I'm not fixated, I'm trying to understand. I haven't followed Beasley so I didn't realize he was "anti-vaxx", thought he was just pissed off about the degree of the protocol differences for those who aren't on the vaccinated side of the ledger. There's a lot of vitriol against him, and when I posted about one specific line item in the covid protocol list for the players, I got lumped into the "sick of this shit" rant.
My personal interest is just that - for me it's not a hypothetical. I've had covid, and my Dr. has advised me not to get the vaccine. And I get the same vitriol directed at me - I'm trying to figure out where it is coming from. In an athletes case, they have a ton to lose in the case of an adverse reaction (maybe increasingly so because of any of the pharma garbage they are dumping into their bodies as mockingly mentioned above). Who knows what Toradol does to the body in combination with the vaccine (that certainly wasn't part of any study)? There's a whole lot of non-Dr's in the pitchfork brigade that don't know shit about the safety of the vaccine (other than the CDC/Pharma/MSM claims that they are safe). In the animal trials vaccinated animals that were exposed to covid-19 [post vaccination] died. They cancelled the animal trials prior to completion. [Anyone wanting to contradict this statement, show me proof that these vaccines went through published successful animal trials.] So anyone who is saying this thing is safe, is either profiting from it (including Pharma and the CDC) or doesn't have any real knowledge to base it on. At best, the logic is "we did this thing over there, which is mostly similar, so it SHOULD be safe as well". Like it or not, vaccinating the global population IS the field trial. So in my case, I don't need the vaccine... but I can certainly understand the stance of someone who is not comfortable with the long term safety of the vaccine. Back to Beasley's case, sure he might be putting X, Y, and Z in his body (which he is being mocked for above), but in general players know what those things are doing to their body and what risks they are taking - but they don't know what happens if the two are mixed - or even the vaccine in isolation. If he doesn't feel comfortable putting the unknown of the vaccine in his body, I'm not comfortable faulting him for that.
Finally, to the bolded... the differences in that chart for the vaccinated/non-vaccinated is not "strongly encouraging it", it's way past that - it is right up to the point of coercion if not past it. There are extenuating circumstances dealing with the totality of the league safety, but there is also the illusion of safety - after all what is the point of getting the vaccine if it doesn't make you safe from covid-19? The fact is, this vaccine is EUA and by international law must be administered with informed consent and absent mandate/force/coercion. Telling people it is safe (when that cannot be reasonably proven) would seem to muddy the "informed consent" water. The pitchfork brigade and employer policies that are seemingly punitive in nature (no actual increase in workplace safety) could be viewed as coercion. Since I'm not a lawyer my opinion there is probably not worth the time it took me to type it - but there it is.
@johnmd20 Mock all you want - the hypothetical is relevant to me, because though I'm not an athlete, it is my actual circumstance. My fault for not knowing Beasley was persona non-grata and using him for my hypothetical. You guys are busting out the condemnation, and applying it awfully broadly. You are clearly comfortable with that - but that doesn't mean that a reasonable question trying to understand how far your animus extended was out of bounds. In the end your mocking of basic attempts at discussion is an example of what is wrong in this situation. You aren't a world renowned leader in this field (are you, it is SoSH after all?), and yet you mock questions/hypotheticals that use information from such sources to frame a discussion point.
[Aside: If the pitchfork brigade wants to head in Beasley's direction because he's taken a public anti-vaxx stance, that's their right - but so is his right to advocate against it. In the end, we won't know who is right for about 7-10 years].
Personal note: My parents, my 2 oldest children, and most of my immediately/extended family is vaccinated.