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Test everyone, or quit testing ! It’s 100% unfair to test an unvaccinated rider and not a vaccinated rider.
As we know now, the vaccine will not keep you from getting COVID.
If a vaccinated rider catches it, there’s a good chance he may not even know and will then put others around him at risk.
It is also unfair, if said rider is able to race, either with or without symptoms. There’s a lot of money at stake per race and obviously for a championship.
Maybe they do a throw out round for lowest points/ missed race, to make it fair ! That’s about the only way to do it at this point, with the testing protocols.
I certainly see Kenny's point that his immune system may not well tolerate vaccination and that is a valid concern. I also agree with the previous that basically everyone should be tested at this point. Being vaccinated isn't stopping contraction of the virus.
It really shouldn't be a matter of being forced or coerced but doing your part to maintain a viable healthcare system. Delaying nonemergent or extremely critical care because the ICU is full is happening nearly everywhere in the US now. That is a terrible terrible thing. When you need health care , you need it!
With that said I am fully on board to just test everyone in SX and call it good.
And yes, that would be a problem for the 2 short 250 series.....
That they haven't had the forsight to do this, in a time of pandemic, makes me really wonder about their thought processes.
It's going to lose them More money ( in a period of a couple of years that they've lost a Lot ) when one, or two, or More of the Headline Riders catch this incredibly contagious variant.
And opening up the pits, is really a silly thing to do, at this time, as well.
Pit Row
But I also understand where you’re coming from, regardless of who they come in contact with. It’s going to be really interesting in the next 3-4 weeks.
We are tested 3 days a week on my industry, regardless of vaccination. If you test positive, you get 10 days off, Paid.
Once you test positive, you do not have to test again for 90 days.
I believe these guys are on the same testing program for those who have had it in the last 90 days.
For example-
Brayton will not have to test again until approximately April 14th.
It’s a bummer that there is not enough information out there about the actual facts. Nobody knows who/ what to believe anymore. We all have our own opinions on all this mess (I’m sure we are on the same page), but some of the people who think that they are “RIGHT” and everyone else is wrong, are really starting to get under my skin.
People in general need to stay in their lane !
No vaccine makes you simply immune to "infection". Vaccines, when they work as intended, just train your own immune system so that as soon as a viral particle is detected, your own immune system kicks the virus' ass. Why you get really sick if not vaccinated, is your immune system is "untrained". Initially it does not know what to do to battle viral particles. Being un-vaccinated (and not having been previously infected) is liking training your army to fight a new type of war....at the same time you are being invaded. It may be too late.
So if non vaccinated, or if not previously infected, when the virus invades your body, it just runs wild, unchecked for many days as your body figures out how to attack it. By the time your immune system knows what to do, the viral load can be beyond comprehension. Covid victims have been measured with viral loads as high as 6 TRILLION viral particles per mL in nasal samples. Yikes. By the time your immune system knows what to do, your body could be overwhelmed. It might not win the battle.
So people who are vaccinated (or who developed immunity through prior infection) have likely been infected...probably more than once. Their "trained" immune system just killed off the virus so fast that it never even got to the point they had symptoms, or an "infection" could be detected.
This is also why vaccines do not work if you are immune system compromised. If your immune system is non-existent, there is nothing to train. So the vaccine does nothing.
Big bummer for JB...he looks like he is riding solid.
But to not deal with the bullshit as a racer and risk 100s of thousands of dollars I’m just surprised 🤷🏻♂️
Is he sick ?
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