Isaac
Years ago

12 United players have now tested positive

Both Melbourne NBL teams will remain in lockdown after Melbourne United players returned further positive tests for COVID-19.

A total of 12 players have now tested positive after Melbourne United training was suspended last week and players and staff went into a 14 day isolation period.

South East Melbourne Phoenix players and staff also remain in isolation and are undergoing testing. There will be no further training for either club until further notice.

Hungry Jack's NBL Commissioner Jeremy Loeliger said: "Our primary concern is the health and welfare of our players, staff and their families. This is a challenging time for everyone concerned and we are working closely with the clubs and the Australian Basketball Players' Association (ABPA) to provide support for all those affected.

“We are also working closely with the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to manage the outbreak and limit any risk to the wider community."

Topic #47472 | Report this topic


Jamie Gordon  
Years ago

Damn that's crazy

Reply #813908 | Report this post


Anonymous  
Years ago

We don't even have 12 contracted players!

Reply #813909 | Report this post


Perthworld  
Years ago

The figure would include training bait.

Reply #813913 | Report this post


Isaac  
Years ago

Roy Ward:

The NBL did not list the names of those other positive tests as they are a mix of contracted players who are in Melbourne and uncontracted training players, but the team cut back the numbers at training when the second lockdown began for their three sessions each week.

No one is believed to have shown any signs of serious illness so far and no staff members have tested positive with the club having almost all its staff working from home.

The team were using COVID-19 protocols for their training but the virus found its way in and spread.

Reply #813914 | Report this post


Alpha  
Years ago

"We don't even have 12 contracted players!"

Where does it say 'contracted'?

It seems those who attended some scrimmages contracted the virus (even some college bound players), hopefully they will all come out of it without consequences. All the best.

Reply #813916 | Report this post


ST  
Years ago

^so cool, so knowledgeable, all the lingo.

Reply #813917 | Report this post


Anonymous  
Years ago

Award their scrimmage to Perth!

Reply #813920 | Report this post


D2.0  
Years ago

Unfortunately I think that what we are seeing, is that community restrictions don't work 100%. Whilst I imagine that social distancing and all the protocols HELP, they're clearly not 100% effective.
WA didn't do anything special or wonderful, we were just lucky that we clamped down hard on our boarders before many cases came in, and that those cases were contained.

But I have to say, given the problems that already existing in Melbourne weeks ago, continuing training was just plain stupid. Because this was always the risk. It only takes one player or trainer to bring it in, and in a training environment its going to spread easily.

Reply #813921 | Report this post


Nathan  
Years ago

Gotta hand it to MU, I didn't think you could overachieve like that. Another team might just get 2 or 4 sick, but MU sets some high standards.

Seriously, though, hope they all come through with no lingering issues.

Reply #813922 | Report this post


Dave Q  
Years ago

Stay safe fellas. I am very much over this covid mess, but I don't see it ending soon.

Reply #813924 | Report this post


Jack Toft  
Years ago

Maybe they should sit out the season....

Bring in Tassie

Reply #813925 | Report this post


Anonymous  
Years ago

WA advising the Eastern States on COVID19 is like Tony Abbot advising the EU on border protection.

Reply #813927 | Report this post


Anonymous  
Years ago

Good health and luck to all concerned, including their families. Absolutely shit this virus.

Reply #813928 | Report this post


Anonymous  
Years ago

https://www.news.com.au/sport/basketball/12-melbourne-united-nbl-players-test-positive-for-covid19-amid-victoria-disaster/news-story/c53a18c0a9253b4f4a57d643049e4b04

Reply #813931 | Report this post


Cornholio  
Years ago

Hoping this thread ends before all the muppets from other McCarron and Lual-Acil thread join this one.

Reply #813932 | Report this post


Anonymous  
Years ago

I hope the Melbourne based WNBL/Opals players have stopped training too.

Reply #813936 | Report this post


Anonymous  
Years ago

This might end the NBL/WNBL before it starts

Reply #813937 | Report this post


Creeky  
Years ago

Soft.

Reply #813938 | Report this post


Anonymous  
Years ago

If restrictions on crowd numbers are still in place come NBL season starting, can the NBL go ahead? Is half bums on seats viable to make money?

Reply #813939 | Report this post


Anonymous  
Years ago

Can't we let it just hurry and and go through everyone so we can move on with our lives like the rest of the world is doing.

Waiting for a vaccine is like waiting to win the Lotto.....it might or might not happen but you don't stop living waiting for the winning ticket!

Reply #813941 | Report this post


Anonymous  
Years ago

Thats the shittest analogy I've ever heard.

"Can't we let it just hurry and and go through everyone so we can move on with our lives like the rest of the world is doing."

My mum is 72. She is quite healthy but I'd rather not potentially sacrifice her life just so you can hurry things up. Thanks though.

Reply #813942 | Report this post


Mike  
Years ago

Let's get on with life. If you're worried do what you have to do. But leave the rest of us alone. 99.96 chance of survival. Means .04 of not survival with Covid19. I like the odds. Stay in your house if you're scared. The rest of us want to start living again. So that one day when you decide to put your big boy pants on and come outside again, there will be a world left for you. We will gladly wait for you. Fear or love. You get to decide for yourself. You don't get to decide for me.

