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Atlanta Falcons Say They're First NFL Team to Be 100% Vaccinated Against COVID
CBS News ^ | AUGUST 17, 2021 | Christopher Brito

Posted on 08/17/2021 10:51:49 AM PDT by nickcarraway

The Atlanta Falcons have become the first and only NFL team to have a 100% COVID-19 vaccination rate among players, the team announced Monday, weeks before the start of the regular season.

The team had reached a 92% vaccination rate on July 23 and now, every player on the team is inoculated against the virus.

"Each player will now enjoy the benefits of being able to work out and eat together," the team's website said. "They won't have to test daily, won't have to wear masks around the facility and won't have to quarantine following a close contact with someone who tests positive."

The Falcons' milestone comes nearly a month after the NFL warned teams in a memo that COVID outbreaks among unvaccinated players could cause games to be canceled. Commissioner Roger Goodell said games would no longer be rescheduled and teams responsible for the cancelation would receive a loss on their record and players on both teams would not be paid. The league said it expects all players to get their shots by the time the season kicks off on September 9.

Since then, all 32 NFL teams have a vaccination rate above 75%, including 15 teams that have a rate over 95%, according to ESPN.

While the rest of the NFL works toward a 100% vaccination rate, the WNBA reached a milestone of 99% vaccination rate among its players – the most of any major U.S. sports league. Major League Baseball announced that 23 of their teams had reached the 85 percent vaccinated threshold in June, but teams have struggled with outbreaks.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Sports
KEYWORDS: atlantafalcons; nfl; vaccine
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To: cgbg

Can’t wait to see all the break though cases.


21 posted on 08/17/2021 11:01:25 AM PDT by RBW in PA
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To: nickcarraway

I expect a large portion of the Atlanta falcons to be on disabled list do to those covid “Vaccinations”.Since they are so close together they will be producing New Varients of the spike proteins and re-infecting each other.


22 posted on 08/17/2021 11:01:27 AM PDT by puppypusher (The world is going to the dogs.)
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To: RBW in PA

Not to worry—”breakthrough” cases are always “mild” and “rare”, and if folks die after taking the vaxx it is always a coincidence...


24 posted on 08/17/2021 11:03:34 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: nickcarraway

How nice for you. Wake me when the season’s over.


25 posted on 08/17/2021 11:04:58 AM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: Nextrush

“Heck if I see anything with the NFL logo on it I might just use it as if it was toilet paper.”

Be careful, your at increased risk of getting an infection from it.


26 posted on 08/17/2021 11:05:00 AM PDT by chuckb87
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To: nickcarraway

Making them 100% stupider than the rest of the NFL. And that’s hard to do.


27 posted on 08/17/2021 11:05:54 AM PDT by albie
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To: nickcarraway

Nice. Real life experiment in action.
Let’s wait and observe.


28 posted on 08/17/2021 11:06:56 AM PDT by JerseyDvl (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: nickcarraway

This propaganda is what passes for “news” on our version of Pravda.


29 posted on 08/17/2021 11:09:13 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
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To: JerseyDvl

Yup—the lab animals are waiting for completion of the human trials...


30 posted on 08/17/2021 11:11:12 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: nickcarraway

Good for you, Falcons. Now line up for your booster.


31 posted on 08/17/2021 11:14:43 AM PDT by Veggie Todd (Proudly posting comments without reading the articles since 2002.)
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To: nickcarraway

So they will suck more than usual?


32 posted on 08/17/2021 11:23:27 AM PDT by Luke21
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To: nickcarraway

wonder what would happen if an opposing team started coughing in unison on the scrimmage line...


33 posted on 08/17/2021 11:24:53 AM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value as well as making people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: rktman

And what happens in a week or two or three when someone gets sick?


34 posted on 08/17/2021 11:29:45 AM PDT by your other brother
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To: your other brother

Butt, butt, butt they been varied😨💉😲🐂💩


35 posted on 08/17/2021 11:31:09 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: nickcarraway

God willing, the stadium is 90% empty.


36 posted on 08/17/2021 11:31:52 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: nickcarraway

Congratulations.

What’s the over/under on their first “breakthrough” case?


37 posted on 08/17/2021 11:38:24 AM PDT by Not A Snowbird (I do not recognize Biden’s authority.)
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To: nickcarraway

What about the stealers? Isn’t that name racist too?


38 posted on 08/17/2021 11:41:04 AM PDT by Recompennation (Don’t blame me my vote didn’t count.)
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To: nickcarraway

So, how does vax-induced microclotting affect sportsmen like them?


39 posted on 08/17/2021 11:45:28 AM PDT by polymuser (BLA socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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To: nickcarraway

Who would believe them? They’re shills for pharmaceutical korporations and globalists.


40 posted on 08/17/2021 11:52:07 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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