I went to the Seahawks official website to see if there was any info on COVID effects on their team. Looks like they're in great shape. This is what was posted from Pete Carroll's presser on Monday:
1. The Seahawks remain on high alert when it comes to COVID-19 protocols.
Carroll opened his press conference noting that, league-wide, there were 36 players put on the COVID-19 list on Monday, a big number that drives home the fact that this pandemic is far from over.
The Seahawks have been one of the best teams in the league when it comes to keeping players healthy—they didn't have a single player test positive last season, and this year only one player, Gerald Everett, has been out with COVID—and Carroll said his team has recently elevated its alertness to protocols with cases increasing.
"We just elevated all of our alerts on mask wearing and all of the stuff that we can do there," Carroll said. "We have been talking about it for a couple of days leading into it. I didn't have that news (of Monday's positive tests) when I met with the team today, so I didn't get to convey that to them, but I was on the topic anyway. Everybody is on high alert."
Carroll went on to talk about how one of the biggest challenges, not just for an NFL team but society as a whole, is avoiding complacency nearly two years into the pandemic.
"That's it," he said. "That's the whole issue worldwide. People get fatigued from it. We just can't—we can't let that happen. Even though everybody is human and you get worn down by the reminders. It's stressful when you have to be continually reminded and thoughtful of something that you wouldn't normally do. It wears on you, and we try to avoid it. We look for ways to get out of it. That's the conversation we hear all the time, that's the national clamor. It is about being diligent. Diligence comes from the constant reminders and the discipline that it takes to stick with it. I like to say I'm doing a good job of that. I've got to do better. I've got to do better. I've got to keep helping guys, and our staff guys that are tuned in have to help guys more so, so that they can just stay tuned into it. Here we go, we're in the last month of the season and we've got a shot to make it through. I don't know after today what's going to happen, but everybody has to continually be reminded.
Carroll also had a message for anyone who takes issue with being asked to take precautions in order to keep other safe: "Stop griping about it. Stop griping about being healthy and helping other people be healthy. I don't get that. That's beyond me. It's so far away from personal rights. I don't get it. We're just trying to stay healthy. We're going to try to keep doing a good job at it. Hopefully, we can get through just another day. Just one day at a time. It's constant as anything we've ever been around. We just have to do a good job. I've got to do better. I have to remind guys more."
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