RiverDog":337fai8s said:
My understanding of the procedure for unvaccinated players that test positive have to isolate for 10 days after which they must have been free of any symptoms for 24 hours prior to being allowed to rejoin their team. There is no mention of additional testing. Rodgers said that he had experienced symptoms so it's assumed that he falls under the following section:
Any individual (including players) who is not “fully vaccinated” and tests positive
for COVID-19 will NOT be allowed to travel, access any Club facility or have
direct contact with any other players, Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3 Individuals or other
Club employees, or contractors other than the medical staff unless and until each
of the following occurs:
For Club employees/contractors who test positive and experience
symptoms of COVID-19:
1. At least 10 days have passed since the date symptoms of COVID19 were first reported to Club medical staff; and
2. At least 24 hours have passed since the individual last had a fever
without the use of fever-reducing medications; and
3. Other symptoms (e.g., cough, shortness of breath) have improved;
and
4. The Club’s Head Team Primary Care Sports Medicine Physician,
after consultation with ICS and notification of the NFL Chief
Medical Officer, determines that the individual may return to the
Club facility and interact with other, Club employees/contractors;
and
5. Any local regulations or requirements are satisfied.
6. For symptomatic infections that are categorized as mild, prior to
team training and game play, player must complete a minimum 3-
day progressive exercise protocol under team medical staff
supervision with appropriate clinical monitoring before returning
to full participation. For moderate to severe infections
(hospitalized), it is recommended that prior to team training and
game play, the player complete a progressive exercise protocol for
a minimum of 7 days or equal to twice the duration of the
hospitalization.
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I have mixed feelings about this NFL policy you have shared. I wasn't aware of these specific rules so that's good to know.
On one hand I feel like players should be able to play if they are healthy and I'm not 100% confident in the PCR testing... on the other hand the NFL's rules don't make a whole lot of sense to me.
It seems like they have a lot of wiggle room where they could allow certain players to make a game and block others from playing as they see fit.
For example:
Rule #1 states that 10 days must have passed.
Rule #2 and #3 state that they must have not had symptoms in the last 24 hours, and that their health has improved overall...
if they haven't been allowed access to the facility then it seems IMPOSSIBLE to determine whether they had symptoms in the last 24 hours or if their other symptoms have improved.
Rule #6 states "For symptomatic infections that are categorized as mild, prior to
team training and game play, player must complete a minimum 3-
day progressive exercise protocol under team medical staff
supervision with appropriate clinical monitoring before returning
to full participation."
Aaron Rodgers CANNOT reasonably meet this requirement if he is not allowed to return to the club facility until the DAY BEFORE OUR GAME!
Let's say the team's medical staff COULD go outside the club facility to meet the requirements for Rule #6 (technically they are according to the statement above the rules)...
Then that opens up a whole new can of worms why were they not testing him for Covid-19 during these 10 days which if he tests positive he would miss 10 more?
Overall it just seems like a very shady set of rules where teams and the NFL can essentially do whatever they want on a player by player basis.
