[datsun260z]

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=297102

I can accept that athletes can get an MRI faster than me but this is completely unethical I don't care how you spin it.

I hope the truth of this matter comes to the surface in the upcoming report.

:n

rb

 

[VICE™]

Pretty sure the opportunity was extended to other groups that had private doctors to self-administer the vaccine, at least it was to the other professional sports teams in Alberta. The Flames simply took it up.

They also got the vaccine Friday, before the closures started happening, and they requested the vaccine on the Monday, before shortages were being predicted. And the Alberta government made the vaccine available to everyone, not just the high risk groups.

I don't think this is a big deal, since the Flames followed the Alberta government protocol. The Abbotsford Heat getting their H1N1 shot is though, since BC has an entirely different protocol.

 

[Therapist_Joe]

If you really wanted to there wasn't anything holding you back from getting the shot in calgary aside from having to wait in line for a few hours. Besides half the people I know in my general age range in Calgary have already had H1N1 nobody died, atta blow the flu way out of proportion again Calgary media. :bt

 

[VICE™]

The Leafs and Raptors got H1N1 shots as well.

 

[CrossCheck]

Okay, here's my take on this whole "fiasco":
While it may not have been right to disregard the regulations set out by the government/health bureau, grown men in pique physical condition may not be high risk, but since they do a lot of travel, they could potentially be carrying the illness to lesser affected regions. Also, if one guy on a team gets it, he could spread it not only to his team, but to their opponents, who then spread it to their opponents, etcetera, etcetera, and that's no good for business to have virtually your whole roster decimated by an illness and having you lose revenues.
I can agree, though, that letting their families jump the lines was unnecessary, though. It totally undermined their objectives.