Two days after Ezekiel Elliott and at least three other members of the Cowboys and Texans tested positive for COVID-19, a second Broncos player has done so. Safety Kareem Jackson tested positive for the coronavirus, Adam Schefter of ESPN.com tweets.
Jackson’s diagnosis follows Von Miller‘s. The latter tested positive in April. Jackson, 32, was tested Wednesday morning, Mike Klis of 9News tweets.
The 10-year NFL veteran began experiencing chills this week, Klis adds. Jackson is not in serious condition and is expected to make a full recovery, Schefter notes. But as the NFL and NFLPA continue to formulate a plan for how the league’s first COVID-19-era training camps will look, players continue to test positive.
Jackson was part of a Denver protest against systemic racism two weeks ago — one featuring several of his Broncos teammates — but the second-year Broncos defender told Klis his doctor informed him that based on the timing of his symptoms he likely contracted the virus this past weekend (Twitter link). Jackson traveled from Denver in recent days, Klis adds.
Miller, Elliott, Jackson and Sean Payton are thus far the most notable NFL figures to test positive for the virus that has infected more than two million Americans and killed more than 119,000. A three-tests-per-week policy has surfaced as a potential course of action this season, but how the league will navigate this virus as its 32 teams — rostering nearly 3,000 players — report to camp has become the obvious central storyline this year.
The Broncos signed Jackson to a three-year, $33MM deal last March and moved the longtime Texans cornerback to safety. He and Justin Simmons emerged as one of the NFL’s best safety tandems last season.
Ok, that does it. Suspend Ezekiel Elliott for 6 games. -NFL
the best meme
HIPAA laws not working so well.
I came here to say the same thing
It was a lot more fun when you could blame the Patriots for everything.
well the patriots plane went to China
So now we just have to link BB to the test lab or wet market…lol.
think that wet market has a massage parlor attached?
something like 40 percent of the country will get covid 19 before the end of the year.
just because someone says that doesnt mean it will be true. here in cali they though this was going to get way worse even called in a navy ship for help and yet it wasnt as bad and they had to send the ship away after not needing it
Were not done with it yet
you need about 40 percent for herd immunity to begin with. the ant body test are showing approximately 30 percent have probably already had it. also death totals in US are probably off by 25 %. deaths are closer to 85 thousand. reading all the medical papers being published make you stop watching corporate news. they don’t seem to understand anything.
there was an interesting interview with a historian on pandemics. second wave seems almost guaranteed but this doesn’t seem to be mimicking the Spanish flu. ( that second wave was worst then the first) but the newer strands of 19 seem weaker in strength. 2 new studies published on that recently but could change quickly. my point is everyone testing positive means almost nothing but is reported as such big news. when in fact there is currently a 30 % chance you’ve had it and a higher chance you have been exposed. 99.5 % of people will survive it and more than 60 % will have little to no symptoms.
I thought there’s a 14-day incubation period?
Enough of this meaningless scoreboard keeping. Unless influenza, pneumonia, and all other illnesses are quantified and reported in real time as well. It’s all nonsense and meaningless to everything.
but it sells papers. ( or clicks in this case)
Ironic. Jackson expressed concerns about returning to play when it was not 100% safe, and a large majority of commenters over at PFT were giving him absolute hell over it. And now he ends up contracting the virus. Not sure if that affects anyone’s thinking but it certainly is interesting to note.
At least he will be fine by season.