The NFL and NFL Players Association has worked to directional through the second season held amid the COVID-19 pandemic at a time when a safe vaccine is available to all players, coaches and staff before exhibition matches begin. beginning in August.
It looks like the majority of staff has remained relatively safe from the start of pre-season action through the start of Super Bowl week.
Based on Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk, the NFL’s medical director Dr. Allen Sills said on Monday that the league reported just one coronavirus-related hospitalization out of about 7,000 players, coaches and staff in the league. this season.
Sills did not name individuals, but it is known Minnesota strike guard Dakota Dozier was hospitalized one night with COVID-19 symptoms in November. Dozier finally returned to the squad at the end of the season.
“We have clearly seen beneficial effects from vaccines,” explains Sills. “We consistently see higher rates of COVID in unvaccinated people than in vaccinated people.”
95% of players are considered vaccinated against COVID-19, while almost 100% of coaches and staff are vaccinated. It’s unclear what immunization procedures will be adopted by the NFL and NFLPA for the 2022 campaign, but history suggests discussions on the topic will take place throughout the upcoming holiday season.
