Whats received much less attention, however, are the medical outcomes. The NFL doesnt want to go back to daily testing. A week later, when Germanys top soccer league, the Bundesliga, announced that it would attempt to come back later that month, Macron apparently tried to get German officials to shut it down. Between the hyper-politicization of the players themselves and the medias apparent desire to shut down the games, its a strange time to be a sports fan. I dont know where these [rumors come] from. We arent accomplishing anything. Male athletes faced a higher risk than women, and Black men faced a higher risk than men overall, the study found. Not one NFL player has ever been told to stay away from the team if they have a cold or flu if they felt good enough to play or practice even tho those are also communicable respiratory viruses. I dont think the masks, testing, or vaccines have been too much to ask of anyone. One list circulating about the claim included 543 unconfirmed reports of athletes around the world who have died or faced serious issues since 2021. Enter the email you used to register to reset your password. The article quoted the players union medical director saying that it was a myth that being in shape would protect NFL playersyet in scientific circles, criticism of the BMI index for precisely this reason are common. , despite being associated with the typical symptoms of fever and chest pain and usual testing and imaging findings. Senator Ron Johnson, a Republican from Wisconsin, spread the falsehood in an appearance on the conservative podcast The Charlie Kirk Show.. All sorts of athletes dropping dead on the field because of the vaccine? Who are they protecting with these draconian measures? Could have the ability to stop the matter if we show unified resolve. In other words, being vaccinated reduces this risk. Below, we'll be tracking which NFL players have reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 this season. Players can suffer one of those and be ready to go again in a few days. The NFL's COVID-19 testing results for the October 3 October 16 period are as follows: 17,114 tests were administered to a total of 6,504 players and team NFL COVID-19 case tracker: Updated list of players who test positive for coronavirus during 2020 season. Team travel: Washington players rated this category an "F-. Are these positive tests all coming from one specific vendor or is it multiple that have no connection to each other? According to the leagues own website, only 20 players tested positive, a rate of just 0.1 percent, or about one in 1,000 testslower than most estimates for the viruss spread throughout the general population. Snyder testified for more than 10 hourson July 28. . Many have tested positive and we cant wait until they get back, but they always come back soon. Food service/nutrition: Players gave the Commanders a "D+" here. All of the sports cardiologists interviewed by TCTMD agreed that the benefits of vaccination are far greater than any potential safety concerns. Health officials warn against using VAERS to make determinations about vaccine risks. The team names, logos and uniform designs are registered trademarks of the teams indicated. Instead, We are collectively, staggeringly myopic. The Arizona Cardinals were ranked second-to-last, with the report noting that the team deducts the cost of provided dinner from players' paychecks if they eat. Thats the most sad commentary of this whole thing. The second negative came on Saturday.The Steelers have activated linebacker T.J. Watt from the COVID reserve list, clearing the way for him to play on Sunday against the Ravens.Watt tested positive on Monday. has delved into the timeline of how this rumored connection between the vaccines and athlete deaths spread, starting after 29-year-old Danish soccer player Christian Eriksen went into cardiac arrest during a Euro 2020 match in June 2021. On social media, users share links to local news reports about amateur athletes who died during games or while jogging. The NFL has a full-blown COVID crisis, at a time when many have become numb to the realities of the ongoing pandemic. Nothing more.and the data confirms this. The Snyders took the first steptoward potentially selling the Commanders: The club announced on Nov. 2 that a financial services firm had been hired to consider potential transactions. Asked if the Snyders were considering selling part or all of the team, which is worth billions of dollars, a spokesperson said, We are exploring all options., Eight days later, the D.C. attorney general made public his investigation, which he said began in the fall of 2021. The CDCsays that it has not detected unusual or unexpected patterns for deaths following immunizations that would indicate vaccines are causing or contributing to deaths, outside of nine confirmed deaths following the Janssen vaccine from Johnson & Johnson. Here is the updated list of NFL players who have beenplaced on the league's COVID-19 list after testing positive for the coronavirus: Newton will miss the Patriots' Week 4 game against the Chiefs after testing positive the Friday night before the game. On June 1, the committee invited Snyder and Goodell to appear at a hearing on workplace culture around the NFL scheduled for later in the month, which it called the next step in the investigation. When will people learn that being vaccinated