The NFL is trying to tackle the issue of COVID-19 vaccination, but some players are calling time out.
The Atlanta Falcons said they are the first NFL team to reach a 100% vaccination rate. The league said teams with at least an 85% vaccination rate can have looser COVID restrictions.reporters earlier this month that he won't allow the league to"strong-arm" him into getting the vaccine and criticized the NFL for"taking away freedoms of unvaccinated guys."the league's strict rules on Twitter, saying he would"retire tomorrow" if he was still playing.
"Every conversation that goes along blue and red, [Democrat] versus Republican, finds its way into the NFL," said LZ Granderson, an ABC News contributor, sports journalist and longtime columnist for ESPN."The former president politicized the virus, politicized the vaccination and continues to politicize the conversation in general, but he's not alone.
Under the agreement between the league and Players Association reached last month, players who choose not to get vaccinated will beto wear masks at all facilities, undergo routine COVID testing and are at a risk of forfeiting games. Per the protocols, if a team has an outbreak due to unvaccinated players and games cannot be rescheduled during the 18-week season, the team would have to forfeit and be assessed a loss, which could impact playoff seedings.
"We have 100 million people in this country who are eligible to be vaccinated who are not getting vaccinated. We are seeing an outbreak of the unvaccinated,"
Deutschland Neuesten Nachrichten, Deutschland Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
Covid-19: Four more Covid-related deaths and 1,612 new casesThe total number of deaths linked to Covid-19 in NI since the start of the pandemic is now 2,291.
Weiterlesen »
In Los Angeles, This Covid-19 Surge Is Different From Earlier OutbreaksThe center of the Covid-19 pandemic in Los Angeles has shifted from poor, crowded neighborhoods to affluent ones with younger populations
Weiterlesen »
Rev. Jesse Jackson and his wife have been hospitalized after testing positive for Covid-19Rev. Jesse Jackson and his wife are hospitalized in Chicago after testing positive for Covid-19
Weiterlesen »
Texas Governor Abbott tests negative for COVID-19 after short illnessTexas Governor Greg Abbott, whose state is engulfed in a fourth COVID surge, said he tested negative for COVID-19 on Saturday after having a 'brief and mild' bout with the infection this week.
Weiterlesen »
Why you shouldn't rush to get a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot before it's your turnIn the next month, millions of Americans will get ready to roll up their sleeves for a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. But when it comes to booster shots, it's not as simple as 'more is more'—it's also a matter of when.
Weiterlesen »
U.S. administers 361.7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines -CDCThose figures are up from the 360,634,287 vaccine doses the CDC said had gone into arms by Friday out of 426,106,115 doses delivered. The CDC tally includes two-dose vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech, as well as Johnson & Johnson's one-shot vaccine as of 6:00 a.m. ET on Saturday. The United States administered more than 1 million COVID-19 vaccine shots in the 24-hour period to midday Saturday, marking the third consecutive day of surpassing that milestone, a White House official said.
Weiterlesen »