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'Ongoing failure': Berkeley Dept. of Public Health pans Cal football program's 'major COVID outbreak'
Alex Shultz, SFGATE
Nov. 9, 2021Updated: Nov. 9, 2021 10:16 p.m.
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The statement provided to SFGATE strongly insinuates that Cal football players and staff members have not been mindful of typical precautions after exposure to COVID-19.
"Cases emerged in an environment of ongoing failure to abide by public health measures. People in the program did not: Get tested when sick, stay home when sick, [or wear] masks indoors.
"These simple measures keep people safe," the statement continues. "Failing to do so results not only in individual infections, sickness, and worse, but also threatens the safety of all around them – especially those with compromised immune systems."
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Cal's football players are 99% vaccinated, the school has said, and its staffers also have a similarly high vaccination rate. During a press conference on Tuesday evening, Cal Athletic Director Jim Knowlton could not confirm how many of those players were asymptomatic, or at least unaware that they were potentially exhibiting COVID symptoms. None of the players or staffers have been reported as seriously ill, which is line with the efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines...
'Ongoing failure': Berkeley Dept. of Public Health pans Cal football program's 'major COVID outbreak'
Alex Shultz, SFGATE
Nov. 9, 2021Updated: Nov. 9, 2021 10:16 p.m.
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The statement provided to SFGATE strongly insinuates that Cal football players and staff members have not been mindful of typical precautions after exposure to COVID-19.
"Cases emerged in an environment of ongoing failure to abide by public health measures. People in the program did not: Get tested when sick, stay home when sick, [or wear] masks indoors.
"These simple measures keep people safe," the statement continues. "Failing to do so results not only in individual infections, sickness, and worse, but also threatens the safety of all around them – especially those with compromised immune systems."
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Cal's football players are 99% vaccinated, the school has said, and its staffers also have a similarly high vaccination rate. During a press conference on Tuesday evening, Cal Athletic Director Jim Knowlton could not confirm how many of those players were asymptomatic, or at least unaware that they were potentially exhibiting COVID symptoms. None of the players or staffers have been reported as seriously ill, which is line with the efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines...