means nothing in terms of a persons ability to contract and spread Covid? When are they gonna realize vaccinated, non-vaccinated, mask, no mask.everyone is gonna get it because nothing works to stop the spread beyond isolation. The transportation secretarys comments on the race of hardhat workers were as misleading as they were divisive. Why are they testing players who arent symptomatic? Covid-19 is disrupting the NFL, NBA and NHL, sidelining dozens of players, including some of the leagues biggest stars. The NFL has a full-blown COVID crisis, at a time when many have become numb to the realities of the ongoing pandemic. When 16 NBA players tested positive in late June heading to the leagues bubble in Orlando, league commissioner Adam Silver noted all were either asymptomatic or displayed mild symptoms. If you dont feel good just do like WE all used to do either stay home or suck it up and go to work. Absent a bubble, those teams with strong player leadership (like the Buccaneers) will do whatever they can to minimize their positive cases. The risk-benefit ratio here is heavily weighted towards benefit. This is a travesty, this is a scandal.". Most players testing positive had apparently few or no symptoms. As the team has searched for a new stadium, it has said that a new training facility will be a part of that complex. The Buccaneers strong leadership didnt stop players from forging vaccine cards to lie about their status. One such claim still popping up on social media see here on Twitter is that 108 FIFA-registered players or coaches died over a 6-month period last year after Its Possible. As talk emerged of how and when professional leagues might get restarted, the San Jose Mercury News demanded, Shut Down Sports During COVID-19 Pandemic. Some political leaders concurred. With such a highly vaccinated population, the NFL environment is not comparable to anywhere else in society. Health care providers are required to report any death after vaccination, even if there is no sign that the vaccine caused it. Covid deaths also are increasing, with daily average of 1,651 people dying over the past Jaguars have four players on COVID-19 list Posted by Charean Williamson July 25, 2021, 7:25 PM EDT Getty Images The Jaguars added a fourth player to the COVID-19 list Saturday. 3 min read. hes from apopka and was projected to be one of the top picks in this years nfl draft. The chief problem, the article said, was that many players are obese, and that makes them twice as likely to be hospitalized from the virus as the general population, research shows. 1 ranking in country. Health officials say that the links between vaccines and athlete deaths are baseless and that there is no evidence to suggest the vaccine is causing more deaths or injuries among athletes. Get vaccinated, 100%. The team did not lose any draft picks, and no formal suspensions were handed out. Division rivals Philadelphia received mostly As and Bs, the Dallas Cowboys also received high marks, as did the New York Giants. Every player is in exactly zero trouble from this virus. The conspiracy theory that athletes are collapsing or dying after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine resurfaced this week after two prominent voices advanced the idea. Lets move on. The result of the positive tests forced the league to reschedule the Titans' Week 4 matchup against the Steelers. Here's why: U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson. ESPN reported, citing anonymous sources, that Snyder hired private investigators and told people he has enough information to expose fellow owners and Goodell. Cross was diagnosed during life with mild cognitive impairment and was found at autopsy to have stage 4 chronic traumatic According to ESPN's Don Van Natta Jr., federal prosecutors have made a "secret" $55 million loan the "primary focus" of their investigation. MORE: What happens to players who test positive for COVID-19? An arrest warrant is out for NFL Draft pick Jalen Carter after UGA football player Devin Willock, of NJ, and Chandler LeCroy were killed in a crash. Myocarditis has been shown to be a rare side effect of the shots, with cases clustered in younger males. The Commanders' facilities in Ashburn have often been derided by players, many of whom note that they had nicer offerings when they played college football. Why Movieland says you have to be 17 to attend a movie after 7:30 p.m. They were given a "D.". disease you will understand why learned minds are concerned and other folks disregard the reality. As the Kansas City Star notes,Ta'amu "still takes part in team and positional meetings," which means he's still around the team and its players. NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport later reported the player hospitalized was offensive lineman Dakota Dozier. The idea that athletes are keeling over after getting the shot was given new life late last month when similar claims were put forth by US Senator Ron Johnson, a Republican from Wisconsin, and former NBA great John Stockton, as reported by the New York Times. Clinically diagnosed myocarditis related to a COVID-19 vaccine is really, really rare, Chung pointed out, and what weve found is that [with] clinically significant cases, for the most part, someone will have symptoms, and have on the order of moderate symptoms, and so theyd be on our radar and will likely be appropriately