You're trying real hard to make this into good news aren't you?
Well Summers is on IR, so unless it kills him or he has other health complications from it, he's a "no effect" on team.
I would hope so, especially for those players that are asymptomatic.
They still have to deal with the contagious part of Covid. Asymptomatic people can still spread it to others. I think that is why we are seeing more and more players testing positive. I know there is a rush to get players back as soon as possible, but if its at the cost of infecting other players, I just don't see the point.
Yes...I believe that there are now 10 total on the Covid reserve list. I will say, if I had to handpick 10 players for the team to be without, this list is pretty "good" for the Packers. MVS should be ready to roll on Sunday, unless he has complications.
Beats having Gary, Preston and Garvin out
Beats having Gary, Preston and Garvin out
Like I said, out of the 10 currently on the list, I don't see any real game changers, especially once MVS is back.
Would be nice to have ZERO players on list, but it could be much worse.
He was put on IR back on 10/7. I wonder if the Covid Reserve list trumps all other lists, since that prevents the players on it from doing certain things.
The NFL changed the guidelines on testing specifically because their lead physician says asymptomatic players have NOT spread the virus to others.They still have to deal with the contagious part of Covid. Asymptomatic people can still spread it to others. I think that is why we are seeing more and more players testing positive. I know there is a rush to get players back as soon as possible, but if its at the cost of infecting other players, I just don't see the point.
With 10 players on the COVID-19 list, Packers brace for omicron’s challenges, consider additional measures
Packers coach Matt LaFleur said the team is looking into a variety of additional mitigation strategies to prevent a bigger outbreak, including making all their meetings virtual.madison.com
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Which contradicts what doctors and scientists have been saying since the beginning of the pandemic. I guess the NFL knows what its doing, it isn't like they had over a 100 players on Covid reserve the last few weeks.
Well, they are not coughing and sneezing. No handshakes though imho.The NFL changed the guidelines on testing specifically because their lead physician says asymptomatic players have NOT spread the virus to others.
NFL doc says asymptomatic people aren’t spreading COVID
The NFL's chief medical officer, Dr. Allen Sills, said Thursday that the league's amended COVID-19 protocols were based on findings that show asymptomatic people are not spreading the
Which is kind of funny, because when NFL's Chief Medical Officer Allen Sills, who is a neurologist, was interviewed by Rich Eisen in September, he talked about how tricky it is to determine if vaccinated players have covid or not, since sniffles and other mild symptoms of covid are often blown off or mistaken for a cold. I guess he has changed his tune and decided that only players that aren't vaccinated and become visibly sick, can spread it.
Yet, people are still dying and hospitals are still struggling to keep up. Whether you want to believe these new messages and their sources or not, I guess is up to you. Personally, I think the NFL is changing policy for financial reasons.
Assuming that they come forward. I guess if someone sees they have symptoms.......
You think all the star players that just have sniffles are going to want to risk testing positive, especially if they have incentives on the line or a new contract.
They probably don't know which IR list to put him on.
plus an unvaxed player who tests positive still has to quarantine for 10 days right? But a vaxed player who tests positive only has to have 2 negative tests 24 hours after the positive and he can take them at the same time. The NFL is assuming that unvaxed players can spread the disease for a longer period of time than vaxed players can. I mean they both tested positive right? the 10 days for the unvaxed player is just punishment for the player and the team for not being vaccinated.Which contradicts what doctors and scientists have been saying since the beginning of the pandemic. I guess the NFL knows what its doing, it isn't like they had over a 100 players on Covid reserve the last few weeks.
Funny how they still require unvaccinated players to wear masks and social distance. If Player A doesn't feel sick, then using the NFL's new theory, it shouldn't matter what his vax status is, since he is asymptomatic.
heck no they won't. The whole asymptomatic thing is dependent on honesty. If you test positive you may have had symptoms but are you going to admit it if it is going to require you to follow a more stringent set of standards that may cause you to miss a game. If there is big money on the line you can be sure many won't. And like you said if they have money on the line they sure as heck won't submit to a test if they have the sniffles. On top of that if you don't have symptoms why would you get tested? Other than as a precaution why would you be tested if you weren't showing symptoms and even as a precaution are you going to get tested every 5 days which is now how long they think you can spread the virus. If you go out in public you can be exposed at any time so a once weekly test at a minimum would be needed for you to be reasonably sure you couldn't transmit the virus.
