About 100 US Olympic athletes are unvaccinated

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About 100 U.S. Olympic athletes are unvaccinated against the coronavirus, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee’s medical director said, according to The Associated Press.

Medical Director Jonathan Finnoff said that 567 of 613 athletes competing for the United States in the Olympics had completed questionnaires, which indicated that roughly 83 percent of the athletes are vaccinated against COVID-19.

Two U.S. athletes, beach volleyball player Taylor Crabb and alternate gymnast Kara Eaker, have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Olympics so far.

Earlier this month, U.S. Olympic swimmer Michael Andrew announced that he was not vaccinated.

“I am not fully vaccinated, I’m not vaccinated,” Andrew, 22, said. “My reason behind it is, for one, it was kind of a last moment, I didn’t want to put anything in my body that I didn’t know how I would potentially react to. As an athlete on the elite level, everything you do is very calculated and understood. For me, in the training cycle, especially leading up to trials, I didn’t want to risk any days out. There were periods where you take a vaccine, you have to deal with some days off.”

https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/564528-about-100-us-olympic-athletes-are-unvaccinated

[tanyev]

1. How many days of training would you have to miss with a bad case of Covid, Michael Andrew?

Assuming you recovered enough to resume training at all.

[pandr32]

2. I am hoping we get to the requiring vaccinations point

...before allowing anyone to be around others.
Being vaccinated to help prevent others from dying and disease is a responsibility of living in society. Some legitimately cannot be vaccinated (small children and those with severe medical conditions) and they need to depend on a vaccinated public for protection.

[Deep State Witch]

3. Vaccines have been available widely

Vaccines have been available since at least March. You would think that the USOC would have scored some valuable Pfizers and Modernas for potential Olympians earlier than the Olympic trials. Or, as a potential Olympian, your coaches would advise you on the best way to deal with the side effects without disrupting your training schedule. So, the "it's a last moment thing" is total bullpuckey. They put it off.