Posted on 02/06/2022 9:18:04 AM PST by Hojczyk
Finland’s men’s ice hockey coach has accused China of not respecting a player’s human rights at the Winter Olympics as forward Marko Anttila remains in isolation 18 days after testing positive for COVID-19.
Jukka Jalonen took aim at the conditions the 6-foot-8, 230-pound Finnish player is under while in isolation, which he said has taken a toll on Anttila, both physically and mentally.
"He's a professional athlete and he would like to participate in team practices and games in the near future," Jalonen told media during a zoom call, via CBC News. "He's not getting great food and he's a very big guy."
He continued: "Because he doesn't know what's going on and what will happen with him, it's like uncertainties, so it's a bad thing also mentally."
Team doctor Maarit Valtonen explained that Anttila tested negative several times prior to his arrival in Beijing. He remains in isolation after testing positive for the virus 18 days ago.
"From a medical perspective we know that a person like this is no longer infectious, no danger to the other team," Valtonen explained. "These isolation decisions are not based on medicine or science, it's more cultural and political decisions.
As part of China’s efforts to prevent the virus from spreading during the Games, everyone in the Olympic bubble has to take daily PCR tests. Those who are confirmed to be positive go to an isolation facility until they’re cleared for discharge, either through tests showing they’re negative or a review by a panel of medical experts.
"We know that he's fully healthy and ready to go and that's why we think that China, for some reason, they won't respect his human rights and that's not a great situation," Jalonen said.
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Human rights need to be respected in the USA with all the kids forced to wear masks and in Canada, Australia and New Zealand over coerced or forced vaccination, mask wearing, vaccine passports etc. etc.
COVID tryanny in Western nations must end.
“It’s our Games! You play or go home!”
What you wanna call me….Rinda?
All those teams and all those athletes went there voluntarily.
Nothing keeping them from leaving.
China is making a mockery of the entire world. And most of it is too blind to acknowledge it. Because they do see it. But they can’t allow their fealty and corruption to come to light.
And, I do hope that the 18yr old skier from California, who is a born and raised US citizen and representing China, breaks her legs and never skis again. As for the 2 US born/citizen ice hockey players, I hope that both of them take pucks to the throat and can no longer play a second again.
You should have sent a bunch of convicts to represent Finland at the Olympics, dude. That way, the Chinese government would be doing you a favor if it detained them indefinitely.
Finland is going to need a new hockey coach.
Western nations have no business complaining about China.
Western vaccine mandates, vaccine passports, lockdowns, mask mandates have taken away any claims of government legitimacy.
What did they expect from a fascist state?
Why are ANY western nations competing in the Red Chinese Olympics ?
Propaganda on steroids from NBC.
This has nothing to do with that. And what better way to continue to bow down to China than to continued participation.
Please direct your nonsense to someone else.
We need to get off our high horse.
Western countries are setting a terrible example—and have no business looking down at anyone.
This isn’t looking down.
And feel free to leave whatever western country you live in and move to someplace more your liking.
You have proven yourself, numerous times on this site, to be an complete and utter moron.
We are good and China is bad.
That is looking down on China.
The West needs to lead by example if it wants to preach to others.
STFU!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Finland’s ice hockey coach accuses China of not respecting human rights as player remains in COVID isolation
What really did the coach expect? I never heard of a tiger change his stripes.
These teams need to just leave. This is ridiculous
“...2 US born/citizen ice hockey players...”
Never heard of them...I know there is a snowboarder and a figure skater competing for China.....there are more?
-PJ
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