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Thursday, December 31, 2020
Here’s the statement MLB gave Drellich:
“Like the NBA, Major League Baseball and its clubs will work with public health authorities on issues related to the availability and timing of vaccinations for players and other employees,” MLB said in a statement to The Athletic. “Vaccinations will only be made available to players when public health officials deem it appropriate.”
Earlier this month the National Basketball Association advised teams vaccinations will be “consistent with the timing and prioritization set by applicable public health guidelines.” It was recently reported the National Hockey League was planning to privately purchase the vaccine prior to their upcoming season, though that report was shot down soon thereafter.
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1. JRVJ Posted: December 31, 2020 at 01:18 PM (#5996897)But if you say to me, "If you're willing to wait one extra week to get the vaccine in order to have the baseball season to start on time and have a full slate of games", I'd agree to that. Not that they'd get it before the elderly and essential workers, but that they'd get it at the beginning of the "regular" people line instead of just randomly.
"Rich and famous people get everything else before you plebes, so why should the vaccine be any different?"
Yeah, NY seems to be FUBARing this bigtime. Something like one third of available doses have been distributed.
And hell, they skew old and active so ...
Athletes might also serve the same PR purpose.
Well, they can't do it too fast, or else you-know-who will get too much of the credit. Better to wait until after January 20th to really ramp things up.
Hell, Canada is having issues with its roll out and Trump's not a factor.
I think this just shows that the logistical challenge has been underestimated. And it's very unlikely to get substantially better just because of a change of administration.
Now if the new administration brings with it some strategy changes, maybe things get better. It doesn't have to be a national strategy but I'd think that's the way to go.
That shows how limited you are in thinking about this.
There are already thousands of people infected and they won't start getting sick/dying for a few weeks anyways. Vaccinating people now won't stop the death toll from rising before Trump leaves office. It's too late for that.
Democrats WANT everyone vaccinated as quickly as possible. Then the death rates would start going down soon after Biden took power, which would make Trump look even worse.
I do, however, expect the Republicans to try and make points about the high death rate on January 21, and how it is higher than any time during Trump's term...
Kill yourself
IDK, I think simply putting clear demarcations between health policy and the political spin can only help. Whether that yields better results will indeed remain to be seen, but at bare minimum - I'd expect more emphasis on federal guidance and a nationalized response rather than the current.... whatever the hell.
It's eerily reminiscent of this past February/March -- at a point when government leaders should have been leading a sobering discussion on the implications of a worldwide pandemic, planning accordingly, and steeling the nation for a rough year, we got... well... what we got. A full China lockdown was never going to be in the cards - nor should it have been - but what could and should have happened was an honest discussion about what we were faced with. Instead of happy talk about going to zero soon or measuring in weeks, we should have been preparing for a bad year.
If nothing else, I know Biden has already stated that invoking the DPA to ramp up production is one step that should have already been taken, but will be at least, in a couple weeks.
My friend works for a non-profit that does housing and job placement for the disabled. Because they interact with many at-risk people he is getting the first dose of the vaccine this week. I get why people are cynical about this but at least in CT they seem to be prioritizing things correctly.
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