2022 World Junior Championship has been cancelled (MOD: Stay on topic)

[Pieck]

Because you refuse to give any examples. Don’t play the victim now after coming in here and making accusations and acting like people questioning you isn’t warranted.

It's a lot of work to go back and quote messages of people saying they won't take future boosters and that they regret taking the vaccine, and what do I gain from doing that? Do you think I'm lying about these messages?

 

[Filthy Dangles]

It's a slur against white women based on a stereotype. So basically it's a racist/sexist slur by definition. But somehow its normalized. So dumb and childish.

What. The. f***.



Please tell me my sarcasm detector is broken

 

[ElysiumAB]

Seems like people get less careful.... last year tournament went fine....

That has nothing to do with my question, and you're not the person I asked. Quoted the wrong person maybe?

 

[Terry Yake]

Yup. The tourney isn't even long. Bubbling them for 2 weeks should be relatively easy. Organizers got greedy, wanted all that gate revenue and didn't want the expenditures that come with bubbling the players and it backfired in their face.

really didn't even need a full-on bubble either. just rent out a couple hotels to house the players

instead, they really doubled down and put the players in hotels with the general public. as stupid as it gets

 

[GordonGraham]

Never was a fan of this tournament and junior hockey in general but this is ridiculous.

 

[Jeune Poulet]

They're cancelling this tournament to preserve health and minimize risk. Right?

Ok, so now these kids will be dispersed to different leagues playing the same game without them having to be locked down in a hotel like they were at this tournament. Doesn't that present the same risk?
These kids are going to do normal young people things away from the rink like socializing, going out to places where there are crowds etc. as opposed to locking themselves in a basement. Doesn't that present risk?

The bottom line? Unless they lock these kids in their homes and cancel all sports, there is going to be risk. When does it end? I understand that there has to be some level of caution but at some point, this risk is going to have to be managed without shutting things down as the constant solution.

I think this sort of simplistic reasoning fails to take into account that we are at the absolute peak of the most contagious variant.

In all likelihood, the period between December 17 2021 and January 17th 2022 will be the month where there will be a record number of COVID transmissions in the first world.

This tournament was a bad idea from the start and suffered from poor planning as well. But it is also a victim of extremely bad timing. This is the worst time ever to hold this type of event.

 

[holy]

Keep swallowing the propaganda.

Lmao you really think China is some example of how we should do things here?

 

[snag]

I saw quite a few people saying they won't take future boosters and regret taking the vaccine

Don't see the point in calling them out when I wasn't looking to argue, just made a simple observation (which I regret now lol)

What's there to regret? They grow an arm outta their ass or something from it?

 

[JohnWillow]

 

[Silky Johnson]

Fortunately the Olympics will be in China where they know what they're doing.

If you consider insanely strict lockdowns and forced incarceration of infected people "knowing what they're doing" then you are correct.

 

[Fantomas]

Lmao you really think China is some example of how we should do things here?

Yes, they've handled covid exceptionally.

 

[Cellee]

Ineffective indeed.

I'm sitting at home double vaxxed with Covid.

For those wondering, I'd much rather have Covid than the flu, this is nothing.

There is a really interesting sub Reddit called the Herman Cain award.

 

[ckg927]

Good thing the vaccines allowed us to return back to normal.
Two weeks to lower the curve!

This virus doesn't give a DAMN about your cutesy sayings.

 

[Sweetpotato]

This blows.

IIHF blew it doing this in a city that has proven to work and not taking necessary precautions.

My question remains....when do we get back to normal and start treating this like Influenza?

 

[Pieck]

If I called you out for being a flat earther would that offend you? Consider that I never said being a flat earther was a bad thing.

did I call anyone out incorrectly as an anti-vaxxer?

I never even specifically called anyone out

 

[Startseva]

What is the reason to cancel it? All the leagues of all sports and any nations playing all the fkin possible levels but they cancel Junior... okay. Russians must be the leaders, so there won't be taken so stupid decisions ever.

 

[Fantomas]

If you consider insanely strict lockdowns and forced incarceration of infected people "knowing what they're doing" then you are correct.

Oh you're right, infected people should be just out in the streets infecting everyone else. Working out well for you.

 

[takimaki]

Whoever primarily organised this tournament should resign immediately for being completely and utterly incompetent.

 

[definedMF]

Yes, they've handled covid exceptionally.

This just in: Authoritarianism wins because it deals with respiratory illness by mass incarceration and censorship!

Copy and paste this to be virtuous.

Ridiculous.

 

[NotProkofievian]

Currently as I type this, in a tiny town in Ontario, there is a hockey tournament going on successfully that is approximately double the size of the world juniors. They have over 500 players + coaches + fans, and all that.
There is no bubble, there is no extreme testing and the tournament is being run 10 times better than this gongshow in Alberta.

I'm not making this up. You can look up hockey tournament, Petrolia Ontario and see that this is the case.

Here in Finland, I could go watch a Liiga game tomorrow. I travelled from my home country, Canada, not far from the WJC, to Finland yesterday. The difference in how I was treated by Finland and my home country was stark. And the part that drives me crazy is how a lot of Canadians don't have any problem with it whatsoever.

 

[Sheppy]

did I call anyone out incorrectly as an anti-vaxxer?

I never even specifically called anyone out

You should, you'd probably make more sense than just blindly tossing it around. Go find who is anti vaccination, quote them and argue with them.

 

[smytty]

Well this will be a polite thoughtful discussion!

Yep. I nailed it.

 

[Doublechin]

Today I learned.

A frustrated selfish hockey fan wants to put health of the players at risk because of one meaningless international tournament. Keep them in the place that is already infested with covid.

They can now go back to their leagues away from the covid-hotel.

To be fair. This is what it is. I've heard of 3 massive outbreaks in the Montreal area that a friend is involved in monitoring. All 3 50 and more people involved. 0 people required any special care, one person consulted at the ER (had a 38ish fever for 3 days and wasn't even admitted and was told take tylenol and stay home) and that's out of 170 people.

Median age was 42, even the 60 plus were fine (16 of them, only 1 developed fever). Our immune systems in a vast majority now recognize and fight the virus accordingly. Omicron is proving that, hence why leagues like the NFL are no longer testing vaccinated players.

Something needs to be done and society needs to accept that this is here to stay, get vaccinated, take care of yourself and be ready.

 

[vippe]

After the failures of the NHL, IIHF and the hosts of the WJC - watch the usually awful IOC host an amazing tournament without any problems at all in little over a month. Just because.

 

[PG Canuck]

It's a slur against white women based on a stereotype. So basically it's a racist/sexist slur by definition. But somehow its normalized. So dumb and childish.

Holy shit.

 

[holy]

Yes, they've handled covid exceptionally.

Yeah it’s pretty easy when they treat their citizens like cattle. Guess you forgot about the Hong Kong riots that were happening right before Covid kicked off? Probably just the work of propagandists, what do they know.