As news circulates concerning pending approvals for possible COVID-19 vaccines, many have expressed reluctance in taking them. Today’s poll question is, would you take a COVID-19 vaccine if showing proof of that was mandatory to attend or participate in short track racing events?
RaceDayCT Daily Poll: Would You Take A COVID Vaccine To Attend Or Participate In Short Track Racing?
December 7, 2020 by 46 Comments
Has nothing to do with going to an event for me, has everything to do with protecting my health and helping put an end to this pandemic.
Hell no. Racing is not that important.
Being a responsible human is far more compelling.
I plan on getting the vaccine as soon as it’s available to me. It has nothing to do with racing, but protecting myself and those around me. Hopefully everyone gets the vaccine so life can return to a somewhat resemblance of normal. I figure it will probably be sometime in late June or early July before it’s available to the general public
Has nothing to do with racing. It’s about being responsible and protecting my health as well as the health and safety of my family. Especially my beautiful new granddaughter.
NO its been reported firefighters in NY will not take it and even health care workers good luck to the sheep
Rob p and Earl, I’m right with you on that!
Where did you get that report from Racer? My daughter is an RN and she and her colleagues are eagerly awaiting the vaccine.
What firefighters? FDNY?
Gallup reported on November 17th that 58% of Americans polled said they would take the vaccine. Could this poll be any closer to mirroring that result?
58% is good, actually very good coming out of the gate with skepticism rampant these days. Once the public service messaging is out there and people see the first few hundred thousand getting shots state wide with no surprises larger numbers of the wuss bunnies will fall in line. 70% getting the vaccine with do just fine.
The target dates for Connecticut are up with 100,000 or so getting the first shot by the beginning of the January and 200,000 by the end of the month. Including most of health care workers that elect to receive the vaccine…..a very good thing.
Plan on a reaction that can be anywhere from mild to knocked on your ass for a day or so with flu like symptoms after the first shot. Second shot less so. Or it can be reversed.
How will you get the shots? Probably not at your doctor. Somewhere that the doses can be stored in large quantities safely frigid and administered in high volume.
Finger crossed the setbacks are minimal.
As a citizen of NYC, I am not surprised that 25% of the Lib-sheep say they will not take the vaccine, and that is because of our IODIOT Mayor and MPRONOC Governor who have from the beginning politicized this whole thing King Andrew himself is personally responsible via edict, for over 5000 Senior Home Deaths.
well that makes two of my responses apparently blocked
I currently get the flu vaccine each year. So I am sure I will get the Covid vaccine when it becomes available but it has nothing to do with racing.
I dont see how a local track could make it necessary to get a vaccine for you to attend an event. How do you prove you have been vaccinated. There was an airline or country that required proof of covid free tests to travel. There was a criminal enterprise caught providing false documentation.
No, but I might say I did……
It’s believed that the Pfizer vaccine will get Emergency Use Approval on December 10th. Yet as of today there are still many flaws in the roll out plan. In many states first responders, health care workers, and people at highest risk will be vaccinated first. In at least 27 states the number of vaccine doses fall way short of what the federal government had allocated them. California for instance has 3.8 million first responders and health care workers, yet as of today had only received 270,000 doses, or enough for 135,000 people, leaving a shortfall well in excess of 3.6 million, and this scenario repeats time and time again. Pfizer has the capability to produce about 29 million doses of the vaccine per month, but those doses are for worldwide distribution, not soley for the United States. Some people say the whole country will be vaccinated by May, but if you run the numbers, it’s impossible. The more knowledgeable experts are saying early 2022. The roll out happening during the transition is going to further complicate this, as the Trump government is not partaking in a peaceful transition of power.
55% of FDNY members say they won’t take the vaccine. 74% of New Jersey residents refuse to take part in contact tracing. Bunch of idiots down there. Dafella says the vaccine won’t help much anyways. I trust his insight.
I think I’ll have a few drinks to take the edge off before I go to get the vaccine… Otherwise, I’ll end up becoming daRealPantiesInABunch!
Ken L,
None of your comments have been blocked. I don’t moderate comments the second they are entered. Back it down a bit.
This could be a good news bad news moment for many individuals. Good news, vaccine is available for you to take advantage of. Bad news, you were to stupid and did not take the vaccine and now you are going to die. Seems like a no brainer to me.
It’s like leading the horse to water but you can’t make the dam fool drink.
ABSOLUTELY NOT!!
i’ll get vaccinated anyway, i get flu and pneumovax yearly now. i don’t think mandating it a good idea, it’s too easy to go around it. bottom line- we’ll be there in the spring regardless!
For the record if you are a Connecticut resident Ned Lamont has stated unequivocally he is against any vaccine mandate. Nor is Biden considering any kind of national mask mandate. He’s asking people in the nicest way to voluntarily do it for 100 days as a matter of civic responsibility. I know, civic responsibility seems like a foreign term given the state we are currently in but it’s a real thing you betcha.
