Sweetpotato
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Lllooooollll
If true that it was a false positive, that blows but shit happens.
However, bro....they cancelled the tournament you actually think Canada was manipulating the tests? XD
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If true that it was a false positive, that blows but shit happens.
However, bro....they cancelled the tournament you actually think Canada was manipulating the tests? XD
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Channelcat
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In retrospect, the tournament should have been held in the States.
I don't think "Canada" had much to do with this tournament. Maybe look at the IIHF first and local government and the organizing committee second.
Channelcat
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We'll see how things shake down....but right now it's looking like this may have been an overreaction. It's also sounds to me like the IIHF is easily influenced by the squeeky wheels out there.
Didn't realize following hockey excluded you from being a decent/informed person. Thanks for the info
(For the record, people are whining about this everywhere- in person, facebook, twitter, etc. And it's not just missing out on hockey that people are complaining about. People have zero perspective, or are just selfish, or both)
If they didn't respond quickly and someone got very sick, people would complain. If they cancel the tournament and this variant turns out to "mild", people will complain.
In the end, when the dust settles, I think this is all going to be considered an overreaction. But which seems worse to you? Someone getting sick from lack of response or some lost entertainment because of an overreaction?
Obviously. But the optics are bad.
As someone already posted, all teams but Canada were required to be on site sitting around Covid infested hotels on the 15th.
For some reason Canada was granted the luxury of coming 5 days later.
Who knows.
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At least two young players died playing hockey this year. Why do we play the game at all? Not one death is worth the entertainment.
Channelcat
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Yeah its definitely the same thing....
I think we need to start living again. But if these players are not in complete bubble right now, the decision to play will impact others
Vaxxed and complete bubble = I say keep playing if the players want it
Dr Pepper
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Oh I think we reached that point even before IIHF pulled the plug on the whole tourney.
It's ridiculous.
Last year half the German roster was sidelined with COVID yet the tourney still rolled through to completion.
This year? One positive test (which may or may not have even been reliable, it turns out) is apparently enough to snuff out an entire team for the day.
What changed?
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He was completely asymptomatic like probably the other 3 who tested positive.
Not overly surprised if it was Omicron and he experienced little to no symptoms. A lot of data out of the UK and South Africa where this started have the same conclusion that it spreads far faster but is less severe in healthy fully vaccinated people. The common flu is as bad or worse than Omircon in fully vaccinated individuals who are healthy.
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hockeyes
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Clearly helmets and other protective gear does not work. Time to get back to playing hockey the way it was intended and ditch all this wussy gear!
Some things I don't blame the organizers for, such as the rise of Covid around this time, the emergence of the ultra contagious new omicron variant, and the uncertainty of how serious it is, or can be, to vaccinated individuals(it appears that it is less serious than others, but it's too soon to say for sure).
What I do blame them for are the lack of foresight when it came to dealing the above, and other circumstances. It's almost like their plan was to hope that they would have no one test positive, and when that didn't happen, they folded.
Incompetent stuff.
What I do blame them for are the lack of foresight when it came to dealing the above, and other circumstances. It's almost like their plan was to hope that they would have no one test positive, and when that didn't happen, they folded.
Incompetent stuff.
TheUnusedCrayon
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To be fair, kids their age are impacted one of the least by covid, so saying, "What's the point of getting vaccinated" is a valid question, especially considering that they're in extremely good shape.
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McOvechking
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I definitely think they weren't prepared for Covid cases (overconfidence in vaccines/protocols?) and then scrambled when there were a flurry of positive PCRs, and made an impulsive decision to cancel. It was an overreaction and reflexive response, probably in large part because they didn't want to deal with PR of being a source of Covid spread.
Dude, don’t jump into the middle of a conversation and try to put words in my mouth. Go back and read what we were actually talking about.
Hint: it wasn’t close to what you are trying to imply.
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