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

[MessierII]

This vaccine reduces transmission significantly

I see this repeated a lot when there is no definitive science behind it and even less real world results proving it. If the vaccine reduced the spread significantly what happened to the nhl wouldn’t have happened period.

 

[snipes]

Hockey Canada in Baghdad Bob mode. What a mind boggling opinion from Hockey Canada. Floor exclusivity is pointless. You can't avoid shared areas in a hotel. Instead of "floor exclusivity" at multiple hotels, they could have just rented an entire hotel and avoided this mess.

Do they have elevator exclusivity too? Like this is comedic right now.

People need to lose jobs over this.

 

[CpatainCanuck]

It seems like the people running the tournament never adjusted to the realities of the new Omicron variant: much more contagious, with vaccines doing little to prevent infection, but apparently less lethal with those infected mostly being asymptomatic. They either needed to (1) implement a full-bubble at the start of the tournament, (2) not test asymptomatic players like they've done in the NFL, or (3) implement taxi squads to replace the players that would inevitably test positive.

Preferably 2 or 3 of the above.

Not doing anything made this cancellation inevitable.

 

[New User Name]

According to what's on TSN now Hockey Canada wanted a full bubble initially but there was a push back to less restrictive conditions by other teams.

Be interesting who those teams are. I can guess.

 

[MessierII]

It's amazing how americans only want to find the worst global examples to take after.

Not like.. the metric system. Or some semblance of gun control. Or a healthy political system.

Nah. Less vaccinations. That's the key.. because they made it work in.. where again?

I’m double vaccinated and Canadian.

 

[Silky Johnson]

I see this repeated a lot when there is no definitive science behind it and even less real world results proving it. If the vaccine reduced the spread significantly what happened to the nhl wouldn’t have happened period.

Yeah. Reduces but not to zero so it can still spread. Go to Google Scholar and look up papers on the efficacy of these vaccines. There are a lot of peer reviewed papers that support this claim. Its pretty solid science. Exact numbers are being debated but not that it reduces transmission.

 

[Treb]

If you want to talk about vaccines, variants etc. we have a sub-forum for that: COVID 19 - The Coronavirus Outbreak

 

[RandomTask26]

Canada has seriously embarrassed both themselves and the sport of hockey over the last 2 years. Will set the sport back a decade. How can they be expected to be taken seriously and compete with other US sports leagues when they can’t even have their prospect tournament, compete in the Olympics, or even f***ing have home games going into 2022 for a few teams?

You should delete this post. It’s really dumb

 

[Three On Zero]

Tournament has flopped x2 now in Alberta. Hold it in the US this summer or overseas

 

[Silky Johnson]

He should be allowed. He should also be called out on his bad opinion.

 

[chauron]

Now there’s some tweets that say they try to reschedule it to summer

 

[New User Name]

Canada has seriously embarrassed both themselves and the sport of hockey over the last 2 years. Will set the sport back a decade. How can they be expected to be taken seriously and compete with other US sports leagues when they can’t even have their prospect tournament, compete in the Olympics, or even f***ing have home games going into 2022 for a few teams?

No, what's embarrassing is a mod posting what you just did.

I just look at covid stats and see the US as one of the highest death rates per million. Enough said.

 

[trilobyte]

The organizers truly blew it. Cancellation is the only answer, but it didn't have to turn out this way. They could have structured this with contingency for a virus that isn't going away just yet (never mind the arguments about the CDC, or they "should have done it like the NFL", not talking about those very different policies).

 

[MXD]

Now there’s some tweets that say they try to reschedule it to summer

Herrm...
Same players?

 

[IceBjoern]

Now there’s some tweets that say they try to reschedule it to summer

That’s a good idea! Then every country can have their top players available. Would be a fun tournament but I doubt they will do it.

 

[chauron]

Herrm...
Same players?

Yes I guess

 

[New User Name]

Swing and a miss on the math, need to times by 100 mate.

Will be interesting to see if they do hold it in Canada in the summer… as a Canadian I would host it in the USA.

I wouldn't hold it in the US.

Hold it in Canada in a complete bubble. Apparently that was the original plan by Hockey Canada BEFORE some nations requested less restrictions!!!

 

[Bizzare]

I wouldn't hold it in the US.

Hold it in Canada in a complete bubble. Apparently that was the original plan by Hockey Canada BEFORE some nations requested less restrictions!!!

If the consequences of a few positive cases is to cancel the tournament. I would have no issues of holding it in Canada in a bubble.

 

[New User Name]

If the consequences of a few positive cases is to cancel the tournament. I would have no issues of holding it in Canada in a bubble.

and Hockey Canada should tell any country that want's less restrictions "it's all about freedom" NO, you don't like it, don't come.

 

[Czechboy]

I wouldn't hold it in the US.

Hold it in Canada in a complete bubble. Apparently that was the original plan by Hockey Canada BEFORE some nations requested less restrictions!!!

Which ones? Link?

 

[kingsholygrail]

Does this mean the US is still reigning champion?

 

[cc]

Now there’s some tweets that say they try to reschedule it to summer

now that's an idea I can get behind.

 

[Monsieur Miz]

Now there’s some tweets that say they try to reschedule it to summer

Fast forward to this summer ''oh Bozo McDoodle got the Zoaoirwpger variant, we have to cancel the event.''