Since the first shots of the coronavirus vaccine were carried in the U.S. on Monday, the NFL said it would not vaccinate its employees in front of the first responders or those at high risk.
The NFL’s chief medical officer, Dr. Fisher Dr. Alan Seals, said the league is considering working with medical and government officials on when the vaccine would be appropriate.
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“We are in full harmony with the union that we feel the front line healthcare employees and other essential service employees are ahead of the line,” he said.
“The role of this vaccine will be driven by public health concerns and which medical and government officials determine which is most effective in reducing risk across society. We are ready to support those efforts. ”
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell hinted at a timeline that he did not expect anyone to be vaccinated before the Super Bowl in February.
“It is clearly being done at a high level and is preferred to health care workers, first responders and people in critical condition.” “We don’t fall into that category, so we don’t assume it and we’re not making any plans for it,” he said.
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With the country’s death toll exceeding 1,000,000, the U.S. expects to receive 20 million more vaccines by the end of the two approved months and a million more in January. The average person will not be able to get the vaccine around spring.
De Maurice Smith, executive director of the NFL Players’ Association, said during a recent press conference call that the players are on the same page with the league.
He said, “Football business is not a necessary business. “While (NFLPA President JC Trater) and I have a sincere duty to the players, I don’t think we both forget the nanoseconds that we’re lucky enough to play a game when millions of people try to get out there. Keep safe, and that should be the focus. “
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Players will have to continue testing daily, socially through distance meetings, wearing distance ka, wu, and their masks and contract tracers, as they try to make it into the epidemic season without vaccines.
The Associated Press contributes to this report.
