Your calling them "circles" is a reliable indicator that you don't know what you're talking about.
Your calling them "circles" is a reliable indicator that you don't know what you're talking about.
xczvzxcv wrote:
The fact that he had a bunch of negative tests sandwiched around that single positive test makes you wonder at the legitimacy of the result that has him ruled out of the Olympics. Also, you have to cheer for a guy who is able to smile his way through even this kind of announcement.
More ignorance.
He didn’t have “a bunch of negative tests sandwiched around that single positive.”
He passed protocols to travel to Tokyo (testing in the US) and to enter the Olympic Village (testing in Tokyo). You then are subjected to daily testing in the Village, where he tested positive in at least three subsequent tests.
The most likely scenario is that he was negative going into Tokyo, caught it either en-route or in the Village and is now positive.
It’s possible that Sam did nothing “wrong” per-se. These are just the risks of carrying on with the Games under these circumstances.
If I were advising athletes in the Village, I’d recommend vaccination and diligent masking to protect your status and that of your teammates.
Runner10287 wrote:
I feel bad for anyone who got the ineffective vaccine thinking it would make it so they wouldn’t have to worry about competing. Makes you wonder why even bother if you will still be subjected to the unnecessary protocols.
Seems like the vaccine has been effective at preventing people from getting sick, or at least minimizing how sick one gets.
That’s the main goal of the vaccine.
And it reduces transmission rates.
You may not get sick, but you still can contract it.
That’s true for vaxxed or unvaxxed.
So, if you want to compete in the Olympics, you may want to take extra precautions of distancing and masking to reduce you risk of a positive test.
(Don’t high five the whole crowd at a meet before getting on the plane, for example)
I think I would be extra precautious in the weeks before heading over.
Make it it to the day of your event at least.
Vaxxed or not.
This is in the same lines as don’t get into a pickup basketball or soccer game.
Avoid chances at injury.
You also have to wonder at a guy who didn't do everything possible to keep himself healthy and/or able to compete in the Olympics, knowing the rules. Don't blame the system.
85% of U.S. athletes in Tokyo are vaccinated.
One unvaccinated U.S. athlete tests positive. He’s interacted with dozens of other American athletes, presumably most of whom are vaccinated, and they have not (at least yet) been forced to withdraw.
Imagine thinking these facts make the vaccines look bad. Kudos to the American athletes who took a very simple step to protect themselves and others from heartbreak in Tokyo.
ShaunP wrote:
Everybody that enters the country for the Olympics is subject to the Olympic Bubble....this is not limited ot the Olympic Village, but at every holding camp around the country and also at every hotel that anyone related to the teams is staying at....you are not allowed to mix with the general public. You are escorted from the hotel to the bus, and from the bus to the training venue. You have exclusive floors of the hotel, if not an exclusive hotel where nobody can enter. You cannot go shopping or out for a coffee, unless it is an exlusive coffee shop such as the one connected to my hotel in Tokyo.
The idea is to contain any positive covid tests within the bubble and protect the largely unvaccinated Japanese population. It does not matter to the Japanese Government if an athlete tests positive and has to sit out the Games, or anyone he has been hanging out with has to spend some days in isolation.....they just do not want it to impact on the Japanese public, 80% of whom did not want these games in the middle of a pandemic, with people from 206 different countries, many of which are developing new strains of the virus that is impacting on a 3rd or 4th wave, that the Japanese are trying to avoid. If someone brings the virus in to the Village, they will not let it get out without a fight, even if that means putting the whole US team into isolation.
If the US Team has come in 14 days ago, the Sam could have been negative after 5 consecutive days of negatibe tests and then been allowed to compete, just as the South African Soccer players were. The 7 British athletes end their 14 day isolation tomorrow and are all free to compete.
please no COVID wrote:
well.... this is a true shame. No symptoms too. Damn. Per his dad's Instagram post. Also, now worrisome because he was just in an Instagram live with Cory McGee, Emma Coburn, and Aisha Praught-Leer.
Well he should have vaccinated and worn a mask.
He is from Mississippi , the least vaccinated state and the poorest state.
xczvzxcv wrote:
The fact that he had a bunch of negative tests sandwiched around that single positive test makes you wonder at the legitimacy of the result that has him ruled out of the Olympics. Also, you have to cheer for a guy who is able to smile his way through even this kind of announcement.
Not one positive test but three consecutive ones. And he hasn't tested negative yet so that's not a "sandwich", unless you make your sandwiches with just one slice of bread.
