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Nice summary by a Raleigh columnist on the NC State baseball situation:The NFL at large figured this out a while ago, if not Sam Darnold: getting your whole team vaccinated is a competitive advantage. In any pro or NCAA sport, getting vaccinated not only restores quality of life, but also buys your way out of most, if not all, protocols if there is a positive test.Yes, not getting vaccinated against COVID-19 may be a personal choice, but it unquestionably affects others, and you may face discrete and significant consequences for that choice.N.C. State found that out the hard way. It cost the team a shot at a national title.
Weren’t the majority of the players who tested positive already vaccinated?
You’re fun.
It was an accurate statement. 4 of the 6 who tested positive were vaccinated from what I’ve read at least. To me it would of made a lot more sense to sit the 2 unvaccinated positive players and let the show go on.
No. Your statement was inaccurate. 4 unvaccinated players tested positive and all four had symptoms. And, the number of positives was growing past 8. Other players also had symptoms, including before Monday’s game and throughout the week. NC State tried to change the testing process throughout the week. They also tried to reschedule Friday’s game by pushing it back to Saturday as a doubleheader. NCAA said no. https://d1baseball.com/analysis/nc-states-cws-removal-the-timeline-of-events/
Thanks for correction. 4 were vaccinated, 4 were not. So instead of removing the 2 unvaccinated positive players remove the 4 and play on.
He’s making a good point. No need to test asymptotic close contacts. Follow the science.
His point was inaccurate. He desperately wants to believe and promote stuff to support "his side." He often uses factually incorrect data. Then, even when proven incorrect, he shrugs and says, "Well, do it anyway."
No.Two NC State player roommates were unvaccinated. Both tested positive, one on Tuesday (the day after their Monday game) the other later in the week. Two additional unvaccinated players tested positive Friday. The numbers of unvaccinated positives were growing. And, earlier in the CWS, their coach referenced additional players that also had symptoms, both before, and during the CWS.NC State had a chance to have their entire team, coaches, travel party vaccinated long ago, similar to other teams, and didn’t.
Areas with low vaccination rates are seeing upticks on COVID-19. It's not "done."From the NYT:One likely explanation is that vaccination rates have risen high enough in some communities to crush the spread of Covid. In the spring, these places were still coping with significant outbreaks, but they aren’t anymore.In Marin County, just over the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco, for instance, more than 90 percent of people aged 12 and above have received at least one shot. As a result, Marin has virtually extinguished the virus, with only three new confirmed cases per day in recent weeks.A second explanation for the new divergence between more and less vaccinated places is the Delta variant. It appears to be making vaccination even more valuable. The vaccines are effective against Delta, sharply reducing the chances of infection and nearly eliminating any chance of serious illness. For unvaccinated people, however, Delta is significantly more contagious than earlier variants.Missouri offers the clearest example. Over the past week, it has reported more new Covid cases per capita than any other state, and they are concentrated in rural areas that have low vaccination rates, as Charles Gaba, a health care analyst, has noted. In the parts of the state with high vaccination rates — like the metro areas of Kansas City, St. Louis and Columbia — the number of new cases remains very low.Get the effen shot.
Only if you view literally anything and everything as having partisan sides could you believe this.
No, it's impossible to tell if you're posting dumb stuff because you believe it or because you're trolling. He's just one of the last willing to respond to the dumb stuff.
I would like to hear the opinions of some of our Scoopers who are right of center.
On vaccine mandates or the GOP's behavior?For the former, let private entities do what they want, but certainly not in favor of government mandated vaccines.The latter? I am right of center, was involved in GOP politics in my college/early professional years, and it's really shameful what the party has devolved into. I'm a political orphan now. While my views on some issues have shifted left, I'm not a democrat. And frankly don't want to be associated with this GOP. I foresee a lot of write in votes in my future.
I am right of center, was involved in GOP politics in my college/early professional years, and it's really shameful what the party has devolved into. I'm a political orphan now. While my views on some issues have shifted left, I'm not a democrat. And frankly don't want to be associated with this GOP. I foresee a lot of write in votes in my future.