[LOCKED?] Unvaccinated Trey Burke loses game check work $34K
I put this out there for strictly informational purposes and not as an endorsement or disagreement with vaccines. I hope this doesn't turn into something that ends up getting locked or deleted.
After watching Jordan Poole light it up last night, I checked the Maverick-Heat boxscore to see how a few of my other favorite Wolverines did. I was surprised to see Burke's name missing among what looked like a full roster. A little digging found out the he is unvaccinated and had recently missed two required testing sessions resulting in him not being eligible for the game.
[Locking this up. Likely to eventually be removed by either me or another mod, but I'm out on a bike ride and don't feel inclined to stop long enough to review it thoroughly at this moment. -rob f]
Gree4
November 4th, 2021 at 3:40 PM ^
Well I guess thats his choice, right?
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Yo_Blue
November 4th, 2021 at 3:42 PM ^
Yep.
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BTB grad
November 4th, 2021 at 4:15 PM ^
I mean that’s why it’s baffling. You choose not to get the vaccine, okay. That opinion (doing research on FB/TikTok is not factual research; it’s an uneducated opinion) is refuted by factual science, but it’s your decision. As a result of your decision, you’re required to undergo daily testing. But then you choose to miss the required testing? Idiotic decision making
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Clarence Beeks
November 4th, 2021 at 4:22 PM ^
This is a good example of why it’s difficult, if not impossible, to impose one’s own judgment on someone else’s decision-making process.
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Blake Forum
November 4th, 2021 at 3:42 PM ^
INB4 locked
(Also go get your jabs, people)
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1of12MattDamons
November 4th, 2021 at 4:29 PM ^
No. I already had it(covid) a few months ago. Lol
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ish
November 4th, 2021 at 3:42 PM ^
isn't his dad a pretty bright guy or am i confusing his dad with another player's dad? regardless, get the jab trey.
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ERdocLSA2004
November 4th, 2021 at 3:57 PM ^
What does this have to do with his Dad?
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ldevon1
November 4th, 2021 at 4:25 PM ^
Haha.
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King Tot
November 4th, 2021 at 3:44 PM ^
"I hope this doesn't turn into something that ends up getting locked or deleted."
He says as he posts troll bait.
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pinkfloyd2000
November 4th, 2021 at 3:46 PM ^
I'm NOT trying to go political here -- so don't interpret it that way.
But I'll NEVER understand why an athlete, particularly one at the professional level -- be it a Burke, or a Rodgers -- wouldn't want to take precautions to avoid something as serious as COVID. And I'm not even talking life or death here. I personally know a couple of COVID long-haulers who are still suffering ill-effects many months after the fact.
In a profession where your body, and your health, is absolutely ESSENTIAL to success, it just doesn't make a lick of sense to me.
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rs207200
November 4th, 2021 at 3:51 PM ^
Come on now man; you already know the answer to this and were just being rhetorical.
It's the same reason that people don't believe the CDC/WHO or their Physician that the vaccine is safe and effective, but they do not believe TruthSeeker420 on TikTok or XxTruePatriorxX1776 on Twitter that the vaccine is dangerous.
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East German Judge
November 4th, 2021 at 3:58 PM ^
LOL, I could not name the last couple of "sources" that you mentioned.
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Billmunson
November 4th, 2021 at 4:02 PM ^
Do not dont
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uminks
November 4th, 2021 at 4:25 PM ^
Vaccine is effective for about 6 months, then it begins to wane quite a bit. I hope everyone gets their third jab before the cold weather moves in and the virus spread increases. I plan to get mine by early December.
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JeepinBen
November 4th, 2021 at 4:00 PM ^
Agreed 100%. "Your best ability is availability". Well, the rules make you a lot more available if you've had your jabs. So get your jabs.
And in terms of long haulers, Jonathon Toews missed an entire year. Granted the Hawks are a tire fire in 15 ways, but he missed the entire year last year with long Covid, contracted in Feb 2020 before it was widespread in North America.
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mrkid
November 4th, 2021 at 4:11 PM ^
Putting myself in their shoes, the science is pretty compelling that COVID antibodies are as effective as the COVID vaccine. Aaron Rodgers has the antibodies. Maybe Trey Burke does as well.
I can understand their thought process. You can throw a rock and hit a story about someone having a poor reaction to the COVID vaccine, why take the risk without any benefit?
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StopTheTate
November 4th, 2021 at 4:28 PM ^
A real story or your aunt on facebook's story? And no benefit? What the hell are you talking about?
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B-Nut-GoBlue
November 4th, 2021 at 4:29 PM ^
When did he/they have it first? Like with the vaccine, boosters are being implemented to "re-up" the immune system's recognition. A first, actual vaccine for either of them would do the same as the actual Covid-19 antibodies' "protection" potentially fades over time. Also...I like Rodgers but his rhetoric of being immunized and now this happening is a big "what the fuck" Aaron.
Also...yes adverse reactions have happened. Do we need to play the game of going into how many don't or haven't had bad reactions and how small a number it actually is?
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HateSparty
November 4th, 2021 at 4:31 PM ^
Both of your points are wrong and misleading. The rock to poor reaction is the worst. Antibodies do protect for a very limited time while vaccines last significantly longer. So, as effective is misleading and if the intent was misleading just wrong.
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champswest
November 4th, 2021 at 4:30 PM ^
I am sure there are many different reasons why some have hesitated to get the shot.
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B-Nut-GoBlue
November 4th, 2021 at 4:34 PM ^
Of course! Many legitimate.
