Breaking: 12 Viking player, coaches, staff test positive for Covid???
Vikings have 12 among players, coaches, staff test positive for COVID-19 amid reports of false resultsTeams around the NFL were reporting false positive tests in connection with a lab in New Jersey the league has used.The Vikings had eight players, one coach and three staff members who returned presumptive positive tests for COVID-19 on Sunday, on the same morning teams around the NFL were reporting false positive tests in connection with a lab in New Jersey the league has used to process daily test results for some teams.
Coach Mike Zimmer said the Vikings’ 12 affected people are quarantining Sunday and will watch the Vikings’ team meetings virtually instead of practicing. Further testing should give the Vikings additional clarity by Monday as to whether the players actually have COVID-19.
The Vikings will still practice as scheduled on Sunday afternoon, though the session might be shorter with temperatures in the high 80s and fewer players available to practice, Zimmer said.
“If these all turn out negative, then there was a problem at the lab,” Zimmer said. “Obviously, if they’re positive, there might be a problem with things we’re doing, or other teams are doing, or whatever. It’s hard for me to speculate now on what it is or what it was.”
The Vikings’ announcement comes after a spate of positive test results that caused teams to cancel practices or change plans. The Jets canceled a walk-through on Saturday night after reporting 10 false positive tests, and the Bears moved their Sunday morning practice back to the afternoon following nine false positives. The Browns canceled practice, and the Steelers announced they had six players held out of practice because of “adherence to the COVID-19 protocol,” though they said none of their players needed to go on the league’s COVID-19 reserve list.
“Saturday’s daily COVID testing returned several positives tests from each of the clubs serviced by the same laboratory in New Jersey,” the league said in a statement Sunday morning. “We are working with our testing partner, BioReference, to investigate these results, while the clubs work to confirm or rule out the positive tests. Clubs are taking immediate precautionary measures as outlined in the NFL-NFLPA’s health and safety protocols to include contact tracing, isolation of individuals and temporarily adjusting the schedule, where appropriate. The other laboratories used for NFL testing have not had similar results.”
While the Bears said they have a lab in Minnesota involved in their testing process, Zimmer said the Vikings do not send tests to a lab in Minnesota. He added he believes the Vikings’ tests on Sunday will go back to the same New Jersey lab that produced the false positives.
In the meantime, the Vikings will move forward with practice and hope further testing shows the group of 12 affected people doesn’t have coronavirus.
“Honestly, for us, it’s probably good that it happened now,” Zimmer said. “We were able to adjust and adapt and figure out the kinds of things that would happen if it did happen during the season and what we would do from there."
https://www.startribune.com/vikings-have-12-among-players-coaches-staff-test-positive-for-covid-19-amid-reports-of-false-results/572199062/
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
@"FLVike" said: could be Packers fans that work at that lab
Or Democrats. I'm just having fun. Not trying to start a political riot.
Hmm, New Jersey huh, a great new way to fix games! ;)
H2O2 kills the virus and everything else. It's just that simple. Yet, the geniuses still can't figure it out.
@"WallofPurple" said: H2O2 kills the virus and everything else. It's just that simple. Yet, the geniuses still can't figure it out.what do ypu suggest? chugging peroxide?
@"AGRforever" said:Maybe some bleach perhaps???@"WallofPurple" said: H2O2 kills the virus and everything else. It's just that simple. Yet, the geniuses still can't figure it out. what do ypu suggest? chugging peroxide?=) =) =)
@"purplefaithful" said:@"AGRforever" said:Maybe some bleach perhaps???@"WallofPurple" said: H2O2 kills the virus and everything else. It's just that simple. Yet, the geniuses still can't figure it out. what do ypu suggest? chugging peroxide?=) =) =)
It's worth a try, what have you got to loose.
@"PurplePastor" said:@"FLVike" said: could be Packers fans that work at that lab
Or Democrats. I'm just having fun. Not trying to start a political riot.
Translated: "Here's a cunty jab, but nobody take it any further!"Sorry for the language, as a pastor I'm sure you're very Christ-like, with the Trump support and all.
@"WallofPurple" said: H2O2 kills the virus and everything else. It's just that simple. Yet, the geniuses still can't figure it out.Hire this man! Internet poster "WallofPurple" has figured out what an entire planet of the smartest can't do!
How's the new pup kb??!
Pix, or it didn't happen :p
@"KingBash" said:@"PurplePastor" said:@"FLVike" said: could be Packers fans that work at that lab
Or Democrats. I'm just having fun. Not trying to start a political riot.
Translated: "Here's a cunty jab, but nobody take it any further!"Sorry for the language, as a pastor I'm sure you're very Christ-like, with the Trump support and all.
Like a moth to a flame. Can't help yourself. It's a sad world when you can't just have fun.
@"PurplePastor" said:@"KingBash" said:@"PurplePastor" said:@"FLVike" said: could be Packers fans that work at that lab
Or Democrats. I'm just having fun. Not trying to start a political riot.
Translated: "Here's a cunty jab, but nobody take it any further!"Sorry for the language, as a pastor I'm sure you're very Christ-like, with the Trump support and all.
Like a moth to a flame. Can't help yourself. It's a sad world when you can't just have fun.
Taunting is your idea of fun? That’s pathetic. Indeed a sad world when that is someone’s idea of fun.
@"Caactorvike" said:@"PurplePastor" said:@"KingBash" said:@"PurplePastor" said:@"FLVike" said: could be Packers fans that work at that lab
Or Democrats. I'm just having fun. Not trying to start a political riot.
Translated: "Here's a cunty jab, but nobody take it any further!"Sorry for the language, as a pastor I'm sure you're very Christ-like, with the Trump support and all.
Like a moth to a flame. Can't help yourself. It's a sad world when you can't just have fun.
Taunting is your idea of fun? That’s pathetic. Indeed a sad world when that is someone’s idea of fun.
I wasn't trying to be a jerk. I apologize given it is being taken that way. You used to be able to joke about each other's positions or raz each other. Now it is taken so seriously. I didn't appreciate KingBash's judgment of me and attack on my faith. Why should it bother him or anyone that I try to be Christ-like? And how would he even know?
Ok, I take back my bleach joke... ;)
Everyone just chill a bit.
I'm hoping that testing facility is pitching some false positives, should know by monday.
Apology accepted—and made readily. And for that I thank you!
Not just the Vikings, 10 teams involved w/ the same damn lab.... :s
"Saturday's daily COVID testing returned several positives tests from each of the clubs serviced by the same laboratory in New Jersey," the NFL said in a statement Sunday morning. "We are working with our testing partner, BioReference, to investigate these results, while the clubs work to confirm or rule out the positive tests."
https://www.startribune.com/nfl-nj-lab-finds-positive-covid-19-tests-from-several-teams/572198582/
@"purplefaithful" said:@"AGRforever" said:Maybe some bleach perhaps???@"WallofPurple" said: H2O2 kills the virus and everything else. It's just that simple. Yet, the geniuses still can't figure it out. what do ypu suggest? chugging peroxide?=) =) =)
35% food grade. Do some RESEARCH before you spew the ignorance that has been shoved down your throat since birth.
@"KingBash" said:Quackery. You have been lied to your entire life that when you hear the truth you think Quackery and the person telling you the truth is the biggest quack. Tell me. Did they find those weapons of mass destruction and did that check come in from Mexico?@"WallofPurple" said: H2O2 kills the virus and everything else. It's just that simple. Yet, the geniuses still can't figure it out. Hire this man! Internet poster "WallofPurple" has figured out what an entire planet of the smartest can't do!
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