It's because it's become a political agenda. It's not about the science and the health of the players; it's trying to take a hard line against those who are unvaccinated. Because the large majority of people support getting vaccinated; they are more than happy to roll with "the ends justify the means" here. And the NFL wants the positive publicity of being on that wagon, so they will try to punish players not getting vaccinated. We can sit and debate whether this is a good thing/bad thing/or somewhere between; but it's what is happening across the country in work places/businesses/restaurants/entire cities everywhere. The majority of people consider themselves intelligent individuals, however they think that a majority of others in the country/world are dumb; so they are perfectly content allowing these types of strategies to force compliance from all the "dumb ones". So for now, the majority will chant "four legs good, two legs bad", at least until the same strategy is employed by the powers that be with something more divisive then the usefulness vaccines. But one of the downsides of this approach is it will continue just generating misinformation related to covid and vaccinations, and also create mass confusion about what the rules really are, let alone what the science says the rules for health safety should be.Yarnith wrote: ↑Tue Sep 07, 2021 9:35 am The vaccine lasts, at best 6months. The vaccine does not change the incubation period if someone has it. The vaccine does not prevent the spread of the disease only slows it. The idea that someone vaccinated with the disease can be tested twice in 25 hours after having the disease and be consider all clear while someone unvaccinated has to wait 10 days is nonsensical. The Idea someone in close contact with someone with the disease can simply ignore the contact is also nonsensical. Its not how disease works.
I am not antivacc but its no magic bullet that means you can walk around next to covid positive people without protecting yourself. It also doesn't mean you can sit by someone with covid and then go hangout with someone else without a care.
Hopefully it should more or less be a non-issue by next season as the stringent rules currently in place, along with peer pressure from teams/players, and the very real possibility of a ton of lost money, will force most players into getting vaccinated over the course of this season. I would bet it's practically a non-issue for 2022, with the only exception I can think of being if they start mandating booster shots as well.