Some, like my quasi-coworker who claimed her fake Jewish faith deserved exemption, after not getting exempted by claiming religious belief via Christianity was rejected...are not. Just a fun anecdote I learned this week.
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bsand2053
November 4th, 2021 at 4:42 PM ^
There were plenty of reasons to be *hesitant*. But in November 2021 there are no rational reasons to not get the jab. There is no more room for the goalposts to move. The only reason not to get it (besides medical exemptions) is a toddler like reflexive “if you tell me to do something I won’t do it, no matter what” attitude.
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ERdocLSA2004
November 4th, 2021 at 3:49 PM ^
I support the shot. It’s certainly within his right to not get it. Although at the very least he’s gotta adhere to the testing protocols for his and everyone’s safety.
On an unrelated note, $34k for 48 mins of work? Yes please.
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Gree4
November 4th, 2021 at 3:52 PM ^
The franchise should donate that to covid relief or something
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MacMarauder
November 4th, 2021 at 3:50 PM ^
Since any vax thread is going to get locked or deleted I'll use this one to say that Aaron Rodgers is an idiot. That guy is just the worst.
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ERdocLSA2004
November 4th, 2021 at 3:58 PM ^
That State Farm commercial where he is the game show host is pretty good though.
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champswest
November 4th, 2021 at 4:32 PM ^
I like most of his commercials and thought he was the best Jeopardy guest host. I also thought Peyton Manning was great in his commercials.
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B-Nut-GoBlue
November 4th, 2021 at 4:36 PM ^
The worst? Why? This whole sitiation is quite odd I agree but until now he's "the worst" because?
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WichitanWolverine
November 4th, 2021 at 4:45 PM ^
Romeowolv’s brother would tell you he’s the smartest man alive.
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lhglrkwg
November 4th, 2021 at 3:50 PM ^
Maybe he used the same healing crystals that Aaron Rodgers did
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HarBoSchem
November 4th, 2021 at 3:55 PM ^
I don’t think I've been in a vaccination thread before it has been locked. Boom.
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East German Judge
November 4th, 2021 at 3:58 PM ^
TREY, STOP LISTENING TO KYRIE!!! BTW, the earth is ROUND!
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bluinohio
November 4th, 2021 at 4:42 PM ^
Prove it
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Billmunson
November 4th, 2021 at 3:59 PM ^
Delete forthcoming.
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GoBlue96
November 4th, 2021 at 4:14 PM ^
Got my booster yesterday. Can't believe people even take a slight chance of dying alone in a hospital suffocating. Especially people with a family to support.
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SagNasty
November 4th, 2021 at 4:19 PM ^
This news makes me lose a little bit of respect for Trey. And he is one of my all time favorite Michigan basketball players.
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WalterWhite_88
November 4th, 2021 at 4:21 PM ^
Agree, very disappointing to hear this about him. I've lost respect for him too.
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champswest
November 4th, 2021 at 4:35 PM ^
Did you lose respect because he didn’t get vaccinated or because he missed his required testing?
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bronxblue
November 4th, 2021 at 4:19 PM ^
Good information to have out. I'd almost lock this thread to save us from the inevitable argument, but it is telling that the leagues aren't messing around when it comes to these penalties. That's real money being left on the table.
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Blue@LSU
November 4th, 2021 at 4:20 PM ^
The block was clean.
So is the shot.
Get the damn vaccine.
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Sports
November 4th, 2021 at 4:22 PM ^
This is a great story from Defector's Chris Thompson about how this is a "personal choice" that not everybody gets to make. IE, immunocompromized folks and parents of newborns/young children are still in the thick of the pandemic. And let me tell you, it sucks. It's so irritating to see these galaxy brained morons stretching this entire ordeal out for the rest of the world because they think their friend who sells weed to middle schoolers is a viable source of medical information.
If you don't have a membership, just open the story in incognito to read.
Trey Burke, Aaron Rogers, Kyrie, and all of them can go eat shit.
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Sports
November 4th, 2021 at 4:24 PM ^
I don't begrudge people that are vaccinated and want to go live life. Again, if it weren't for an extremely vulnerable newborn, I would be doing the same thing. But anyone that chooses not to get the vaccine and is not in a group that has been explicitly warned not to by a doctor is a selfish, shit for brains moron that is actively harming the general population and robbing years away from the people who actually possess critical thinking skills.
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1of12MattDamons
November 4th, 2021 at 4:37 PM ^
Lolololololol
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uminks
November 4th, 2021 at 4:22 PM ^
I would get the shots and not lose that amount of loot! I read that Roger's may have lied about getting vaccinated. He is out this Sunday with COVID. There's talk he may get kicked out of the NFL for faking his COVID vaccination shots.
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VictorValiant
November 4th, 2021 at 4:28 PM ^
The level of fear you have for COVID could be a good predictor of your political ideology.
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uminks
November 4th, 2021 at 4:32 PM ^
I don't know about that. I'm in my late 50s and got vaccinated since I did not want to take a chance on catching a potentially fatal virus. I plan to get a third shot in the next month because the Israel study shows that the vaccine effectiveness wanes after 6 months and I don't want a break through case of COVID.
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bluinohio
November 4th, 2021 at 4:30 PM ^
lol, strictly informational purposes
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1of12MattDamons
November 4th, 2021 at 4:35 PM ^
These threads always turn Mgoblog into some twitter/reddit tier comedy club.
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LakeWylieBlue
November 4th, 2021 at 4:36 PM ^
It was an epic blocked shot! All ball!
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