evaluated. If an athlete were showing any signs of myocarditis, they wouldnt be playing sports and wouldnt return to action until they had an appropriate workup and resolution of symptoms, he added. For example, they were the team most consistently identified as having an understaffed training room. He just does the press conferences. We cant stop a virus. For all teams, avoiding an untimely COVID case could be the difference between going home early, getting to the Super Bowl, and ultimately being fitted for a big-ass ring in 2022. Importantly, Niebauer said, the low risk of myocarditis has not really kept anybody from getting the vaccine in his experience. Some are devastating, even career threatening: torn ACL, ripped Achilles tendon, broken ribs and legs. Get back to filing this under seasonal highs and lows in the cold and flu catagory and move on with life. Later, the Patriots and Chiefs game was postponed following positive tests on both teams. 2023 www.statesman.com. 2023 Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Inc. All rights reserved. With lockdowns beginning last March in Europe and Asia and then spreading to the United States and elsewhere, sports leagues worldwide paused as the virus fanned out, and the cancellation of games cost leagues billions of dollars. Weve heard story after story. Please subscribe to keep reading. Patrick Remington, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madisons preventive medicine residency program and a former epidemiologist for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said the agency is already monitoring such things. Hint: If youre going to have holiday gatherings, make sure everyone is vaxxed and is stringently following protocols or theyre not invited. Its about the rate of transmission. Professional athletes are among the healthiest and best-cared for people on the planet, with few of the health problems that produce the worst outcomes from the disease. Many of those cases have other diagnosed conditions and even occurred before the pandemic startedso theres nothing to this., Drezner works with the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research, which aims to monitor all cases of sudden cardiac arrest and death among competitive athletes from middle school up through the professional level, and he said I am not aware of any COVID-19 vaccine-related athletic death thats occurred., Eugene Chung, MD (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor), chair of the American College of Cardiologys Sports and Exercise Cardiology Council, echoed that, saying, The sports cardiology community is a pretty tight-knit community and we talk frequently and many of us have been involved with the cohort studies that have been published over the last year-and-a-half . The opening of the NFL season last weekend represented a milestone of sorts for sports. And yet everyone who has gone on the covid list has come off. An NFL owner can only be removed by a three-quarters majority vote of the other owners. But those claims have also been debunked. "We continue to do ongoing surveillance, the vaccine surveillance system is in place to study any possible associations that come up. Ambitious renewables mandates by local governments are eroding the electric grids reliability, with alarming consequences. So its about the people around you, not just you. Despite hundreds of thousands of tests, vanishingly few serious cases have been reported among professional athletes. Across the United States cases of COVID-19 are on the rise due to the Omicron variant. Vaccination only protects the individual being vaccinated. As conditions change, so will the NFL-NFLPA protocols to prevent as many cases of COVID-19 as possible and to ensure the health of the players, coaches and personnel. The committee continued to push for the full release of the Wilkinson report,asking Goodellto release the full findings by Feb. 14 and threatening alternate means of obtaining compliance if he did not cooperate. Our own family has done this already and none of us plan on inviting Covid into our lives. Titans offensive lineman Roger Saffold did respond publicly, via Twitter, to the report of their workout. NFL Legend Franco Harris Dies Suddenly Was CDC Spokesperson for COVID Josef Niebauer, Think how many millions of young athletes have been vaccinated, said Drezner, team physician for the Seattle Seahawks, OL Reign, and Washington Huskies. After youre affected by someone who has had this hideous From the moment sports started back up, the media seemed alarmed, or determined to alarm its audience. If the playoffs are held in a bubble, fans may not be able to attend games. Yet headlines more often warn, New Premier League season at risk of chaos and Covid chaos. When six players from French soccer team PSG tested positive after going on vacation, a headlined proclaimed, PSG decimated by coronavirus, though all seemed asymptomatic and quickly returned after quarantine. Im guessing theres a reason the league didnt want to do a thorough investigation of the fake vaccination cards. Reports added that Macron was lobbying other European nations to follow suit. I think those links are completely false information, said Jonathan Drezner, MD (UW Medicine Center for Sports Cardiology, Seattle), editor-in-chief of the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Male Division I basketball players faced up to 10 times the risk of sudden cardiac death compared with all N.C.A.A. Five. Vaccinated NFL Player Wanted Unvaxxed Jailed Died Unexpectedly at Age 38. Learn how your comment data is processed. TCTMD All rights reserved. Many players wont like it. More detailed message would go here to provide context for the user and how to proceed. Shortly before the European womens Champions League was to resume in mid-August, officials announced five positive tests among players at Spains Athletico Madrid, but subsequent reporting showed that all five were asymptomatic. