NFL Stopping COVID-19 Procedures

NFL Does Something Unexpected, Shocks Fans Nationwide

The National Football League (NFL) has announced that it will be stopping some of its COVID-19 related procedures, effective immediately.

The NFL will be curtailing daily COVID testing of all players, whether they are vaccinated or unvaccinated.

In a memo sent to the 32 clubs — which was obtained by The Associated Press — the league said on Friday, January 21st that medical experts from the NFL and the players’ union agreed to the change.

Apparently, the NFL’s doctors have seen enough evidence of a decrease in positive COVID tests in the previous month to feel comfortable with dropping daily tests.

In the month before the rule change, weekly testing for vaccinated players and personnel/staff was stopped, but anyone who reported symptoms of the coronavirus or was part of targeted surveillance still was subjected to COVID testing.

“Following consultation with our jointly retained infectious disease experts, the NFL and NFL Players Association have updated the NFL-NFLPA COVID-19 protocols to eliminate the distinction between vaccinated and unvaccinated players to determine testing cadence,” the memo stated. “Effective immediately, all players and tiered staff will be subject to strategic and targeted testing.”

The NFL will continue symptom-based testing and screening for symptoms.

“This comprehensive, symptom-based approach to testing reflects our recent experience with the omicron variant and conforms to current public health recommendations and best practices employed in healthcare, and offers the best opportunity for identifying and treating cases promptly and avoiding spread within the facility,” the memo stated.

Of course, the NFL waited until just before the Super Bowl to make this change, so it was pretty much a useless rule change at that point. According to The Daily Caller, at the time of the rule change, it was “believed that there [were] only 12 unvaccinated players remaining in the playoffs.”

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