Confirmed with Link: All Habs games this week are postponed

[River Meadow]

Everything should be good to go then. Everyone vaxxed means there’s nothing to worry about.

Sorry I misunderstood what you were asking.

Disregard my post

 

[OldCraig71]

American Hospitals love Covid, you have to pay for your treatment... In Canuckistan we have limited beds there has to be a balance somewhere

The majority of Canadians are double vaccinated, there’s nothing to worry about.

 

[Habs]

The majority of Canadians are double vaccinated, there’s nothing to worry about.

well double vacc isn't that effective against new variant last time I checked, but with the booster it appears to be doing well

 

[OldCraig71]

well double vacc isn't that effective against new variant last time I checked, but with the booster it appears to be doing well

That's not what they said when they told everyone to get it though.

CDC Says Vaccinated People Can Go Back to Normal Life (voanews.com)

 

[sandviper]

well double vacc isn't that effective against new variant last time I checked, but with the booster it appears to be doing well

I don’t think so… I got 9/11 close family members who got sick this week, 5 of which had the booster.

Glad I didn’t attend that New Year’s family get together, which was when they got infected based on the timelines we discussed in our family group chat.

 

[Habs]

I don’t think so… I got 9/11 close family members who got sick this week, 5 of which had the booster.

Glad I didn’t attend that New Year’s family get together, which was when they got infected based on the timelines we discussed in our family group chat.

It isn't that effective if you are older than 67 I believe, but who knows.. they keep moving the goal posts and like the control. Walmart and the movie theater are open, the gyms are closed... I don't get any of it.

 

[ottawa]

That's not what they said when they told everyone to get it though.

CDC Says Vaccinated People Can Go Back to Normal Life (voanews.com)

That article is from May 13 lmao, are you f***ing with us?

Do you think Dr. Strange was there advising the CDC because he saw every possible futures and didn't foresee a new strain??

 

[sandviper]

It isn't that effective if you are older than 67 I believe, but who knows.. they keep moving the goal posts and like the control. Walmart and the movie theater are open, the gyms are closed... I don't get any of it.

Yup, no argument there.

 

[OldCraig71]

That article is from May 13 lmao, are you f***ing with us?

Do you think Dr. Strange was there advising the CDC because he saw every possible futures and didn't foresee a new strain??

Dr Strange? When the campaign for vaccination began, they told everyone that a double vaxx meant a return to normal life and now it's a booster as well, how long does this keep going? Sooner or later there has to be a realization that variants will keep coming and we either live with it or keep getting shots 2-3 times a year.

 

[Schwang]

Dr Strange? When the campaign for vaccination began, they told everyone that a double vaxx meant a return to normal life and now it's a booster as well, how long does this keep going? Sooner or later there has to be a realization that variants will keep coming and we either live with it or keep getting shots 2-3 times a year.

The issue is, the vaccine isn't a cure. Just like a flu shot, it helps lessen the symptoms of a particular strain. It spreads so quickly and causes some very severe symptoms in people who are older or have health issues, so even fully vaccinated people can still get very sick and die. Which of course, threatens to overwhelm Healthcare. You or I may feel fairly well, but we could have it and spread it to an older person.
At least, this is how I understand it.

 

[Koivu11]

 

[Schwang]

Teams are just going to keep running into these personnel issues. It's not going to be any different a week or even a month from now. If you aren't showing symptoms, let them play. Otherwise, you're just constantly taking guys out of the lineup who are probably healthy enough to play. I know this will never happen because they can still spread it, but I don't see anything changing for the rest of the season.

 

[OldCraig71]

Teams are just going to keep running into these personnel issues. It's not going to be any different a week or even a month from now. If you aren't showing symptoms, let them play. Otherwise, you're just constantly taking guys out of the lineup who are probably healthy enough to play. I know this will never happen because they can still spread it, but I don't see anything changing for the rest of the season.

I agree, either play or simply call it off, this is getting ridiculous.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Teams are just going to keep running into these personnel issues. It's not going to be any different a week or even a month from now. If you aren't showing symptoms, let them play. Otherwise, you're just constantly taking guys out of the lineup who are probably healthy enough to play. I know this will never happen because they can still spread it, but I don't see anything changing for the rest of the season.

