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Secondly, rules and laws must follow logical criteria in order to be enforced.
A sporting event may be of little importance but tying people's rights to a mandatory medical treatment isn't.
More so if the mandatory medical treatment in question is as ineffective as these vaccines seem to be.
If I was a pro racer I would probably have tried to time as much of my vaccinations with the start of the off-season to minimise the effect on my training. However with the Booster requirements that seems a little tricky to get just right.
Anyhow, wouldn't most pro racers and their teams already be vaccinated to be able to get around most travel restrictions?
Preface part2, I'm triple vaccinated (2 rounds of AZ initially, in May and June) and I ran out to get a Pfizer booster as soon as it was possible in Slovenia (vector vaccines enabled an only 2 month period before the booster could be applied), so I got the third shot in early novembre.
I've recently had a listen to a Peter Attia podcast about the state of Omicron: https://peterattiamd.com/covid-19-current-state-omicron/
And I'm currently listening to the Barri Weiss podcast (one of the guests is the same in both cases): https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vUl…
In both cases (at least after the first hour oft he Barri Weiss podcast I've listened to, I still have t listen to the last half an hour)I find it VERY weird that they don't mention any long term effects that are apparently quite often found in people that have dealt with COVID. Granted, with Omicron we don't know if any of them still apply, though on the other hand, given how many weird complications can arise from COVID (not related to the respiratory tract), we also don't know if there are any new ones.
BUT! Given how many positive people we have in Slovenia these days (~6-times as many as a year ago per day), given that it's happening everywhere and given that it appears Omicron, even though the case numbers are MUCH higher, hospital loads seem to be staying fairly the same, I'm in the camp of 'this will blow over in the next two months'.
As another 'preface' (postface?) I didn't hang out with anybody from october 2020 to june 2021 except coworkers (wearing masks and all), but given what Omicron appears to be like and given how tired everybody really seems to be (didn't think I'd ever say it, but it's really cumbersome showing the vaccination confirmation QR code and ID everywhere...), I have a feeling a lot of people will just shrug at whatever happens from this point on. And the doctors in the podcasts have a point, this is likely something that will stay with us forever, likely as the fifth coronavirus that is the cause of the common cold (which still does kill people, just like the flu).
I wouldn't bet on France opening things up by the end of March, but I wouldn't be surprised, if that does in fact happen around the world or happens shortly thereafter.
UAE Emirates team was, apparently, vaccinated in january 2021. You know, the team of the two time Tour de France winner
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uae-team-emirates-given-covid-19-vacci…
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uae-team-emirates-taking-no-chances-wi…
I'm not sure they would gain much by claiming this and faking it behind the scenes to be honest. Even more so by taking the Sinopharm vaccine (which, incidentally, has a very low protection rate...). Well, looks like it didn't do too much harm to Pogačar
@bulletbass man, it hasn't been years, it's been less than a week longer than half a year. I think he's a Pinkbike 'refugee'.
There are tons of countries that demand certain vaccinations if you want to enter the country, even if you do not plan to travel to the areas where the diseases vaccinated against are endemic. These vaccines are often as effective as the Covid vaccine.
A lot of jobs in medicial professions, as animal keeper, in biotech, at the wastewater treatment plant, etc. require vaccination for certain diseases that you might be exposed to with your work tasks.
Do you hear people complaining about that? Either you follow these rules or you decide to not travel/work there. Done. If some athletes do not want to get vaccinated then nobody should force them to, but they need to live with the consequences of their actions.
It has been long since I have seen a more racist, oblivious to scientific facts, opinionated and downright dumb (hereby referring to your apalling “shot for shot” stupidity, you are the perfect example as to why guns should not be for everybody) in this site.
Get help, and leave your shit at the door when you come on here.
People seem to forget that their children must have certain vaccines to attend public school, in the US. My Dad remembers getting the polio vaccine, no shot…just a drop of liquid on a sugar cube. Speaking of measles…I’ve got to get my 2nd Shingles vaccine this month.
The issue with the vaccine is that it does not act as a vaccine at at - it does not prevent contraction of Covid nor does it prevent the spread of Covid; although it does seem to have a "perceived" slight reduction of symptoms of Covid, but having had Covid recently I can say that is false. So an unvaccinated vs. vaccinated person have roughly the same opportunities to spread, contract, be hospitalized, etc with the unvaccinated having the edge with a 100% immunity to unproven genetic modifying MRNA drugs (the results of which are locked until 2076). The vaccinated do, however, have a 0% chance of suing for said side effects as this is still an "emergency use only" drug.
With virtually no difference between vaccinated vs. unvaccinated, there is virtually no reason to require healthy individuals to take an experimental emergency use drug to compete in DH racing.
I'll let someone else deal with the other points, the '"perceived" slight reduction of symptoms', hospitalisations, unproven genetic modifying drugs, etc. Can't have all the fun for myself
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quite frankly, i'm really surprised that anyone responds to trolls or argumentative people on either side of an opinion in an internet forum these days. the simpsons still say it best 27 years later. just don't look (if you don't look or respond, it means nothing).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlKao_Pox5A
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