Why isn't MLB shutting down the Red Sox?
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Why isn't MLB shutting down the Red Sox?
They basically have COVID running rampant through their clubhouse. Two more players were added to the COVID list today. I don't want to be so cynical as to say "well, MLB doesn't want to say it had to kick a game for COVID this season," but it really looks like it.
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Re: Why isn't MLB shutting down the Red Sox?
Have to agree.
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The show must go on.
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Re: Why isn't MLB shutting down the Red Sox?
yeah gotta be for the image of it and the almighty dollar
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Re: Why isn't MLB shutting down the Red Sox?
All the players are vaxxed right? I assume these are mild cases?
So how many players they have in quarantine now?
So how many players they have in quarantine now?
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Re: Why isn't MLB shutting down the Red Sox?
Chaim Bloom Pained By Unvaccinated Members Of Red Sox, Says COVID Outbreak Is ‘Gut-Wrenching’
Bloom is the Red Sox chief baseball officer.Though Bloom said “the majority” of those people who tested positive have received a vaccine, he nevertheless wishes that 100 percent of the organization was in that group. As it stands, the Red Sox are one of six MLB teams that have not reached the 85 percent vaccination threshold set forth by the league.
“I wish everybody in our organization were vaccinated, and for that matter, everybody period who’s eligible. I’m a strong proponent of vaccination, and so is our organization. So every person in this organization that isn’t vaccinated pains me,” Bloom said. “And we know that the Delta variant is a different animal. And even against the Delta variant, the data do suggest that vaccination still helps. That’s why we are strong proponents of it. And at the same time, even though that’s true in the aggregate, in terms of this specific situation, we have a lot of breakthrough infections. There’s no real way to know if it would’ve been different if we had a higher vaccination rate or not. In this case, I don’t know that that’s knowable, and it doesn’t seem that helpful to play the ‘what if?’ game.”
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Re: Why isn't MLB shutting down the Red Sox?
In a couple weeks, all players and staff will have natural immunity anyway. Shouldn’t be an issue after that.
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Re: Why isn't MLB shutting down the Red Sox?
What about right now when it’s happening tho
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Re: Why isn't MLB shutting down the Red Sox?
They have a minor league system, if it comes down to playing with half of the roster from AAA than so be it. And who outside of Boston will be upset if the Red Sox miss the playoiffs? Especially when its the playoffs own fault for not getting vaxxed.