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Coronavirus

greatwhitenorf said:
Back in harness again shooting pro sports in Toronto. Our NBA, MLS and MLB teams all relocated their home games to Florida or New York (MLB) the past two seasons. Only had NHL hockey to shoot in that time with last season being only Canadian teams (7) playing one another with the border closed.

In July, things began to change and the teams migrated home. Since returning, I've shot baseball, MLS and the men's pro tennis tour event. By far, the best run event was the tennis. Absolutely buttoned down protocols for media. Had to show record of full vaccination, get tested every other day and fill out daily questionnaire in order to keep your chip-embedded credential valid. Miss out on daily duties and the pass is nullified.

Baseball's a joke. Media need proof of double jabs in order to attend games. Fans? Pfff. Anyone can get a ticket. A hoard of mouth breathers bellowing away with no masks on, sitting in close proximity to where we photograph and where the players benches are.

MLS is pretty lax, too. We have one colleague who won't get vaccinated and has shot two games. Don't want to be in the room with him. Happily, most of the pro teams in Toronto - and Canada - have announced that anyone attending must be fully vaccinated. Our colleague has just plunked down several tens of thousands of dollars to switch his camera gear over to the new Sony mirrorless system (20 frames per second) and now can't use it unless he gets jabbed. Arrivederci, bello.
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Nice, do you shoot for the press as well as hobbies then?
 
..."the press...".

What a quaint term. It's properly called media. And yes, I do, mainly for wire services. Published worldwide routinely. Sometimes happy with that (NY Times, ESPN, Guardian, The Athletic), sometimes not so much (FOX Sports, Post Media, RT.com).
 
greatwhitenorf said:
..."the press...".

What a quaint term. It's properly called media. And yes, I do, mainly for wire services. Published worldwide routinely. Sometimes happy with that (NY Times, ESPN, Guardian, The Athletic), sometimes not so much (FOX Sports, Post Media, RT.com).
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A world away from the brick I do/did.

Are you allowed to work in the U.K/europe at the Lane for example?
 
Organisation I work with are working closely to PHE and looks likely winter restrictions are expected. Recent figures + vaccine effectiveness reduction + return to school seems to = a move to some kind of restrictions, they are predicting October
 
Grays_1890 said:
Organisation I work with are working closely to PHE and looks likely winter restrictions are expected. Recent figures + vaccine effectiveness reduction + return to school seems to = a move to some kind of restrictions, they are predicting October
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That’s a sobering thought. Hope for no more lockdowns.
 
Grays_1890 said:
Recent figures + vaccine effectiveness reduction + return to school seems to = a move to some kind of restrictions, they are predicting October
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Yet again, closing the stable door once the horse has not only bolted, but after it has run over the hill and been spotted charging through fields three counties away.

Useless tacos.
 
Mikey10 said:
Yet again, closing the stable door once the horse has not only bolted, but after it has run over the hill and been spotted charging through fields three counties away.

Useless tacos.
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So are you proposing a lockdown now or more restrictions?
 
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