THE CONCRETE ROUNDABOUT (TCR)

I'm not sure how much I agree with this. Whilst, from my non-medical background, I'd recommend as many people get the vaccine as possible, I think personal choice is more important. The vaccine doesn't stop you getting it, it doesn't kill the virus and it doesn't stop you passing it on. It is there to help reduce the symptoms of the individual gets it. Everyone should have personal choice regarding their body, especially athletes. If a player gets a back injury should they not be paid because they've not done enough yoga? What about a muscle injury if they wore the wrong boots? It is going to be fucking annoying missing players I completely get that but the current government rules on isolation are utter nonsense and make little sense, players who have made a personal choice about their health should not be punished financially for it.

I'm not sure how much I agree with this. Whilst, from my non-medical background, I'd recommend as many people get the vaccine as possible, I think personal choice is more important. The vaccine doesn't stop you getting it, it doesn't kill the virus and it doesn't stop you passing it on. It is there to help reduce the symptoms of the individual gets it. Everyone should have personal choice regarding their body, especially athletes. If a player gets a back injury should they not be paid because they've not done enough yoga? What about a muscle injury if they wore the wrong boots? It is going to be fucking annoying missing players I completely get that but the current government rules on isolation are utter nonsense and make little sense, players who have made a personal choice about their health should not be punished financially for it.

The recent anecdotal evidence is that approx 75% of the covid cases in hospital aren't jabbed. So that personal choice is straining the NHS and costing us taxpayers unnecessarily. If people don't want to be jabbed, fine, just don't seek treatment when they get ill. Die at home, freedom lovers.

So, a question that’s been bugging me throughout this last 20 months of these Covid times…

Who’s actually monitoring the clubs and their policies regarding what appear to be their decisions over players availability, and what sanctions are in place if a club knowingly breaches those guidelines?

How difficult would it have been for us to have got away with selecting those absent players yesterday? There’s no regulatory body checking on clubs as far as I know. We, like our opponents yesterday (who had a widely reported batch of absentees just recently), appear to be playing things by the book. Call me cynical, but I’m guessing there’s clubs out there who are knowingly breaching the rules.

Fair point. Come on Dons, we're better than this.

Fair point. Come on Dons, we're better than this.