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/technology/covid-vaccines-misinformation.html. We have seen how coronavirus can affect the heart, and I think the data is pretty clear: the benefits of being vaccinated and trying to avoid getting the coronavirus in the first place far outweigh the risks., The spreading of rumors about athletes dying after getting a COVID-19 vaccine is really concerning, Chung said. mancave2022 says: This math just doesnt add up for the NFL. Ahead of free agency, NFL players ranked each of the 32 teams as a guide to other players considering where to play. December 14, 2021 at 8:34 pm But to say that those cases are now being linked to cardiac arrest on the athletic field is simply misinformation, Drezner said. Virtually all this reporting exclusively involved positive tests. Doing my part. Snyder released a statement denying those specific allegations and saying he was unaware of the incidents. "If knowledge is really power, then providing players with information about each club (will) not only help them make important career decisions, but it (will) also help raise the standards across each club," wrote NFL Players Association president JC Tretter. Josef Niebauer, MD, PhD (Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria), chair of the sports cardiology and exercise section of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology, told TCTMD that sudden death potentially linked to the COVID-19 vaccine just isnt a big topic of conversation in the sports cardiology community, reiterating that theres no solid evidence behind it. Jordan Heck is a social media producer at Sporting News. But I still would emphasize that the data has shown that the risk of myocarditis from the vaccine is quite rare and its much rarer than potential inflammation of the heart if one gets coronavirus infection., With a nod to the rare risk of myocarditis, Niebauer did advise athletes to pay attention to any cardiac symptoms after getting the vaccine, just as one would after any vaccine or any infection. The names of the Titans players who tested positive have been partially reported on over time. The House Oversight Committeeannounced Jan. 27 it would hold a roundtable discussion the following week with former employees to discuss workplace misconduct and sexual harassment. The answer is therapeutics, vaccines, etc. USA Today devoted a story to NFL legend Joe Montanas claim in August that he would have opted out of playing because this thing is killing people everywhere.. At the end of April, French president Emmanuel Macron, not waiting to see how the virus played out in Europe, announced that he was cancelling the already-suspended season of Ligue 1, the countrys top soccer league. In very rare cases, it can lead to more severe complications, including death. Asymptomatic testing helps identify persons spreading the disease to those that may be symptomatic. He got his start in journalism at. Steven Malanga is the senior editor of City Journal, the George M. Yeager Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and the author of Shakedown: The Continuing Conspiracy Against the American Taxpayer. The truth: actual cases have been rare, at least as far as we know. At his pre-Super Bowl virtual news conference, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell praised the organization, which he said has made a lot of changes already. That includedhiring Jason Wrightas team president in August. But dont be scared, Niebauer said, and certainly dont let it put you off vaccination., Todd Neale is the Associate News Editorfor TCTMD and a Senior Medical Journalist. Minority owners Fred Smith, Dwight Schar and Bob Rothman, whose shares added up to 40.5% of Washington Football Inc., sued Snyder in federal court in Maryland seeking an injunction to allow them to sell their shares of the team. The Washington Post has delved into the timeline of how this rumored connection between the vaccines and athlete deaths spread, starting after 29-year-old Danish soccer player Christian Eriksen went into cardiac arrest during a Euro 2020 match in June 2021. December 14, 2021 at 8:37 pm, Im pretty sure the death rate is as low as possible for any sort of virus. An early August article in the Charlotte Observer, for instance, labeled nearly half the players on the Carolina Panthers at severe risk from Covid because of underlying conditions. Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. But to say that those cases are now being linked to cardiac arrest on the athletic field is simply misinformation, Drezner said. Join our newsletter! 