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.
I wonder what they are going to do when they start getting sick after their vaccinations?
Probably raise their ticket prices.
“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.”>>>> Until they started getting the virus.
An excellent test. Let’s see what happens in a few months.
Hey, if you can’t win a Superbowl, you at least get a participation trophy.
5.56mm
Big deal.
Do they expect a participation trophy for that?
In before the entire team comes down with Covid.
TEAM CHOKE can celebrate this epic stupid right up there with blowing the biggest lead in SuperBowl history.
And..? I still wouldn’t watch a thug league game personally or on TV. Get lost and take your America-hating scumbags with you.
They can’t be TEAM CHOKE without Kyle Shanahan, so now the 49ers are.
I don’t believe it.
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