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Can a TD require proof of vaccination?
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gammaxgoblin
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I disagree. When my life is threatened by your exercising your freedoms....F#$! Y*$ Put your mask on, get vaccinated and shut your face.
At this point, "get vaccinated" is not a choice for most disc golfers. I think it will be into the 2022 golf season, before we stand at the "everyone who wants to get vaccinated, has been".
I am not sure if at that point mandating vaccination proof is important. Once we are to the point, where everyone that wants a vaccine, has had one, I am not too concerned with who is left. If people choose to not get a vaccine, I no longer feel the need take it on as my responsibility to protect them. Don't get me wrong I will likely wear a mask, distance and be cautious for the foreseeable future.
So, I stand by my take. Let's wait until everyone has had the chance to get vaccinated and then have this disc golf discussion. It is a long road to get there.
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At the current rate, we are on pace to get everyone a chance to be vaccinated some time in 2024. Forecast, which assumes that we suddenly start performing on schedule with no regard to past performance (something that historically hasn't happened with government projects), has slipped to Q1 2023.
lol masks and social distancing forever. Even if everyone is vaccinated. Yay new normal
VictorB
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the county/state health departments have set guidelines for how many people can gather for events both indoors and outdoors. I think as long as those rules are being followed, then there should be no proof of vaccination required. Playing in a disc golf tournament isn't really in the same category as flying or going to school.
Everyone has vaccination cards in their medical records. I don't think issuing an extra is really that difficult
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See, I am not sure. Let me preface my statement by saying, my new normal will likely include an awareness of distance and judicious mask use, in high risk environments.
This may sound bad, but once a point has been reached, where everyone that WANTS a vaccination has had the opportunity, I no longer feel it is part of my job to protect anyone.
VictorB
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I'm also very doubtful that always masking and distancing is going to be normal.
Now that we know how to make a vaccine for a coronavirus, it's most likely going to end up being a seasonal dose like for influenza. As for the masks, they've been normalized more, so people will just be able to throw them on whenever they are feeling bad or if there's any further outbreaks.
Things won't be 'like the good old days' but we'll get back to normal - and smarter than before from learning what we have been able to during this pandemic. (at least those that chose to learn something from it) Tournaments will be back on the schedule and we'll have full fields and players parties again in no time.
Also - this is drifting off the original topic and would have been much more fitting for a different thread. Apologies.
jenb
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Thanks. That's exactly what I was looking for. So if a state or local government requires proof of vaccination to participate in sporting events, the TD is preauthorized by the PDGA to require such proof from players.
R-Ogre
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It's 5G, they can ping it with any latest generation smartphone
I was of the understanding that disc golfers spent all of their money on pot and keen shoes, and they wouldn't be able to afford much more than a second hand iphone 5
teemkey
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TDs and the other PDGA oligarchs are rolling in dough dontcha know.
Topic drift, but I still rock an iPhone 4.
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