Sean Dyche - vaccine for footballers?

[Zabbasbeard]

This is outrageous and morally repugnant. In what world should young fit athletes receive much needed vaccines against a deadly virus before the more clinically vulnerable. Not this one, I hope.

 

[bert38]

They'd still need testing-it's a no from me.

 

[domalino]

They'd still need testing-it's a no from me.

I don't see why they would need testing when vaccinated NHS workers no longer need to be tested.

 

[OrigamiNinja]

The problem is when most people think of the term "key worker", they think about those on the front line but the governments idea of this is completely different.

I am considered a key/essential worker because I work for a medical device company (non-COVID related). My wife is considered a key/essential worker because she works in the construction industry. My wife and I both 40ish, healthy and WFH with very little face-to-face people interaction. Being lower on the vaccination priority list is entirely appropriate for us.

Footballers must fall into the key worker category when they are being forced to play. Yes they may be young and healthy but they are moving around far more than your average person and being introduced to other people, with close contact multiple times per week. Their chances of catching the virus are far higher than most.

I don't think it is fair that they are told to play for the mental well-being of the rest of the population but not given the vaccine to facilitate this. We are supposed to be ramping up vaccinations to 2 million p/w? Vaccinating those in football would be a tiny percentage of this number.

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Shouldn’t be still playing end of imo

 

[Bluesince1979]

We buy what we want, we buy what we want, were the premier league we buy what we want, I was waiting for some dick to suggest this, the money saved would be minimal to the amount being pumped in to the NHS and vaccine push, and any fit healthy footballer getting a vaccine in front of an at risk person is immoral.

Some dick? Thats why i said i was torn. Thanks

 

[Bluesince1979]

The problem is when most people think of the term "key worker", they think about those on the front line but the governments idea of this is completely different.

I am considered a key/essential worker because I work for a medical device company (non-COVID related). My wife is considered a key/essential worker because she works in the construction industry. My wife and I both 40ish, healthy and WFH with very little face-to-face people interaction. Being lower on the vaccination priority list is entirely appropriate for us.

Footballers must fall into the key worker category when they are being forced to play. Yes they may be young and healthy but they are moving around far more than your average person and being introduced to other people, with close contact multiple times per week. Their chances of catching the virus are far higher than most.

I don't think it is fair that they are told to play for the mental well-being of the rest of the population but not given the vaccine to facilitate this. We are supposed to be ramping up vaccinations to 2 million p/w? Vaccinating those in football would be a tiny percentage of this number.

2000 for players and staff. 0.1%

 

[Bluesince1979]

Shouldn’t be still playing end of imo

Im not in disagreement with that. But they are.

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Im not in disagreement with that. But they are.

That’s money for you

 

[domalino]

2000 for players and staff. 0.1%

To put that in context, if they were vaccinated when we hit 2,000,000 doses a week, putting 2000 players and staff at the top of the list would result in a 2.4 minute delay to everyone below them getting the jab, assuming it's given from 9-5pm 5 days a week.