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Post by green85 on Jan 6, 2021 10:16:21 GMT -8
Nobody is getting covid by going grocery shopping in Oregon. Everybody is masked up, and there is not long enough exposure with any one person to transmit the virus (or the odds are miniscule). If these players/staff are getting it, they are getting it elsewhere by not following proper protocols, social distancing, etc. With some exceptions (e.g. a terrible workplace environment with lax protocols and the employee isn't empowered enough to do anything about it, of which I am very sympathetic), then it's actually damn hard to get covid-19 if you are otherwise practicing proper measures. The vast majority of the country has managed to not catch it. And this is not coming from someone who isn't taking the virus seriously, it's coming from someone who is and is about fed up with the lazy or ignorant people who keep making poor decisions and furthering the spread. I would not say "nobody is getting covid by grocery shopping". I would say is less likely that a person shopping would have an exposure that would cause transmission (certainly duration and protocols in most stores reduce risk). From observing basketball games on TV I have seen MANY on the bench not wear a mask at all or not wear it correctly to reduce risk. Extend that attitude to practice environment and you have a much higher risk of transmission among a basketball team than football (my opinion). Now extend that to dorm or shared housing - "Hey, I am hanging with my buddies and they won't be sharing the virus" - and you get folks that already don't care enough to wear the mask correctly in practice or on the bench and they become lax in the living situation. And then they extend that attitude to other contacts outside their closer circle. You get higher risk of exposure. Personally I take the risk seriously to the point that I have seen my relatives that live in town three times since March 2020 and then only with social distance AND a mask. |
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Post by TheGlove on Jan 6, 2021 11:19:07 GMT -8
The mask wearing during games is a complete joke.
I watched Coach Sean Miller of Arizona during a timeout in a game. In the huddle he pulled down his mask and yelled at his players for 1 minute. Then, timeout over, he put his mask back on.
Why even pretend?
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Post by OSUprof on Jan 6, 2021 11:28:51 GMT -8
The mask wearing during games is a complete joke. I watched Coach Sean Miller of Arizona during a timeout in a game. In the huddle he pulled down his mask and yelled at his players for 1 minute. Then, timeout over, he put his mask back on. Why even pretend? Yep. It seems that there are more science-denying conservatives out there than we had feared. Someone should tell Miller that wearing masks saves lives. |
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Post by TheGlove on Jan 6, 2021 11:46:53 GMT -8
The mask wearing during games is a complete joke. I watched Coach Sean Miller of Arizona during a timeout in a game. In the huddle he pulled down his mask and yelled at his players for 1 minute. Then, timeout over, he put his mask back on. Why even pretend? Yep. It seems that there are more science-denying conservatives out there than we had feared. Someone should tell Miller that wearing masks saves lives. Miller is just an example that came to mind. I watch a lot of sports and the mask usage discipline is a joke. Especially with football coaches. Worthless really. |
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Post by spudbeaver on Jan 6, 2021 13:17:07 GMT -8
Yep. It seems that there are more science-denying conservatives out there than we had feared. Someone should tell Miller that wearing masks saves lives. Miller is just an example that came to mind. I watch a lot of sports and the mask usage discipline is a joke. Especially with football coaches. Worthless really. I especially don't get it in the NFL. The way I understand it, the coaches have to go through exactly the same protocol as the players, but they get massive fines for not wearing a mask properly while the players don't wear one at all? NFL Virtue Signal much? |
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Post by TheGlove on Jan 6, 2021 13:46:44 GMT -8
Miller is just an example that came to mind. I watch a lot of sports and the mask usage discipline is a joke. Especially with football coaches. Worthless really. I especially don't get it in the NFL. The way I understand it, the coaches have to go through exactly the same protocol as the players, but they get massive fines for not wearing a mask properly while the players don't wear one at all? NFL Virtue Signal much? I'm not touching the "virtue signal," but your point about everyone being treated equally (coaches and players) given the same testing makes a lot of sense. Maybe they aren't under the same protocols? Maybe, the players union asked for it? |
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Post by osubeaver2018 on Jan 6, 2021 15:42:24 GMT -8
The mask wearing for players on benches, coaches on the sidelines, etc. are all just optics. What's the point of making players wear masks on the bench but they don't have to when they're playing a physical game against 5 other dudes also not wearing masks, and playing with 4 players on your team also not wearing masks that you're in close contact with everyday? If players aren't wearing masks while on the court wearing a mask on the sidelines isn't going to do a damn thing for them.
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