Posted on 06/06/2022 1:17:51 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The struggling Minnesota Twins have arrived in Toronto with regular right fielder Max Kepler and relief pitchers Emilio Pagán, Caleb Thielbar and Trevor Megill on the restricted list to comply with the Canadian government’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
The four players will miss the three-game series against the Blue Jays. Canada requires anyone traveling to the country to have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, the second one at least 14 days before entry.
Kepler will lose $111,264 of his $6.75 million salary, while Pagán loses $37,912, Thielbar $21,429 and Megill $11, 662.
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This world has gone completely mad.
Respect for those Twins making their stand.
Sad Canada. Well, at least they are keeping out the illegal aliens.
Missed.
Canada is a fascist dictatorship.
Sort of like what we would be if our political elite had its way.
CanaDUH!
I believe the information is incorrect. My team has already played in Canada this year and the non-vaxxing players are temporarily suspended *with pay* and allowed to rejoin the team as soon as the team leaves Canada. Teams are allowed to substitute a player while the regular one is suspended, just like paternity leave. I think the MLBPA would have a fit if the players lost pay simply for not submitting to a vaccine.
If the Twins and other teams had any decency (and guts) they would tell all Canadian teams they would not travel to them because of their country’s anti body autonomy laws.
Minnesota Twins won 2 of 3 games at Toronto Blue Jays this weekend, without four key Twins players due to vax status, and several more on COVID Injured List.
Minnesota remains in 1st place in AL Central.
“The death rate for monkeypox is very low. Mortality rate has ranged from 0 to 10% depending on the outbreak. Around 3–6% of reported cases have led to death in endemic countries.
https://www.eatthis.com/news-sure-signs-you-have-monkeypox/
Got that? 3-6% death rate is “very low”
So what does that make the Covid death rate?
Oh Canada!
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