This is pretty much how testing works. You get lots of negative tests, until one day you get the disease and test positive. Incubation period is 2-14 days so he probably contracted this back in Covid- infested Mississippi.
burritogator wrote:
85% of U.S. athletes in Tokyo are vaccinated.
One unvaccinated U.S. athlete tests positive. He’s interacted with dozens of other American athletes, presumably most of whom are vaccinated, and they have not (at least yet) been forced to withdraw.
Imagine thinking these facts make the vaccines look bad. Kudos to the American athletes who took a very simple step to protect themselves and others from heartbreak in Tokyo.
Spot-On. You can be anti-vaccine or just not want to get it for a number of reasons. Unless you have a very recent infection (a la Cole Hocker) conferring some protection it is taking a big risk to not get it when you will be tested daily. This isn't even a health/ethics issue, it's a practical one that professional athletes face.
My kids will be devastated that they won't see him. Real shame!
Ummmm, you have obviously never heard of an open faced sandwich.
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domino2 wrote:
Being vaccinated doesn't mean you can't get it, but the symptoms are not deadly and vary rarely turns into hospitalized cases. But non-vaccinated still can have severe cases and die...so the vaccinated have to suffer because we still have to scale back everything to protect the "smart" ones who won't get it.
If everyone vaccinated, therefore reducing this to just symptoms like a common cold, we could stop restriction and isolating people even when we got it. Sam Kendricks probably would have been still been able to compete.
My hope is we could get back to that kind of world...but the non-vac's are too stubborn, and we'll be stuck in this F&#*king loop for years because of you idiots. So enjoy this endless loop because big daddy T hasn't told vaccination is for "patriots" yet.
Truth speaker here....
Gymnwatcher wrote:
domino2 wrote:
Being vaccinated doesn't mean you can't get it, but the symptoms are not deadly and vary rarely turns into hospitalized cases. But non-vaccinated still can have severe cases and die...so the vaccinated have to suffer because we still have to scale back everything to protect the "smart" ones who won't get it.
If everyone vaccinated, therefore reducing this to just symptoms like a common cold, we could stop restriction and isolating people even when we got it. Sam Kendricks probably would have been still been able to compete.
My hope is we could get back to that kind of world...but the non-vac's are too stubborn, and we'll be stuck in this F&#*king loop for years because of you idiots. So enjoy this endless loop because big daddy T hasn't told vaccination is for "patriots" yet.
Truth speaker here....
Poor babies... You have to suffer...
You deserve to.
jabfee wrote:
most CVID deaths in England and many other countries are now occuring in the vaccinated
That’s because over 90% of the over 50 in England have been vaccinated! Most everyone is vaccinated in that country. Of those, only 50 people died of the delta variant, all of which were older and immunocompromised. There were no deaths under 50 years of age in the vaccinated group. Read the whole report!
I blame cole wrote:
duck sauce wrote:
looks like the post was deleted?
unvaxxed people are 1000 Xs worse than Simone Biles, actively hurting their teammates
USA should never have allowed selfish unvaccinated people like cole hocker to attend. These carriers spread covid.
I guess you haven't been paying attention to the reports of athletes at the games, or prior to leaving for the games, who have tested positive and were vaccinated.
Gutting for Kendricks. By far my favourite American athlete. Truly world class as an athlete and a human being with the way he competes with a smile on his face and wholeheartedly cheers for his competitors even in the heat of battle for global titles.
The Duplantis-Kendricks duel was one of my potential highlights of Tokyo.
If he was vaccinated why not just say you're vaccinated?
Karma is a b1tch sometimes. Oh well.
burritogator wrote:
xczvzxcv wrote:
The fact that he had a bunch of negative tests sandwiched around that single positive test makes you wonder at the legitimacy of the result that has him ruled out of the Olympics. Also, you have to cheer for a guy who is able to smile his way through even this kind of announcement.
More ignorance.
He didn’t have “a bunch of negative tests sandwiched around that single positive.”
He passed protocols to travel to Tokyo (testing in the US) and to enter the Olympic Village (testing in Tokyo). You then are subjected to daily testing in the Village, where he tested positive in at least three subsequent tests.
The most likely scenario is that he was negative going into Tokyo, caught it either en-route or in the Village and is now positive.
It’s possible that Sam did nothing “wrong” per-se. These are just the risks of carrying on with the Games under these circumstances.
If I were advising athletes in the Village, I’d recommend vaccination and diligent masking to protect your status and that of your teammates.
You call this "more ignorance," yet my comment was based directly on Kendricks' statement.