No NFL players tested positive for COVID-19 last week

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The NFL reached an important milestone last week: No NFL players tested positive for COVID-19.

The league announced today that from January 17 to January 23, 2,126 tests were administered to 313 players, and there were zero positive tests.

There were also 3,152 tests administered to 531 non-player personnel, of whom two tested positive.

With 30 of 32 teams now done for the season, the league is hoping beyond hope that no players test positive in the next 12 days, and that Super Bowl LV can go off without being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

7 responses to “No NFL players tested positive for COVID-19 last week

  1. Wasn’t it said that the league was defying the science by attempting to play this past season? Wasn’t it said that there was no way they’d make it 17 weeks without entire teams becoming incapacitated due to this species ending virus? What happened?

  2. Wasn’t it said that the league was defying the science by attempting to play this past season? Wasn’t it said that there was no way they’d make it 17 weeks without entire teams becoming incapacitated due to this species ending virus? What happened?

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    The players were tested, used common sense and contact tracing was used. When an outbreak hit, precautions were taken.

  3. dmca12: The players were tested, used common sense and contact tracing was used. When an outbreak hit, precautions were taken.
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    Or perhaps the “science”, and the lockdowns were both incorrect, and this virus has to run its course like every other virus in human history has, but that wasn’t the point of my initial comment. I was pointing out the fact that Mike Florio was screaming from the top of his lungs last summer that the league shouldn’t even attempt to play this year, and that it was endangering the lives of everyone associated with it, and how WRONG he turned out to be…More Kool Aid there’s plenty left

  4. Wasn’t it said that the league was defying the science by attempting to play this past season? Wasn’t it said that there was no way they’d make it 17 weeks without entire teams becoming incapacitated due to this species ending virus? What happened?

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    Entire teams WERE incapacitated… I watched a practice squad WR start at QB, waited a solid week to see the Ravens-Steelers, and saw dozens of key starters benched throughout the whole season… no ones testing positive when only four teams are active. Incredible.

  5. Only the best teams left at this point. Their preperation and professionalism translated to the field as well as their efforts to avoid contracting the virus as its detremental to the teams success. No coincidence here.

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