Muttley Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 (edited) The NHL and NHLPA will not be requiring players to have the COVID-19 vaccine but strongly encourage getting it. ByColton Davies Published - August 17, 2022 With NHL training camps set to open soon, the NHL and the NHL Players’ Association have unveiled their COVID-19 protocols for the 2022-23 regular season. As stated in the seven-page document released Tuesday night, the NHL has created these protocols to recognize the health and safety of players, and club personnel, which remains a top priority. The high vaccination rate of players and hockey operations personnel, the high positivity rate of COVID-19 in the NHL from December 202, to February 2022 and the shift of the pandemic into an endemic all came into consideration when creating these new set of protocols. For the upcoming season, the NHL and NHLPA will not be requiring players to have the COVID-19 vaccine. However, they strongly encourage getting it. Travelling has been an ongoing issue for clubs that have unvaccinated players on their roster. This year, the NHL is allowing clubs to suspend unvaccinated players who are ineligible to cross the border under federal and provincial law without pay until they are able to return to team activities. The NHL’s Chief Medical Officer (Dr. Willem Meeuwisse) and the NHLPA’s Chief Medical Consultant (Dr. Scott Delaney) will be playing bigger roles this year. If a player develops COVID-19 symptoms they will be required to isolate for at least five days or until their symptoms are gone. They will then need to receive permission from the Chief Medical Officer in order to return to play. If symptoms continue for more than five days, players will then be permitted to leave after a lab-based PCR test returns negative, a lab-based PCR test has a CT value under 30, or two negative tests are collected more than two hours apart. Players will continue to be paid their salary for as long as they are unable to participate in club activities. Last season a number of games were either postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19. The NHL has outlined that the league will work with commissioner Gary Bettman to determine whether playing said games offer a health risk, if so, the games in question will be moved to a later date. Edited August 17, 2022 by Muttley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6of1_halfdozenofother Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 6 minutes ago, Muttley said: the shift of the pandemic into an endemic WTF is wrong with the league and the PA? It's still a pandemic - the CDC, WHO, and other medical expert organizations haven't changed their assessment to consider this an endemic situation yet, even though the impatient freedumb yahoos would like to think so. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post King Heffy Posted August 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 17, 2022 Pretty sure the only remaining antivax idiot is Bertuzzi. Imagine having someone that selfish for a teammate. 1 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Money Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 1 hour ago, 6of1_halfdozenofother said: WTF is wrong with the league and the PA? It's still a pandemic - the CDC, WHO, and other medical expert organizations haven't changed their assessment to consider this an endemic situation yet, even though the impatient freedumb yahoos would like to think so. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/11/health/cdc-covid-guidance-update/index.html No more distancing or quarantine recommendations. Not officially “endemic”, but in practice… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck73_3 Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 1 hour ago, King Heffy said: Pretty sure the only remaining antivax idiot is Bertuzzi. Imagine having someone that selfish for a teammate. Bode Wilde too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 4 minutes ago, canuck73_3 said: Bode Wilde too Doubt Lamoureillo will bend on this one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6of1_halfdozenofother Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 26 minutes ago, D-Money said: https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/11/health/cdc-covid-guidance-update/index.html No more distancing or quarantine recommendations. Not officially “endemic”, but in practice… Yes, but that's lazy reporting. It's still officially a pandemic; reporting it as otherwise is what causes people to declare media as "fake news". 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iinatcc Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, 6of1_halfdozenofother said: WTF is wrong with the league and the PA? It's still a pandemic - the CDC, WHO, and other medical expert organizations haven't changed their assessment to consider this an endemic situation yet, even though the impatient freedumb yahoos would like to think so. Well not in California Edited August 17, 2022 by iinatcc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bure_Pavel Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 4 hours ago, 6of1_halfdozenofother said: WTF is wrong with the league and the PA? It's still a pandemic - the CDC, WHO, and other medical expert organizations haven't changed their assessment to consider this an endemic situation yet, even though the impatient freedumb yahoos would like to think so. "the continuing COVID-19 shift from a pandemic to an endemic state." There is wrong with that statement, it just means it is trending/transitioning to an endemic state. It doesn't declare the pandemic is over. Not fake news, just miscomprehension. