News Article: 12/22 Canadiens at Rangers Postponed

[Blais to Win]

Is it me or there's significantly less (if any at all) discussion (not even in a doomsayer manner) of hospitalizations, severity, symptoms, death rates, (re)vaxxing (not)affecting it etc.
This time it's just like OMICRON IS COMING OMICRON IS COMING !!!

There’s an informative article in the Times today about efficacy of various vaccines on omicron. Short version: Moderna works pretty well.

 

[Lua]

Great, now I have to spend time with my friends and family

 

[Crease]

Seems like omicron--a more transmissible but less deadly variant--is a step in the right direction, when you look at the evolutionary cycle of a virus.

 

[duhmetreE]

There’s an informative article in the Times today about efficacy of various vaccines on omicron. Short version: Moderna works pretty well.

Is it as effective as my immune system?

 

[cwede]

Is it me or there's significantly less (if any at all) discussion (not even in a doomsayer manner) of hospitalizations, severity, symptoms, death rates, (re)vaxxing (not)affecting it etc.
This time it's just like OMICRON IS COMING OMICRON IS COMING !!!

anyone else amused to know that Septa Unella is the 'Dolan' in Ted Lasso
Game Of Thrones Star Kept Shame Bell After Production Wrapped

 

[Brief Candle]

Is it as effective as my immune system?

If our immune systems were all so perfect, we wouldn't have over 5 million people dead from this world wide.

 

[Richard Banger]

Time to catch up on some Netflix series. I recommend Locke & Key and The Witcher.

Peaky Blinders is also a great watch

 

[Machinehead]

Is it as effective as my immune system?

It trains your immune system.

It's like asking if the weights are as effective as your muscles. It's a complete non-sequitur.

 

[Chaels Arms]

The NFL has given the NHL the way out of this. Just do what they do. I'd even be ok if we went back to the previous divisional alignments to limit travel if that meant getting more games in.

 

[duhmetreE]

If our immune systems were all so perfect, we wouldn't have over 5 million people dead from this world wide.

Who said anything about perfect? Are you inferring the Gene Therapy injection is perfect?

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

Not convinced the league will play all 82 games. Good thing the Rangers banked all these points early.

This is a great point.

I think the league will try to get in as many games as they can, but they are gonna be forced here during the break to hold off on playing a lot of games. I doubt a lot of the postponed games will actually be played. Omicron is exploding. The case and infection rate charts are going straight up.

Sending players to Beijing is in serious jeopardy (At this point it is all but decided they wont imho). But the problem is they really won't be able to reschedule many games within that Olympic break because all of the rinks went out and booked other events, even though the league told them to wait (like they were ever going to do that given the economics of Covid).

Maybe the only way we will see some games rescheduled within that time frame is if they come up with an outdoor stadium series in 6 locations where every team can get to play 2-4 outdoor games. But given the logistics, expenses of setting up the rinks, ticket sales, etc. its doubtful they would be able to pull that off.

Its looking like we may be headed towards the worst part of the pandemic.

 

[rangersfansince08]

I wanted us to play a few games with Panarin out. Was hoping PP1 time and top six minutes would get Kakko and Laf going, respectively.

 

[motopanekeku]

If our immune systems were all so perfect, we wouldn't have over 5 million people dead from this world wide.

He wasn't asking about everyone's immune system.

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

Is it me or there's significantly less (if any at all) discussion (not even in a doomsayer manner) of hospitalizations, severity, symptoms, death rates, (re)vaxxing (not)affecting it etc.
This time it's just like OMICRON IS COMING OMICRON IS COMING !!!

I'd say that with this variant its going to be a vastly different experience with those who are vaxxed (with & without boosters) vs the unvaxxed. But it will affect all of us, sick with Covid or not.

Theres a hope that Omicron wont be as virulent as Delta but with the transmission rate seemingly much higher, the math says that the hospitals will be packed. The kicker is, if its just serious enough to put non-vaxxed people in hospital beds but not kill them (which is good thing) it may become a much more dire situation in that more care facilities wont have any room for more patients, both suffering from COVID AND Non-covid issues that require hospitalizations.

People seem to forget that we need hospital beds for many other diseases, issues, emergencies etc not Covid related. People can argue that getting vaxxed isnt helping anything because those who are vaxxed are still getting infected and/or still transmitting it into the community. But they never developed the vaccines to completely stop the virus. They did so with the understanding it would keep people out of the hospital beds, and it's doing just that.

