In the last two weeks, the league's outbreak has seen a trend of counterattack, and as many as 72 players are in the process of agreement (the league's health and safety agreement) so far. Including today's postponed 3 games, a total of 5 games have been postponed.
If this situation continues, the NBA league may be shut down again. You know, the new season is almost halfway through the schedule, why have there been so many recent examples of triggering the league's health and safety agreements?
What is a Health & Safety Protocol?
As early as the beginning of the new season, the league developed a comprehensive health and safety agreement in response to the epidemic and sent it to all teams. The main contents are:
1. The NBA will establish an anonymous hotline to report possible violations;
2. According to the regulations, if someone tests positive for the new crown virus, there are only two ways for him to return to the team: the first isolation is 10 days, during which he cannot train; the second two PCR fluorescence tests (new crown virus rapid test) results are negative.
Once the player has completed the above steps, thereafter 2 days of personal training must be carried out, other players cannot be present, and the player cannot use the locker room, cannot change clothes, must wear a mask and undergo a heart test.
Why has there been a recent outbreak of alliance outbreaks?
The situation of the epidemic in the alliance is a small microcosm of the epidemic in the United States as a whole now. Especially after Thanksgiving, the epidemic in the United States has worsened again in the past two weeks, and it is no surprise that the epidemic will continue to climb as Christmas approaches.
In addition, senior officials of the US Department of Health said on the 14th that the Omicron mutation strain is spreading rapidly in the United States, and the fastest will usher in a peak of large-scale infection in January next year.
Even though most people in the U.S. are now vaccinated, not everyone is getting vaccinated. Although the players have been vaccinated, the people they come into contact with in private are very messy, and the vaccine can no longer completely block the constantly mutating virus. The alliance simply cannot control the epidemic by percentage, even if it is tested for covid-19 on a regular basis.
Is the alliance going to shut down again?
The NFL will reportedly no longer do nucleic acids on fully vaccinated and asymptomatic players to avoid the potential risk of suspension.
As the largest tournament league in the United States, the NFL has begun to abandon its resistance to the virus for the so-called "commercial interests", which is not announcing the acceptance of "herd immunity"! Will the NBA League be far away?
You know, in just two weeks, 72 players triggered health and safety agreements, including league superstars like Durant, Alphabet Brother and Harden. At this speed, maybe no one can fight the Christmas war at that time.
Of course, if the league does not mind and does not want to affect the ratings, it can completely select two teams of players from the agreement and engage in a special "All-Star Christmas War".
Jokes are jokes, but the current situation facing the league is very serious. With the arrival of their new year, according to the temper of the old beauty, it is impossible to stay at home quietly, and it is certain to get restless, and the large-scale infection of the epidemic is bound to be a high probability event.
So the league wants to avoid more players being recruited, and there are only two ways to choose:
1. Learn the NFL league's method of no longer giving nucleic acid to fully vaccinated and asymptomatic players, that is, to receive the so-called "herd immunity".
This practice will not affect the interests of business leagues, there is no confirmed diagnosis without testing, and the game is played as usual. But this is completely irresponsible for the health and safety of players, and it is definitely the next policy.
2. Re-enter the park, like the 2019-20 season, all the player teams that can play can be summoned to the park, and the epidemic can be strictly controlled.
But this method is not necessarily accepted by players, after all, the New Year's reunion with their families is imminent, and entering the park is difficult for Americans who yearn for freedom.
No matter what the choice, once the season is stopped, the probability will shrink.
[The "ball" is the same, I am the God on the right hand]