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re: John Rahm forced to forfeit PGA tournament with 6 shot lead due to COVID

Posted on 6/5/21 at 10:55 pm to
Posted by John McClane
Member since Apr 2010
37171 posts
Posted on 6/5/21 at 10:55 pm to
He can’t just play by himself? Dumb
Posted by deathvalleytiger10
Member since Sep 2009
9072 posts
Posted on 6/5/21 at 11:03 pm to
I would bet a large sum of money it is a false positive. And I don’t gamble.
Posted by TerryDawg03
The Deep South
Member since Dec 2012
17680 posts
Posted on 6/5/21 at 11:35 pm to
quote:

I would bet a large sum of money it is a false positive. And I don’t gamble.


They said they tested it twice, but it's still virtue signaling either way.

ETA: Which brings me back to the common sense side of this: Why did it take three days of tournament golf for these results to come back if they test them upon arrival? Why no rapid tests?
This post was edited on 6/5/21 at 11:37 pm
Posted by Wolfhound45
Member since Nov 2009
126280 posts
Posted on 6/5/21 at 11:40 pm to
quote:

Good, get that murderer off the course.
I bet he doesn't wear a mask in his car
Posted by RD Dawg
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2012
28135 posts
Posted on 6/5/21 at 11:41 pm to
Per this article he was tested daily and they obviously use the rapid test.

quote:

The PGA Tour said the Spaniard had come in close contact with a person who was COVID-19 positive, meaning Rahm could play provided he was tested daily. Every test since he arrived Monday came back negative except the one after his second round, which was completed Saturday morning.

The positive test was confirmed as Rahm was playing the 18th hole, knowing nothing except no one was close to him on the leaderboard.



Posted by TerryDawg03
The Deep South
Member since Dec 2012
17680 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 12:38 am to
quote:

Per this article he was tested daily and they obviously use the rapid test.

quote:
The PGA Tour said the Spaniard had come in close contact with a person who was COVID-19 positive, meaning Rahm could play provided he was tested daily. Every test since he arrived Monday came back negative except the one after his second round, which was completed Saturday morning.

The positive test was confirmed as Rahm was playing the 18th hole, knowing nothing except no one was close to him on the leaderboard.




If they're so concerned about contact tracing, why was he even allowed to play in the third round without that rapid test being completed prior to play on Saturday?

Virtue signaling.
Posted by Little Trump
Florida
Member since Nov 2017
5817 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 1:59 am to
No offense taken but we must learn to educate ourselves and you can easily research it yourself and hence be well armed when this happens to you

Know your rights
Posted by RD Dawg
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2012
28135 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 6:35 am to
Timeline of testing results on Saturday:

quote:

which was performed after the conclusion of his second round (rain delayed) and before the start of his third round - returned positive at approximately 4.20pm (local time) while Rahm was on the golf course.

'The PGA TOUR's medical adviser requested a confirmatory test on the original sample, which came back at 6.05pm, and was also positive




So it looks like their test took around 4 to 5 hours to get results back along with confirmation.

So I guess some "rapid" test take longer than others.

This post was edited on 6/6/21 at 6:37 am
Posted by jts1207
Member since Apr 2018
928 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 6:41 am to
Think of all the people that died while waiting for that test to comeback
Posted by Diamondawg
Mississippi
Member since Oct 2006
37149 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 6:58 am to
quote:

This is like the easiest sport in the world to social distance.


Falconry comes to mind.
Posted by BobABooey
Parts Unknown
Member since Oct 2004
15954 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 7:41 am to
He needs to get the lawyer LeBron used to convince the NBA to allow him to play (and lose) in the playoffs after breaking the NBA’s COVID protocols.
Posted by hashtag
Comfy, AF
Member since Aug 2005
32735 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 8:21 am to
quote:

They said they tested it twice, but it's still virtue signaling either way.

ETA: Which brings me back to the common sense side of this: Why did it take three days of tournament golf for these results to come back if they test them upon arrival? Why no rapid tests?
because you can't read. This wasn't a pre-tournament test. He was in the contact tracing protocol. Which means he was tested daily. Day 1 and 2 his test came back negative. Day 3 came back positive. They "retested" the same sample and it was positive again.
Posted by David_DJS
Member since Aug 2005
21871 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 8:58 am to
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it was positive again.

... for a virus that is safer than the annual flu for his demographic.
Posted by Zach
Gizmonic Institute
Member since May 2005
116777 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 9:00 am to
quote:

Rahm is obviously a white supremacists/domestic terrorist


His ancestry is German so he's a Nazi.
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
112725 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 9:02 am to
quote:

He needs to get the lawyer LeBron used to convince the NBA to allow him to play (and lose) in the playoffs after breaking the NBA’s COVID protocols


Not bad.

They should just let he and his caddy play by themselves.
Posted by Bulldogblitz
In my house
Member since Dec 2018
28158 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 9:07 am to
quote:

They should just let he and his caddy play by themselves.


But then they would have to sterilize the course....you know wuflu protocol.
Posted by Bass Tiger
Member since Oct 2014
53866 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 9:09 am to
I thought Fauci said if a Covid19 positive person wears a mask there’s no danger to others? Rahm should put on a Trump mask and tell the PGA to pound sand.
Posted by Nosevens
Member since Apr 2019
17283 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 9:37 am to
Quite possibly was not the one they favored to win and cut his legs from underneath him . With the amount of false positives related to Covid test I’d be suing for chance to finish out
Posted by TerryDawg03
The Deep South
Member since Dec 2012
17680 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 12:40 pm to
quote:

because you can't read. This wasn't a pre-tournament test. He was in the contact tracing protocol. Which means he was tested daily. Day 1 and 2 his test came back negative. Day 3 came back positive. They "retested" the same sample and it was positive again.


I can, in fact, read. There were some conflicting reports about the timeline when I wrote my first post, and I acknowledged that in my follow-up after the protocol was cited in this thread.

Do you prefer pot or kettle?
Posted by Python
Member since May 2008
6600 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 1:03 pm to
So it was perfectly fine for Covid positive people to vote in the Presidential election but not ok to play golf. Makes perfect sense.
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