But with so many resistant to getting vaccinated its going to put a real strain on the healthcare systems. And nurses and doctors and workers are already beyond stressed given what they've had to endure of the last two years. I really feel for them, because its going to get worse again really quickly

 

[JimmyG89]

Seems like omicron--a more transmissible but less deadly variant--is a step in the right direction, when you look at the evolutionary cycle of a virus.

This is a great point that I've stressed to a lot of people that I know. We're getting closer to the end of this thing. The combination of immunity gained by exposure and vaccination, and for some both, is going to end this. Once we get closer to the spring, this wave will likely be the last one that causes any level of scare.

Not to this point, but to the point of others talking about fans being in the stands, but only the players being tested and that some fans might bring it in. Where are the players being in close contact with fans for sustained periods of time? They're already pretty isolated from fans. This isn't the NBA where you have people sitting courtside. There is tall glass between the players and fans. I do not see fans causing an issue with players catching COVID while playing. Maybe after a game, but not during the game.

 

[Blais to Win]

Is it as effective as my immune system?

Read the article.

 

[tlk]

Anyway the interesting part is how this affects the season. So far I'm not sure beyond the matter of fact reports of cancellations and ppl "in the COVID protocol".

Canada... refuses to disappoint and does what canada does. Maybe having an actual PM/party at helm instead of a numpty clumsily scoring woke echo chamber political points might have helped after all... Or maybe not.

 

[KOVALEV022473]

Is it as effective as my immune system?

No!

 

[HFBS]

Time to catch up on some Netflix series. I recommend Locke & Key and The Witcher.

Losers is also good.

You like Losers? Watch the devils. It's free with MSG.

 

[Leonardo87]

You like Losers? Watched the devils. It's free with MSG.

 

[and 99 others]

Read the article.

you're making a big assumption about @duhmetreE there, Bob!

 

[GAGLine]

Is it as effective as my immune system?

Have you had Covid recently? If so, then your immune system will have generated the antibodies needed to fight off Covid. If not, the vaccine will trigger your immune system to create those antibodies. Neither is going to keep you safe from it indefinitely.

It's science, but it's not rocket science.

 

[Machinehead]

Any population undergoing mass compulsory testing is probably never again going to find results they're comfortable with. Seriously, never again. This is just a thing now.

Testing is not a method that makes sense anymore. The crisis has changed.

I hate to give Yzerman credit but he's right.

If the league wanted to do a break to do boosters, that at least makes some sense to me. Anything else is just kicking the can down the road.

 

[Machinehead]

This is a great point that I've stressed to a lot of people that I know. We're getting closer to the end of this thing. The combination of immunity gained by exposure and vaccination, and for some both, is going to end this. Once we get closer to the spring, this wave will likely be the last one that causes any level of scare.

Not to this point, but to the point of others talking about fans being in the stands, but only the players being tested and that some fans might bring it in. Where are the players being in close contact with fans for sustained periods of time? They're already pretty isolated from fans. This isn't the NBA where you have people sitting courtside. There is tall glass between the players and fans. I do not see fans causing an issue with players catching COVID while playing. Maybe after a game, but not during the game.

The experts finally admitting it's airborne was necessary, but I get why they hesitated. "Airborne" causes panic because it sounds horrible and people don't understand what it means.

A lot of people I talk to think this virus has wings. Airborne means it can linger in a space after a sick individual has departed. It doesn't mean it's going to fly from the seats to the ice in a massive, well-ventilated building.

I can't even picture that without chuckling a bit.

 

[Synergy27]

This is a great point.

I think the league will try to get in as many games as they can, but they are gonna be forced here during the break to hold off on playing a lot of games. I doubt a lot of the postponed games will actually be played. Omicron is exploding. The case and infection rate charts are going straight up.

Sending players to Beijing is in serious jeopardy (At this point it is all but decided they wont imho). But the problem is they really won't be able to reschedule many games within that Olympic break because all of the rinks went out and booked other events, even though the league told them to wait (like they were ever going to do that given the economics of Covid).

Maybe the only way we will see some games rescheduled within that time frame is if they come up with an outdoor stadium series in 6 locations where every team can get to play 2-4 outdoor games. But given the logistics, expenses of setting up the rinks, ticket sales, etc. its doubtful they would be able to pull that off.

Its looking like we may be headed towards the worst part of the pandemic.

It’s going to be interesting to see how certain players who have already been very vocal about wanting to play in the Olympics (Ovechkin, etc.) react when the league pulls everyone out.