UNI gets bad news- caution... off topic Covid/vaccine discussion

[braves16]

https://unipanthers.com/news/2023/8/17/mens-basketball-uni-mens-basketball-austin-phyfe-announces-medical-retirement.aspx

[Da Coach]

More on Austin Phyfe retiring from basketball due to health concerns-
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...014#post512014

[MacabreMob]

Phyfe: "In June of 2022, I was diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism, which led to emergency surgery to remove blood clots from my lungs..."

Hmmmm

[Canton BU fan]

A lot of these stories since a certain thing was required of people

[BUfan17]

He got covid over the summer in 2021 and could not play to his former level the following season. He didn't play at all last season after having a pulmonary embolism. Rough way to end your career but glad he seems to be still involved.

[yoda]

He got covid over the summer in 2021 and could not play to his former level the following season. He didn't play at all last season after having a pulmonary embolism. Rough way to end your career but glad he seems to be still involved.

over the 6-7 years he's been connected with UNI, he's been said to have a lot of unfortunate setbacks..
vasovagal syncope, excessively low heart rate and blood pressure, acute Covid and "long Covid", ankle injuries, blood clots/pulmonary emboli (similar to what Bradley's Pierre Cooper had in 1982. The fact that Cooper couldn't safely play while on blood thinners was the same reason that plagues Phyfe. Bradley's had a couple of those guys who never seemed to catch a break and stay healthy (Sam Singh, Sammy Maniscalco, Will Egolf)

[PhiAlphaBoy]

He got covid over the summer in 2021 and could not play to his former level the following season. He didn't play at all last season after having a pulmonary embolism. Rough way to end your career but glad he seems to be still involved.

THANK YOU for shutting down the wackjob, anti-vaxer nonsense BUfan. People need to get the facts before they open their piehole!

[MacabreMob]

I agree - it’s too bad half the country to this day STILL does not have much of the information, facts, truth. Maybe it’s ignorance. Maybe it’s arrogance. Mostly, it’s a shame.

[Bball31]

THANK YOU for shutting down the wackjob, anti-vaxer nonsense BUfan. People need to get the facts before they open their piehole!

You couldn't have said it better.

[algotrader]

Anyone that believes in that anti vaxxer crap should have their degrees revoked by the university.

[yoda]

Lots of adverse effects have been due to the vaccine. Nobody here knows all the facts in Phyfe’s case. Certainly a lot of what was stated as fact & “proven science” back in 2020 & 2021 has since come under suspicion or has been proven false.

[Dub]

At this point I very actively do not want to know where any of my bradleyfans friends stand on Covid vaccines in America. Unity.

[Da Coach]

At this point I very actively do not want to know where any of my bradleyfans friends stand on Covid vaccines in America. Unity.

Agreed.

[PhiAlphaBoy]

Lots of adverse effects have been due to the vaccine. Nobody here knows all the facts in Phyfe’s case. Certainly a lot of what was stated as fact & “proven science” back in 2020 & 2021 has since come under suspicion or has been proven false.

https://www.cochrane.org/news/cochrane-review-covid-19-vaccines-shows-they-are-effective

[Da Coach]

I don't want to turn this forum into a debate about Covid, vaccines, and side effects. But... effectiveness is not the same thing as adverse effects.

And that review article assessed effectiveness in a number of studies from 2021 when the dominant strains at that time were the strains represented in the vaccine. That is no longer the case. The vaccines available now are far less effective in preventing Covid since the Omicron variants emerged almost 2 years ago.

Vaccinated individuals can get Covid and can spread it. In fact, for the past year or more, the majority of new cases as well as the majority of deaths now are in previously vaccinated individuals.

And there have been hundreds of thousands of adverse effects from the vaccines that have been reported to the government VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Effects Reporting System). The CDC records these, but so far has done little or no investigation to see if there was a legitimate cause and effect.
One independent study from earlier this year found nearly 700,000 reported side effects-

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10009742/

All I'll say is that we are learning more every day about the connection between the vaccines and the reports of side effects.