Reply #813943 | Report this post


Triton 26  
Years ago

And Mike, just how well versed are you in the long term health impact of Covid? It's not just deaths. People who have little to no symptoms are feeling very unwell months later and that feeling lasts for a long time. There is no clear understanding yet of the long term impact.

Reply #813944 | Report this post


Creeky  
Years ago

Mike gets it.

Reply #813945 | Report this post


Anonymous  
Years ago

Mike sounds tough.

Reply #813946 | Report this post


Anonymous  
Years ago

Spot on Mike, protect the vulnerable and the rest of us move on, government should spend big on protecting them. If someone is in the vulnerable group then chooses to live normal too then that's their right, we haven't banned smoking or drinking for pensioners have we.

Reply #813947 | Report this post


Anonymous  
Years ago

So many experts on pandemic virus's... maybe if you know so much, why not reveal the cure to the public through the dhhs?

Reply #813948 | Report this post


Anonymous  
Years ago

Hydroxychloroquine, oh wait, the patent has run out on that one so it only costs 60 cents per dose, better ban that one... Remdesivir, that's better, $390 per treatment paid by tax payers straight to Big Pharma.

Reply #813949 | Report this post


Anonymous  
Years ago

Nope, the government decides for you Mile

Reply #813950 | Report this post


Creeky  
Years ago

There's no way a great patriot like Mike is going to succumb to some Chinese Batman. Like me, Mike will die of something REAL, like brothel sprouts.

Reply #813951 | Report this post


Anonymous  
Years ago

Survival of the fittest!!

We are keeping alive the weak/poor when pandemic's throughout history have killed these people.

Like any species in order to move forward the weak/injured that is slowing everyone down will be killed by the predator and thus the rest remain stronger.

Based on the crazy's we see on the internet dropping a few along the way might be a good thing!

Reply #813952 | Report this post


Anonymous  
Years ago

"Can't we let it just hurry and and go through everyone so we can move on with our lives like the rest of the world is doing."
The world is not "moving on with their lives". Even countries that have had it pretty bad early on are worried about a resurgence of the virus, and are re-introducing measures. And countries like the US or Brasil are hardly living the dream or doing well economically.
No country is anyway near herd immunity.

Reply #813953 | Report this post


Creeky  
Years ago

Finally! The poor are what is holding this country back and don't even start me on the weak. What gets me is that they’ve only got themselves to blame! Every situation is the same.

Reply #813954 | Report this post


Anonymous  
Years ago

"protect the vulnerable and the rest of us move on"

How do you know you're not vulnerable?

"we haven't banned smoking or drinking for pensioners have we. "

What?

Reply #813955 | Report this post


Anonymous  
Years ago

Hydroxychloroquine hasn't been banned. It has just not been proven to be effective at all.

Reply #813956 | Report this post


Anonymous  
Years ago

Hydroxychloroquine was removed from the approved treatment list in most countries including Australia after the Lancet published it's study, after that decision was made the US government purchased 500 million doses of remdesivir that same week, the following week he Lancet retracted their study due to false information.

There is now growing evidence in the medical community about the effectiveness of Hydroxychloroquine especially when administered early in the infection, but because the patent expired many years ago it is able to be manufactured anywhere and no one profits.

Reply #813957 | Report this post


Anonymous  
Years ago

By the way I work in the medical industry and hydroxychloroquine was used successfully in many Australian cases in the first wave of infections.

Reply #813958 | Report this post


FM  
Years ago

The problem with Victoria is the constant complaining about restrictions. You don't need restrictions, you need to stay home and keep away from everyone. You can’t catch what you don’t expose yourself too.

Look at Nathan Buckley, just thinks it is ok to socialise with anyone, forgets about the whole bubble concept.

Unfortunately you can’t treat stupid..

Reply #813959 | Report this post


Anonymous  
Years ago

"There is now growing evidence in the medical community about the effectiveness of Hydroxychloroquine"

No there isn't. There have been no placebo-controlled trial of the efficacy of the drug.

"By the way I work in the medical industry..."

Was this after you got sacked from being a tv chef?

Reply #813960 | Report this post


Creeky  
Years ago

Zing!

Reply #813961 | Report this post


Shayno  
Years ago

Wasn't this a basketball forum or was it always a crackpot forum??

Reply #813962 | Report this post


Anonymous  
Years ago

Has the source been identified?

Reply #813963 | Report this post


Anonymous  
Years ago

Unfortunately crackpots are becoming more and more prevalent because of the availability of misinformation, which these people think is doing their own "research" after watching a youtube video.

Reply #813964 | Report this post




Thread locked

This thread has been locked and replies are not permitted.

Close ads
Little Streaks - The fun and interactive good-habits app designed especially for kids.
Serio: Tourism photography and videography

Advertise on Hoops to a very focused, local and sports-keen audience. Email for rates and options.

Recent Posts



.


An Australian basketball forum covering NBL, WNBL, ABL, Juniors plus NBA, WNBA, NZ, Europe, etc | Forum time is: 1:54 pm, Tue 19 Mar 2024 | Posts: 968,026 | Last 7 days: 754