Be interesting to know which vaccines they each got. It’s starting to sound like they’re pretty worthless, especially if you’re in close quarters with others — like the stat that showed the spread in households was much worse than anywhere else. 8 out of 26, so far, isn’t good...
... and when they got them.
It isn’t 8 out of 26. The 8 include coaches, staff members, and one player. When you consider how many coaches and staff members there are - in addition to the 26 man roster - the numbers start to make more sense. They got the J&J vaccine, which has an advertised 72% efficacy. When you add all the coaches and staff members to the players roster, you’re easily at upwards of 50+ people. 8 guys out of that is 16%, or 84% who haven’t shown up positive. And of the ones who did show up positive, 7 out of the 8 have no symptoms. They’d never even know if they hadn’t gotten tested.
In other words, this is exactly as expected, but people are manipulating it to push a narrative that doesn’t fit reality.