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A representative from the National Football League said there were no vaccine-related deaths or hospitalizations among roughly 3,000 players in the N.F.L. But to date, I am not aware of any studies or any credible research that suggests that vaccines cause death in young athletes.". No other Chiefs player has tested positive, but the combination of Ta'amu's positive test and Newton's forced the league the postpone the Week 4 matchup between the Patriots and Chiefs. 50Stars says: Im pretty sure the death rate is as low as possible for any sort of virus.. Mr. A total of13members of the Titans organization havenow tested positive for COVID-19 in the week-plusfollowing their Week 3 game against the Vikings. A record 106 NFL players were added to the league's reserve/COVID-19 list on Monday, according to Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network. Maybe with the NFLs heavier-than-average players, or with cold-weather virus conditions returning in Europe and the U.S., the medias coronabros will yet have their day. (CNN) Irv Cross, a former NFL star and broadcasting pioneer who died two years ago at the age of 81, had stage 4 chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the Boston University CTE Center said Tuesday. The articles rarely state whether someone was vaccinated or not and are usually published before the cause of death is determined. For the past three weeks, NFL teams have been hit hard with COVID-19 cases because of the rise of the Omicron variant throughout the world. Whats important, and I really do think this is true. Ambrosini also shared an article fromgoodsciencing.comwhich purports to list hundreds of young athletes who have died from the vaccine. Training staff: The Commanders hired a new head trainer this year after the previous one, Ryan Vermillion, left after a DEA investigation into the team's prescription-issuing habits. Hes the first player to make it back after only five days away.By rule, vaccinated players [more] In December, after the Post reported Snyder hired lawyers and private investigators that witnesses viewed as attempts to interfere with the investigation, Maloney and Krishnamoorthiasked the league to provide evidenceand said, These disturbing revelations have only strengthened the Committees commitment to uncovering the truth in this matter.. Folks who maintain good amounts of exercise throughout their life span, they end up at lower risk of having these sudden events, said Dr. Meagan Wasfy, a sports cardiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, who published a review of the study. The answer is therapeutics, vaccines, etc. NFL Legend Franco Harris Dies Suddenly Was CDC Spokesperson for COVID Vaccines 60,000 Children Injured and Dead Along with 4,571 Fetal Deaths Following COVID Vaccines. The NFLPA memo made While the vaccinated players may resent the termination of their preferred status, too bad. The road back, starting in early May with soccer in Germany, seemed fraught with peril, as criticsincluding sportswriters, medical experts, players, and politicianswarned that it was dangerous and irresponsible to start up again. Even if the league does have to postpone some games, the games will go on. Did you say the Bucs? Whats clear from the statistics that are made available, though, is that the infection rate for those athletes involved in return to play is vanishingly small, and that they may have been more protected by resuming work with their teams, especially as societies gradually reopened. Since then, the coronavirus has loomed heavily over the coverage of pro sports, with practically every case of a player testing positive making headlines. Via Adam Schefter of ESPN.com, a total of 75 players have tested positive in the last two days. Remington said the CDC is looking for causation, not just coincidence of two events happening in proximity to each other, such as cardiac episode and getting a vaccine. Anyone can read what you share. Vaccinated NFL players can come back to the field as soon as they deliver two negative PCR (lab) tests, taken 24 hours apart, if they have also been asymptomatic for two full days. That was a real jaw-dropper for us. George M. Yeager Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, Shakedown: The Continuing Conspiracy Against the American Taxpayer. Im going to go out on a limb and guess, MAYBE 7 or 8 of them. Amid calls from former employees for the NFL to release the findings of Wilkinsons investigation, members of the U.S. Congress got involved. The legislation offering hefty tax incentives had already been languishing amid a series of controversies involving the team when an assistant coach called the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol a dust-up.. Englands Premier League did 14 rounds of Covid testing between the middle of May, when teams began training again, and mid-Julyand each round that brought even a single positive test was followed by extensive headlines. All other NFL-related trademarks are trademarks of the National Football League. The following browsers are supported: Chrome, Edge (v80 and later), Firefox and Safari. Some 67 players did so by the deadline in late July. More than 140 NHL players have been . Im not aware of any athlete that died where it was suspected there was a side effect of the vaccination, he said, adding, I dont know where these [rumors come] from., Niebauer raised the possibility that disseminating such claims about the COVID-19 vaccines could have a real impact on public health. 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