The NFL Players Association wants daily COVID-19 testing for fully vaccinated players.
The league and the union agreed last week to update protocols so vaccinated players would be tested weekly instead of every 14 days as they were during training camp."Since the beginning of training camp, we have been testing our vaccinated players once every 14 days. It has been ineffective as we've had significantly more incidents of transmission inside the building this year than last year,'' Tretter wrote in a column on the union's website.
The league most recently announced 93% of players are vaccinated. Unvaccinated players are tested daily and face strict protocol requirements. The league didn't immediately respond to a request for a response to Tretter's comments. "We are all tired. No one likes that this is the world we are living in still this season. No one likes mitigation methods,'' Tretter wrote."But we cannot do what is easy over what is right. We cannot do what is cheaper over what is right. We have been warned by our experts that, because of our current testing cadence, we are at more risk of missed games this season than last season.
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