Covidians Ruining 2023 Handball World Cup
Is the International Handball Federation joking, asks Icelandic goalkeeper Björgvin Páll Gústavsson in a tweet on the Federation’s quarantine rules for the 2023 World Cup.
Is the International Handball Federation joking, asks Icelandic goalkeeper Björgvin Páll Gústavsson in a tweet on the Federation’s quarantine rules for the 2023 World Cup. Are you trying to destroy our sport?
According to the rules all players must be vaccinated and boosted, tested daily for Covid-19 infections and quarantined for five days in case the test comes out positive.
As Gústavsson points out, the results of the tournament would be severely skewed by this measure.
Gústavsson has written a letter to the Federation where he brings up questions on the legality of those measures, considering that Sweden and Poland, where the tournament will take place, have dropped all Covid restrictions.
Earlier, the manager of the Icelandic team complained about the Federation’s demands for vaccination, quoting Dr. Aseem Malhotra who has explained the risk the vaccination poses to young people. Approximately the same number of sportspeople have died from heart attack in the field in 2021-22 as in the 38 years prior.
Icelandic online newspaper Fréttin sent the Federation an enquiry regarding the legality of their vaccination requirements over a month ago, but has received no reply.
Now that Covid-19 has truly become endemic with a mortality rate even lower than the flu, it looks as if some people simply cannot accept that simple fact.
There is only one suitable response to those trying to impose such rules: "Foxtrot Oscar" with the appropriate gesture.
The tragic Damar Hamlin collapse seen ‘round the world (or at least by millions in the US) may be a turning point, I hope. How anyone, any agency, any entity, any government can continue to pretend “safe & effective” - esp for the young in their prime, athletes or not - is getting more & more absurd