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Kerr Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 They were stupid from the get-go. How many 18-35 super athletes were effected by covid. Masks never worked, social distancing doesnt work, maybe we should put up more plexiglass dividers though lol 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob.Loblaw Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 6 hours ago, Joe_Kerr said: They were stupid from the get-go. How many 18-35 super athletes were effected by covid. Masks never worked, social distancing doesnt work, maybe we should put up more plexiglass dividers though lol That's a pretty disrespectful post given how the virus essentially ended Brandon Sutter's career. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrago Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 19 hours ago, 6of1_halfdozenofother said: WTF is wrong with the league and the PA? It's still a pandemic - the CDC, WHO, and other medical expert organizations haven't changed their assessment to consider this an endemic situation yet, even though the impatient freedumb yahoos would like to think so. GLOBAL HEALTH, INFECTIOUS DISEASE, PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION Feb. 19 2021 Epidemic, Endemic, Pandemic: What are the Differences? The novel coronavirus pandemic is the perfect model for understanding what exactly a pandemic is and how it impacts life on a global scale. Since the emergence of COVID-19 in 2020, the public has been bombarded with new language to understand the virus and the subsequent global public health response. This article will uncover the factors that make a pandemic and how it differs from epidemics and when a disease is endemic. WHAT IS AN EPIDEMIC? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) describes an epidemic as an unexpected increase in the number of disease cases in a specific geographical area. Yellow fever, smallpox, measles, and polio are prime examples of epidemics. An epidemic disease doesn't necessarily have to be contagious. West Nile fever and the rapid increase in obesity rates are also considered epidemics. Epidemics can refer to a disease or other specific health-related behavior (e.g., smoking) with rates that are clearly above the expected occurrence in a community or region. WHAT IS A PANDEMIC? The World Health Organization (WHO) declares a pandemic when a disease’s growth is exponential. This means the growth rate skyrockets, and each day cases grow more than the day prior. In being declared a pandemic, the virus has nothing to do with virology, population immunity, or disease severity. It means a virus covers a wide area, affecting several countries and populations. WHAT DOES ENDEMIC MEAN? A disease outbreak is endemic when it is consistently present but limited to a particular region. This makes the disease spread and rates predictable. Malaria, for example, is considered endemic in certain countries and regions. I'm not sure what Covid should be considered it's no longer growing exponentially which kind of rules out Pandemic and it's not limited to a geographical area which rules out the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 12 hours ago, Joe_Kerr said: They were stupid from the get-go. How many 18-35 super athletes were effected by covid. Masks never worked, social distancing doesnt work, maybe we should put up more plexiglass dividers though lol This is a pretty good list from the UFC. https://www.bloodyelbow.com/22198483/comprehensive-list-of-ufc-fighters-who-have-tested-positive-for-covid-19 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Kerr Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 On 8/18/2022 at 12:11 AM, Bob.Loblaw said: That's a pretty disrespectful post given how the virus essentially ended Brandon Sutter's career. So he still got it with the protocols in place? and im sure when sutter checks this post he will be ok with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Kerr Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 18 hours ago, bishopshodan said: This is a pretty good list from the UFC. https://www.bloodyelbow.com/22198483/comprehensive-list-of-ufc-fighters-who-have-tested-positive-for-covid-19 Not who got it but were negatively effected by it, long term. Khamzat Chimaev almost retired because he had it so bad... hes back and competing. Leon Edwards lost like 30lbs or something.. hes fighting for the title saturday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 3 hours ago, Joe_Kerr said: Not who got it but were negatively effected by it, long term. Khamzat Chimaev almost retired because he had it so bad... hes back and competing. Leon Edwards lost like 30lbs or something.. hes fighting for the title saturday Oh, long term... that's a good question. I dont think there was enough concern early on about long-haul stuff. Seems they are still learning about that part of the virus . Yes, those two fighters had a tough go of it as you point out and that list is just all that contracted. The records of the fighters after covid is telling, I cant remember where I saw it but it showed poor results, maybe just rust from time off but maybe effects of covid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 6 hours ago, Joe_Kerr said: So he still got it with the protocols in place? and im sure when sutter checks this post he will be ok with it Yes-prior to the vaccines, Sutter caught covid. Recovered, was almost at our last training camp, and had a relapse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Kerr Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 9 hours ago, gurn said: Yes-prior to the vaccines, Sutter caught covid. Recovered, was almost at our last training camp, and had a relapse. He said it got worse after every vaccine he got.... another protocol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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