I think that is what they're doing by making it a 5-day quarantine. To have guys who are either asymptomatic or no longer have any symptoms to come back quicker.

But the home games being postponed also has something to do with the curfew and if fans attend, even at a reduced capacity, those people will not be getting home before the 10PM curfew.

 

[peate]

But the home games being postponed also has something to do with the curfew and if fans attend, even at a reduced capacity, those people will not be getting home before the 10PM curfew.

Shows how ridiculous the whole thing is. What happens after 10? You become more sickly? Stupid breeds stupid.

 

[Schwang]

I think that is what they're doing by making it a 5-day quarantine. To have guys who are either asymptomatic or no longer have any symptoms to come back quicker.

But the home games being postponed also has something to do with the curfew and if fans attend, even at a reduced capacity, those people will not be getting home before the 10PM curfew.

True, but it's not just the Habs that are having games canceled. Imagine if this is still happening in the playoffs and you lose a few key players. That could be the end right there for a team. Do they postpone, or play through? Is it fair either way? I think the league needs to try to set some kind of rule or whatever before they reach that point.

 

[ottawa]

Dr Strange? When the campaign for vaccination began, they told everyone that a double vaxx meant a return to normal life and now it's a booster as well, how long does this keep going? Sooner or later there has to be a realization that variants will keep coming and we either live with it or keep getting shots 2-3 times a year.

There's no mission to ruin OldCraig71's life here...if this was as mild as the flu then we'd be back to living life normally, but the flu doesn't put people in ICU like covid does so the booster shots and restrictions will be applied as necessary to keep our hospitalization low.

I don't know how things are going in Quebec, but in Ontario we've added 120 to our ICU since last week alone and we're anticipating more this upcoming week.

It's not a big deal. Normality will come back in due time...it did briefly, but then ICU's shot back up. Hopefully they'll come back down asap and forever, time will tell.

 

[OldCraig71]

There's no mission to ruin OldCraig71's life here...if this was as mild as the flu then we'd be back to living life normally, but the flu doesn't put people in ICU like covid does so the booster shots and restrictions will be applied as necessary to keep our hospitalization low.

I don't know how things are going in Quebec, but in Ontario we've added 120 to our ICU since last week alone and we're anticipating more this upcoming week.

It's not a big deal. Normality will come back in due time...it did briefly, but then ICU's shot back up. Hopefully they'll come back down asap and forever, time will tell.

It's not about me, my life is pretty much the way it always was. I am referring to healthy athletes that are all vaccinated and even the ones that test positive have little to no symptoms but they can't play. Steve Yzerman spoke out on the very same subject a little while ago, he seems confused about what is going on. I believe that the season should just be canceled, if the risk is as great as they say it is then just shut it down.

 

[rik schau]

Came here expecting to get current news on which players are slated to participate in the upcoming matches,are there any updates? I have looked at capF to gauge the situation but does not clarify much.

 

[Bacchus1]

So what is going on with the infected Habs? I haven’t heard anything about Habs players being removed from Covid protocol yet.

 

[Megaforce]

The dominant covid variant is now a common cold, 30x more communicative than the old version.
We're all going to catch it and we're all going to be fine.
There's no controlling it with injections.
The NHL needs to let everybody play on as normal and let the fans watch as normal.

 

[CHfan1]

Hopefully this doesn’t push out the draft lottery, because that’s what really matters but the season may be pushed out a week:

 

[Bacchus1]

The dominant covid variant is now a common cold, 30x more communicative than the old version.
We're all going to catch it and we're all going to be fine.
There's no controlling it with injections.
The NHL needs to let everybody play on as normal and let the fans watch as normal.

Yup, I hope you are right. I’ll wait until the hospitals are not overwhelmed, though, to verify that thesis.

 

[Runner77]

Hopefully this doesn’t push out the draft lottery, because that’s what really matters but the season may be pushed out a week:

Dreger the all time champ of caveats obscured by innuendos and generalizations.

Where does one sign up for that kind of gig?