MLB is expected to approve this year’s COVID-19 protocols by next week as it enters its third pandemic season.
That’s scary stuff — even if, as the Cubs hope and expect, he’s fully recovered and has no lingering adverse effects.
And now — just as media are allowed back in MLB clubhouses and the United Center has lifted vaccine requirements for fans to coincide with this weekend’s NCAA regionals — we are learning about a new BA.2 sub-variant of the Omicron variant that proved more contagious than previous versions of the COVID-19 virus.
It’s that the pandemic isn’t over. No matter how tired and angry we are as it enters its third year in this country.Maybe this is with us to stay at some level, and maybe that makes this a new-normal, COVID-included world.MLB is expected to finalize and release its 2022 COVID-19 protocols next week, and the hope is there’s enough vigilance, common sense and redoubled prevention efforts to keep at least that part of the world headed in the right and healthiest direction.
The protocols will be even more important in the wake of Wednesday’s news that New York City plans to lift its vaccine mandate for athletes of local teams — including the Yankees and Mets — on Thursday.