COVID-19 continues to disrupt sports world: NHL to pause season Wednesday

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Source: USA Today

Chris Bumbaca USA TODAY

Published 1:18 pm ET Dec. 20,2021 / Updated 10:25 pm ET Dec. 20, 2021

No, this is not March 2020.

The coronavirus pandemic still poses a threat, and will continue to do so, but the medical field and infectious disease experts have learned plenty about the virus and its spread. Tools such as safe vaccines and masking options offer individual protection.

That means sports leagues will not shut down like they did 20 months ago. But with each passing day, it seems another sport or league is once again being affected by this pandemic, with postponements and infections. For example, 51 NFL players went on the COVID-19 reserve list Monday, including Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce.




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[ItsjustMe]

1. Damn it

They postponed the game I was going to watch tonight.

[RockRaven]

2. It's only disrupting part of the sports world. The NFL learned their lesson and has responded by

decreasing testing as much as possible...

Can't find what you don't look for. *taps temple and smirks*

[GB_RN]

10. In Best tRump Voice...

“Slow the testing DOWN PLEASE!!!”

[Orrex]

3. Wow. If not for the fact that so many businesses are remaining open with minimal masking policy...

one might be tempted to think that we're still in the middle of a fucking pandemic.

[Skittles]

4. I cannot imagine how much the "sports world" has helped to spread the virus

fuck them

[progree]

5. U.S. - A very sharp 47% rise in Monday new cases over last Monday, driving 7dma up 21%

from a week ago (7dma is 7 day moving average) and highest since September 19.
And there are probably some more Monday cases to be reported as I've found comparing late at night vs mid-day next day

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/covid-cases.html
no paywall, no quota, the "Last 90 days" button is very helpful. Map not to be missed

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The world: daily new cases (7 day moving avg) has surpassed its summer peak for the first time
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/world/covid-cases.html

[rownesheck]

6. I hope the Winter Classic

doesn't get canceled. I look forward to that every year! I love outdoors hockey!!!! Although, last year's got pretty f'd up.

[OnlinePoker]

7. Good. Maybe time to delay/cancel the Olympics as well. n/t

[sarcasmo]

12. NHL pulled out of the Olympics today. Link below

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/21/covid-olympics-nhl-hockey-china-525936

[bucolic_frolic]

8. Covid breathing on ice

[GoneOffShore]

9. Feeling sorry for all the people I know who work for NFL Films, but the players? Meh...

The owners? Double meh.

[Crowman2009]

11. Luckily I got a boat load of movies to watch.

I'll probably catch up on sports when I'm running low on streaming movies to watch.