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Canucks requiring covid vaccination for staff and fans
MattJVD replied to cuporbust's topic in Canucks Talk
No, no, no. When a vaccinated person is infected they have the same "viral load" as a non-vaccinated person but they're 95% less likely to be infected. -
Canucks requiring covid vaccination for staff and fans
MattJVD replied to cuporbust's topic in Canucks Talk
Naw, he's talking about contractual duress, not criminal. Ie: "I was held at gun point to sign the papers to sell my house, there for the sale is not valid" Not that it makes much of a difference in this case, you're not going to suddenly have your vaccine legally revoked because you took it "under duress" hahaha. But there are both criminal and contractual duress in Canadian law. -
Canucks requiring covid vaccination for staff and fans
MattJVD replied to cuporbust's topic in Canucks Talk
It stops the vast majority from contracting it at all, and that is the point. Some still do get infected, and it generally reduces their symptoms. Read the trails and the dozens of studies conducted since then. Just Google "efficacy of covid vaccines" you'll find they're (pfizer, at least) ~95% effective in stopping you from contracting covid at all with two doses, and ~85% effective against Delta. -
Canucks requiring covid vaccination for staff and fans
MattJVD replied to cuporbust's topic in Canucks Talk
I don't think the talk of religious exepmtions holds much water. We've already seen (Provincial) Supreme Court decisions uphold restrictions on religious freedom (no in person gatherings for mass/ceremonies) as reasonable. -
Canucks requiring covid vaccination for staff and fans
MattJVD replied to cuporbust's topic in Canucks Talk
Doubt it. There haven't been successful injury suits for seat belts cutting people when they get into car crashes. Taking the the action that averts the most risk (but leaves some) is not negligence. -
Canucks requiring covid vaccination for staff and fans
MattJVD replied to cuporbust's topic in Canucks Talk
It's understandable why deaths have been the talking point of the last few pages (they're terrible, obviously) but deaths from Covid are only a piece of what vaccinations and health restrictions are trying to prevent. The goal is to preserve hospital capacity so that things that are very survivable with emergency treatment don't become fatal due to ERs and/or ICUs having no more room and turning away ambulances. Then you get all your ambulances driving around the city/county trying to find a hospital to accept their patient instead of attending new calls, increasing wait times and further endangering the public. https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2021/08/16/more-than-11-500-hospitalized-with-covid-in-texas--icu-beds-scarce There are over 11,000 Covid patients in hospitals in Texas. Four of the 22 hospital regions have 0 free ICU beds, 12 of the 22 have less than 10. Most of these people will survive, but Texas is nearing the point where their survival might mean a car crash or heart attack patient's death. -
Canucks requiring covid vaccination for staff and fans
MattJVD replied to cuporbust's topic in Canucks Talk
Problem is: if (for example) Kelowna General's ICU and ER are at capacity with unvaccinated covid patients, where are the car crash and heart attack patients getting treated? In a round about way, they could be killing more than themselves. -
Instead of an ELC?
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Coyotes lose vote for new arena - future unclear
MattJVD replied to mll's topic in General Hockey Discussion
I'd throw Austin in the mix too -
Canucks requiring covid vaccination for staff and fans
MattJVD replied to cuporbust's topic in Canucks Talk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobson_v._Massachusetts Mandatory vaccination is within the power of the state in the US, period. The supreme court ruled on that in 1905. In Canada, it has never been tested if an omni-requirement would stand at the supreme court: but provinces have successfully passed laws to make it a requirement to receive some other services, unless the individual provides a compelling reason for an exemption. And the burden of proof is on the individual. The first line of the charter says "reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society". Any charter right can be limited for a "good reason". We have already seen multiple Covid restrictions vs religious freedom suits (Public health restrictions banning in-person religious services/ceremonies) and the courts have upheld the restrictions as reasonable. See: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/judge-dismisses-gracelife-pastor-s-charter-challenge-of-covid-19-public-health-measures-1.5459335 for an example. -
That's the thing with cumulative concussions though: You can be 100% symptom free through any kind of training at all, but be very sensitive to knocks on the head. People aren't going to get punched in the head in training to see how easily symptoms come back. I don't for a second believe he thought he was not healthy when he signed, do you think he'd be so willing to fight if he knew he had a nagging brain injury?
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[Signing] Canucks re-sign Jason Dickinson
MattJVD replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Great Britian, of course. I hear they'll be making a big push at the 2022 worlds. -
[Signing] Canucks re-sign Jason Dickinson
MattJVD replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
The whole team mobbed Forbert, but there was less than a minute to go in the game. If anyone had dropped the gloves they would have gotten an automatic suspension. -
[Signing] Canucks re-sign Jason Dickinson
MattJVD replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
My expectation was around 2.75, happy to save the 100k. I'm glad they didn't make it to arb, it can sour things when the GM has to go infront of the adjudicator and point out all of your flaws to justify a lower cap it. -
[Signing] Panthers sign Joe Thornton
MattJVD replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Does Joe even crack their line up? -
What If QH and EP signed for $8M AAV? A Look at 2021-22 to 2023-24
MattJVD replied to HKSR's topic in Canucks Talk
If they trim the roster down to 20 (no extras) for home games, they will likely not be in LTIR and can bank cap space during home stands. Then go into LTIR to add the extra skaters to the roster for road trips. It all depends on Petey and Hughes' contracts of course, but messing around in CapFriendly I can have the team under the cap without using LTIR with Petey at 8.5mil, Hughes at 7, and Dickinson at 2.5. -
Finally got around to playing NHL 21. I'm a few months late, it was added to Game Pass back in April/May. It's okay, I like Be a Pro and Franchise mode the most (in all the NHL games), but man are the little conversations and post-game media annoying! I wish they could tone that down a little bit.
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I think that's sensible, but then do you put a rookie and a sophomore on a line that's going to get buried with D zone starts? (Hoglander-Dickinson-Podkolzin)
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[Signing] Jets re-sign Neal Pionk
MattJVD replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Okay, how about this: In his first season in Winnipeg(19-20), he was 13th in league-wide scoring for defensemen. While playing over 22 minutes and solid defense (not against the North division) Last year he was 21st in league-wide scoring for D, again while playing solid D and over 22 minutes per night He's a '+' player, has positive possession numbers and is an all-around solid player. (Being right-handed doesn't hurt either). 6 mil is a fair deal, he's a legit top pair D -
[Signing] Jets re-sign Neal Pionk
MattJVD replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
77 points and averaging 22:46 of ice time over his two Covid-shortened seasons in Winnipeg. He's a top pairing guy there, worth the 6 million -
[Signing] Canucks sign Brady Keeper
MattJVD replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I like the purse strings being opened up a little bit with the one-way deals. That's a good way for our team to get the AHL guys and AHL/NHL tweeners they really want in our organization. If the org can afford it, why not pay our top guys in Abbotsford NHL money if it benefits the team? Easy choice for these players if they're seeing two-way deals from other teams. -
[Signing] Canucks re-sign Olli Juolevi
MattJVD replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Thanks VC! -
[Signing] Canucks re-sign Olli Juolevi
MattJVD replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Okay, help me out here. To my estimation, Joulevi's qualifying offer should have been 1 year at $874,125. How the heck did they convince him to take $125 grand less than that? Was the QO a two-way deal?