No Gleyber Torres in Baltimore this weekend

[SteveA]

He tested positive for Covid and went on the Covid IL.

Interestingly, he is fully vaccinated, AND he had a positive test for Covid at one point during the offseason.

So the Yankees we face this weekend will be without Torres, but they will have Luke Voit who was injured the times we played them earlier this year.

[Frobby]

I don’t like to be reminded that it’s possible to get Covid even if fully vaccinated.   I’d rather not think about that.   I won’t miss Gleyber, though.

[maybenxtyr]

You can still get Covid even with the vaccine. The symptoms are supposed to be relatively minor.

[owknows]

Ahhhh..!! The Goggles... They do nothing

[Frobby]

Just heard it’s 8 players now.    Looking for a link.  
 

No, 7 coaches & staff, plus Torres.  
 

[LocoChris]

10 hours ago, Frobby said:

Just heard it’s 8 players now.    Looking for a link.  
 

No, 7 coaches & staff, plus Torres.  
 

They all got J&J, which branded itself as 100% effective at preventing hospitalization and death, but doesn’t prevent “infection”. So to that end the vaccine is performing as advertised. Still, about 25 players/coaches did not get it, it appears. 

[scOtt]

I wish Torres all the good luck and good health in the world. That being said, good riddance to him this series.

[Frobby]

The Post ran a very good article about this outbreak today.  Quoting a UVA epidemiologist;

“Is [the Yankees’ outbreak] predictable? I think it is predictable if you have a vaccine that doesn’t prevent that particular outcome of covid and if you’re relaxing some of the infection-prevention practices that we’ve been practicing for a while now during the pandemic. So if you’re gathering indoors and taking off masks and being closer to one another and you have a vaccine that doesn’t prevent asymptomatic infection [as well as the others], then you’ll see these events if you’re testing for it.”

On April 30, the Yankees were allowed to relax their MLB-mandated coronavirus protocols after reaching an 85 percent vaccination rate among players, coaches and staff members. They no longer had to wear masks in dugouts and bullpens, and restrictions on mobility during road trips were loosened. But after the positive tests started coming in during a trip to Florida this week, players began taking precautions again.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/05/13/yankees-vaccinated-positive-coronavirus/%3foutputType=amp

The whole article is worth a read.  

[Sports Guy]

3 minutes ago, Frobby said:

The Post ran a very good article about this outbreak today.  Quoting a UVA epidemiologist;

“Is [the Yankees’ outbreak] predictable? I think it is predictable if you have a vaccine that doesn’t prevent that particular outcome of covid and if you’re relaxing some of the infection-prevention practices that we’ve been practicing for a while now during the pandemic. So if you’re gathering indoors and taking off masks and being closer to one another and you have a vaccine that doesn’t prevent asymptomatic infection [as well as the others], then you’ll see these events if you’re testing for it.”

On April 30, the Yankees were allowed to relax their MLB-mandated coronavirus protocols after reaching an 85 percent vaccination rate among players, coaches and staff members. They no longer had to wear masks in dugouts and bullpens, and restrictions on mobility during road trips were loosened. But after the positive tests started coming in during a trip to Florida this week, players began taking precautions again.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/05/13/yankees-vaccinated-positive-coronavirus/%3foutputType=amp

The whole article is worth a read.  

Thus why all the hysteria about how you have to get a vaccine is bs.

[Ruzious]

4 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Thus why all the hysteria about how you have to get a vaccine is bs.

I think we've been told not to make comments like that - one way or the other.  .