherty reported last night that outfielder Yadiel Hernandez, infielder Luis Garcia and lefty Sam Clay were all ticketed for the Majors (Twitter links), while FanSided’s Robert Murray added that catcher Tres Barrera was in line to be added to the big league club as well.

Under the league’s 2021 health and safety protocols, an individual who tests positive is subject to a 10-day quarantine period, while close contacts are subject to seven-day quarantines. The first positive test for the Nationals came Monday morning, although the result wasn’t learned by the club until early Wednesday.