3 years ago, we weren't allowed to go to Tokyo without multiple Covid free tests and once there we had to sign out of our hotel even if we left for 1 minute.
Now, a guy can have a positive Covid-19 test and USATF doesn't even issue a press release so at least others could take precautions?
I'm honestly not sure on the correct answer to this but it shows you how much has changed.
I guess probably not, but if you've got no problem telling the world afterwards, then it's clear the only reason you didn't tell them before hand is you'd be afraid the IOC wouldn't let you compete.
Thoughts?
COVID is no longer a life threatening illness. 3-4 years ago it was far more dangerous.
3 years ago, we weren't allowed to go to Tokyo without multiple Covid free tests and once there we had to sign out of our hotel even if we left for 1 minute.
Now, a guy can have a positive Covid-19 test and USATF doesn't even issue a press release so at least others could take precautions?
I'm honestly not sure on the correct answer to this but it shows you how much has changed.
I guess probably not, but if you've got no problem telling the world afterwards, then it's clear the only reason you didn't tell them before hand is you'd be afraid the IOC wouldn't let you compete.
Thoughts?
Amazing how safe and effective vaccines can dramatically change the relative risk of a disease!
Congrats to Lyles for toughing it out.
I am just reading this but odds people have said the vaccines he got years ago gave him COVID.
For healthy individuals it was never dangerous. Noah should have just told everyone he had a cold. Same diff.
It sounds like the crud is going around in the village. He got sick, and it hurt his performance, but he gutted it out for third. That's it. That's the story.
Three years ago, we were still in a declared emergency. That declaration is no longer in place, and the pandemic is over. Just like the flu of 1917, COVID-19 is now basically just a cold. That being the case and there being no protocol for athletes to alert others to their issues (besides, here in the states that's private HIPPA info), I don't think Lyles had any reason nor responsibility to announce. This isn't 2020-21 anymore.