COVID-19 at clubs

[Pattylallacks2]

He also added that the money saved in testing should go to the nhs.

Im in favour of players being vaccinated if football can continue. Its a valuable service to very many people.

So if football is a service lets not stop there. Before the elderly, vulnerable and front line workers who put their lives at risk, lets vaccinate referees, darts players, cricketers, elite athletes, drug dealers and reality TV stars.

[WanChaiMiller]

Sport plays a huge roll in the wellbeing of the country. Please dont trivialise it or under estimate its impact. I would put it high up on the priority list.

We're talking 5,000 doses for pro football and about 1,000 for pro rugby.

I understand the Lions SA tour may be staged in the UK. Why not vaccinate the 2 squads, maybe 200 doses and get it on.

450 for pro cricketers in England. Then maybe 50 doses for a touring side.

I think it adds real value to society.

I didnt say before front line workers. But my mum would rather see Jimmy Anderson bowling for England and delay her second vaccine.

[Pattylallacks2]

Sport plays a huge roll in the wellbeing of the country. Please dont trivialise it or under estimate its impact. I would put it high up on the priority list.

We're talking 5,000 doses for pro football and about 1,000 for pro rugby.

I understand the Lions SA tour may be staged in the UK. Why not vaccinate the 2 squads, maybe 200 doses and get it on.

450 for pro cricketers in England. Then maybe 50 doses for a touring side.

I think it adds real value to society.

I didnt say before front line workers. But my mum would rather see Jimmy Anderson bowling for England and delay her second vaccine.

I suspect that there are few women who would sympathise with your mother on that one. And anyone who has lost a friend or family member to Covid would certainly not sympathise with you. Shankley was wrong when he said that football is more important than life or death. Sport and the Arts do add value to society, but not at the expense of life. How many lives do you think are worth sacrificing so that people's enjoyment of sport is not interrupted?

[crashbang]

oh shes had one then ?
so sod everyone else and get the cricket on.
selfish sod.

[flourbasher]

I think someone's got their priorities wrong.
Unfortunately there are far too many who have done that, hence contributing to the position we now find ourselves in

[millertop]

Think we can see how some are brought up.

[WanChaiMiller]

Think we can see how some are brought up.

And how it that Millertop. Please expand?

[WanChaiMiller]

The Government recognise that pro sport plays a unique role in our society.* Theyve demonstrated that by allowing elite sport to continue through much of the pandemic when most other sectors have been placed under quite servere restrictions. So not sure the point Flour is making about me getting my priorities wrong.

Id extend the idea and vaccinate the cast of West End Shows, RSC, Royal Balet and the like. Get these live performances back on and stream them through social media (like football with iFollow) until we're in a position to get audiences back. Patty seems to want to admit sport and the arts add value to society but reluctant to go with it for some reason.

Theres a notion that if sportsmen get a jab it will be at the expense of someone else more deserving - that that person will be denied a vaccination. The Gov has said we will all get vaccinated. People in pro sport are already in the queue for a jab like everyone else. We will still all get a jab.

What Im suggesting is to stage the order that people get there jab slightly differently so people in elite sport who are required to continue playing move forward in the queue.

Johnson is telling us the Gov will inject about 220,000 vaccinations per day.* What Im suggesting would require a total of say 15,000 vaccinations (10,000 elite sport / 5,000 arts) its a small portion of a days work. By spreading it out over a few months (football rugby now - summer sports later) the numbers are*miniscule - and return a huge benefit for society.

Im not sure such small rejig in the order we deliver vaccinations can lead the huge resultant death rate implied. Maybe someone can explain the logic behind the thinking? I may reconsider my opinion.

I understand the reason the Gov has delayed the second jab is a shortage of supply.* They want to get as many vavaccinated in as short a space of time to turn around the huge infection rate.* Id only do what I suggesting when full supply comes on tap.

Sportsmen are being required to continue like many other essential workers. As a society I think we can afford to show some respect to them too.

The Eng cricketers and tourists played in covid bubbles all last summer. The Eng players have since moved to South Africa on to Sri Lanka, then, apparently, India. This is for the sole purpose of our entertainment. The Government recognise its importance by sanctioning the matches.*

Id like to think we could make 50 vaccines available for the current touring party out in Sri Lanka.

Im really not sure how what Im suggesting equates to a lack of moralty that will lead extra deaths. Maybe someone will explain in a more thoughtful manner rather than insults.

[millertop]

Brentford call two games off after more positives

[crashbang]

fk the elite. getting paid. vunerable stuck at home. skint.
give your head a wobble.