Sam Kendricks out of Tokyo- COVID positive

John Wesley Harding wrote:

During the indoor season, sometime January to March, there was a photo on the WA site from a press conference prior to some meet in Europe showing Kendricks as the only athlete not wearing a mask, replaced by a smug expression.

Wait, I actually sent a screenshot to an old lady friend at the time.

https://ibb.co/ZB7j8GL

Make of that what you will.

I make of that what I will. I make it that you are a dishonest idiot.

You are the type that would look (you probably did just that) of a picture of Kendricks where his expression could somehow fit the one you were looking for.

People like you disgust me.

Vaccination does not help with the olympics. A german cyclist was tested positive and Had to quarantine but He is fully vaccinated.

thissucksssbutohwell wrote:

Let the distance guys and gals get it since they stand no chance lol.

You do realize that US distance guys and gals brought back an historic 7 medals in Rio?

You do realize that 5 of those medalist are back on Team USA?

You do realize NO ONE picked any of them to medal in Rio (Murphy, Centro, Chelimo, Rupp at the marathon, maybe Emma)

You also do realize you are an idiot too, right?

These Olympics are gonna be a total s—-tshow

I wouldn't go that far, but kind of agree.

If I was in their shoes, I would be vaxxed and wearing a FFP2 mask anytime I'm not alone.

It's the Olympics, it's worth the unpleasantness, you don't want to take any risk of being out.

I’m sorry but getting the vaccination is just part of doing everything possible to perform on Meet day.

I am not vaccinated but if I was an Olympian I most certainly would be.

I also would wear a condom when not wanting to impregnate my girlfriend. I understand that a condom is not fool proof but it helps my odds. Same with the vaccine.

It's a complete shame because they test themselves every single day, and since many of the athletes have had COVID and has dead parts of the virus in their system it's bound to be some false positives because how sensitive the tests are. And as everyone should know by now, vaccinated people are also prone to positives and natural immunity is as good as vaccine immunity, so don't try to dunk on him. I feel bad for him and for the sport, because there will be more false asymptomatic positives.

lol gonna need a reference or two for these hilarious claims

guga2 wrote:

John Wesley Harding wrote:

During the indoor season, sometime January to March, there was a photo on the WA site from a press conference prior to some meet in Europe showing Kendricks as the only athlete not wearing a mask, replaced by a smug expression.

Wait, I actually sent a screenshot to an old lady friend at the time.

https://ibb.co/ZB7j8GL

Make of that what you will.

I make of that what I will. I make it that you are a dishonest idiot.

You are the type that would look (you probably did just that) of a picture of Kendricks where his expression could somehow fit the one you were looking for.

People like you disgust me.

why the hell does it matter to the rest of letsrun that s/he disgusts you?

Fully vaxxed and fully healthy -- but out for Covid.

What a joke

citation needed wrote:

lol gonna need a reference or two for these hilarious claims

100% true.

sorry mate I was referring to the poster above me but forgot to quote their post. let me elaborate

true

that's not a false positive - they had COVID. seems incredibly likely someone would test negative thirty days in a row (see previous statement) and then suddenly positive if the explanation was dead cells from a previous infection.

i.e. kendrick likely acquired COVID for the first time.

but way, way less likely than unvaxxed, duh. he's a fool

no it's not.

also true. i like the guy as an athlete and personality and the camaraderie he has with the others. but still. if he was unvaxxed, as seems likely, my sympathy is lessened.

seems incredibly likely someone would test negative thirty days in a row (see previous statement) and then suddenly positive if the explanation was dead cells from a previous infection.

whoops. unlikely* that's why you should use preview

Doesn't something not seem right with this?

Don't the athletes get tested 3 or 4 times in the few days before getting on a plane and then once again when they land in Tokyo and then every day they are there.

Seems with all those tests that if just 1 of them comes up as positive it would be an issue with the test (a false positive).

Is it just 1 positive and you are done? is there a follow up to check to see if it is a false positive?

We knew this was going to happen.

Bummer

citation needed wrote:

also true. i like the guy as an athlete and personality and the camaraderie he has with the others. but still. if he was unvaxxed, as seems likely, my sympathy is lessened.

Why do you think it likely he was unvaxxed?

What if he was vaxxed?

He has no symptoms. He is not sick.

The test for Covid is bogus

I read a dozen articles on this and not one mentioned his vaccine status.

Not one.

Wonder why?

it's a rapid antigen test with PCR confirmation – so not just a simple one-test false positive.