Posted Mar 25, 2021, 6:36 PM UTC
This is great for hockey, but a head-scratcher in terms of the actual world.
Why? With all the millions of cases going on in Brazil India etc why does maybe 10 guys moving house and job with excess testing to follow them have any bearing. What's the worst that could realistically happen?
The Canadian government is revealed to be hypocritical , not caring about the welfare of its citizens by changing the sensible rules to favour a few rich people?
NHL players are tested every single day for COVID, and follow much stricter day to day guidelines than the average joe. It’s not unreasonable at all to suggest that they’re at a much lower risk of contracting COVID.
It's just showing the facade for what it is - money is what matters. The government has made it clear that they believe the best course of action for those coming into Canada right now is 2 weeks of quarantine, with the first several days being in a monitored hotel until you can show a negative test. As soon as money is thrown their way suddenly the rules are different and these regulations can now be altered.
As a difference, the NHL players being traded would have multiple clean covid tests before entering the country, instead just one, and wouldn't be entering on a public aircraft, they'd be driving or coming on a charter jet. And if you're driving in as a regular person, you don't need to stay in a hotel.
Is it a facade? There’s private COVID testing centres paid for by many big businesses and the NHL would be crazy to not be one. Not to mention we should be happy they do have the money to pay for it, otherwise no hockey, plain and simple because the government wouldn’t allow it. The government would not be the ones paying for PPE, testing, etc (which is very expensive), the owners are. There have been advancements in COVID testing turn around-times and there will continue to be, so makes sense the government is adjusting their rules accordingly.
Short rant on the point; the vaccines are all being purchased up by wealthy countries while the less developed countries can’t afford to even get started. There’s calls for that to change, but let’s be real, its money buying health care and in extension a COVID budget for teams. This is not at all fair and distribution of wealth globally is the goal, but we’re lucky to live where we do.
The part that reveals it's a facade is that you are still required to quarantine even after you get a negative result. They can afford to do all the tests they want, but the reality is that for a regular person a negative test means they still have to quarantine, for those with money negative tests mean they can skip a week of the quarantine's.
We have several airports where rapid testing is available on site.
If this goes well, maybe we can start allowing regular folk to do the same for legitimate reasons (visiting terminally ill family, for example).
I think by the time that happens, vaccinated people will be allowed to travel freely.
The rules can be altered, and are always altered all the time, by governments, by businesses, by people.
NHL players are a tiny, tiny subset of the population that have to test every single day, don't get to leave their hotels, are monitored everywhere they go. The general population wouldn't do that, so they don't get to have half the quarantine time.
In a way yes, in a way no. The players a are already supposed to be taking precautions to minimize their exposure when home. And we all know they are under strict rules on the road.
So generally speaking they are less likely than the general public to have covid-19. It's a risk, but statistically speaking, not an extreme risk.
I still don't think we're going to make a trade this season.
Jack Eichel for James Neal who says no
Neal has hit 40 goals, Eichel hasn’t.
Probably the salary cap
Neal for Eichel (50% retained) + a 5th.
Book it.
Now we’re talkin
Eichel is such a bust smfh
That's one way to sort out the "who is better" argument, put them on the same line
just kidding, that's not been an argument since they were drafted, McD all the wayThat's not how strikethrough works