Mandates is an argument with no reason for existing because they are unenforceable.
Don’t worry about the vaccine.
This stupid Trump Administration did not order enough Pfizer product. This Admin passed on available product and did not order enough for American citizens, and now Americans will have to wait for the next available batch, whenever that is.
Furthermore, Pfizer announced it will only be able to deliver about half the amount they previously announced, and if they and we are lucky, it might be available in June or July. And we know June or July will easily stretch out to Nov/Dec.
Liz, if you go commando, no worries about getting your panties in a bunch.
Not a chance. Do your homework people. The “ Virus “ has a 99% survival rate. The vaccine is very bad and a lot of doctors around the world are against it. The have skipped over the biggest test for approval and there obviously has been no testing for long term effects. The scamdemic is a hoax says the CEO of a company that makes the test kits. It is all about gaining control. Do some research.
JimB,
Just throwing this out there out of curiosity, because I know people love to throw out that 99 percent statistic as if it’s some kind of miniscule number that should cause no alarm.
Let’s say 5,000 people go to the grocery store each day where you typically shop. If someone told you before you walked in that store that each day 50 random people that walk in there will drop dead when they walk through the door, would you still go to that grocery store?
JimB,
Step away from the Fox.
Here is information right from the experts at the Centers for Disease Control:
CDC is actively working to learn more about the whole range of short- and long-term health effects associated with COVID-19. As the pandemic unfolds, we are learning that many organs besides the lungs are affected by COVID-19 and there are many ways the infection can affect someone’s health.
While most persons with COVID-19 recover and return to normal health, some patients can have symptoms that can last for weeks or even months after recovery from acute illness. Even people who are not hospitalized and who have mild illness can experience persistent or late symptoms. Multi-year studies are underway to further investigate. CDC continues to work to identify how common these symptoms are, who is most likely to get them, and whether these symptoms eventually resolve.
The most commonly reported long-term symptoms include:
Fatigue
Shortness of breath
Cough
Joint pain
Chest pain
Other reported long-term symptoms include:
Difficulty with thinking and concentration (sometimes referred to as “brain fog”)
Depression
Muscle pain
Headache
Intermittent fever
Fast-beating or pounding heart (also known as heart palpitations)
More serious long-term complications appear to be less common but have been reported. These have been noted to affect different organ systems in the body. These include:
Cardiovascular: inflammation of the heart muscle
Respiratory: lung function abnormalities
Renal: acute kidney injury
Dermatologic: rash, hair loss
Neurological: smell and taste problems, sleep issues, difficulty with concentration, memory problems
Psychiatric: depression, anxiety, changes in mood
Some 300,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 since around March 2020.
Is that not enough for you?
What else do you need to understand that the #TrumpPandemic COVID-19 🦠 is not a hoax?
Until then, you are an idiot.
JimB, a fact denied is still a fact.
“The scamdemic is a hoax says the CEO of a company that makes the test kits.”
We get it, it’s all a hoax until it personally affects you.
I’m honestly happy for JimB. He obviously hasn’t personally seen what the fake virus can do, personally experienced the loss of previously healthy loved ones, or had the stress of waiting out several quarantines with a housemate due to exposure while teaching young kids. I genuinely hope he’s lucky enough to stay that way.
Isn’t 5000 a decent weekly race attendance count at Stafford or Thompson? Imagine if 50 attendees didn’t come home every week.
Hey JimB, here’s some breaking news, “Due to the raging COVID-19 pandemic, especially in California, the Feb. 27-28 race weekend planned for Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., has been canceled, Motorsport.com has learned.”
Season hasn’t even started yet.
In regards to hoax and racing, on a racing podcast last night one participant expressed his concerns with the lack of capacity constraints, social distancing, and COVID protocols he saw while watching the Snowball derby from Pensacola online. There were no crowd capacity reductions, haulers jammed next to each other before the race, and few masks to be seen (Kyle wore his Chase did not). Another participant on the podcast, not unknown to some in CT racetrack pits, took a different opinion in that Fla has no state mandates on capacity reductions, no mask mandates, and he justifies what 5 flags speedway did as right because the virus has little transmissibility outdoors. Also stating that there have been no COVID outbreaks linked to racetracks. I guess in Fla there isn’t any virus, teams don’t have enclosed trailers, and people only talk via text. Considering what CT racetrack promotors, fans, and teams went thru to get live racing the year, I thought trying to justify how the Snowball derby was run in the realm of covid-19 not very tactful. As far as race track outbreaks go this past year, ask Rich Bickle how he feels, and espn must be one of those fake news sites.
https://www.espn.com/racing/story/_/id/29710452/world-outlaws-ramp-coronavirus-protocols-outbreak
Be sure to get your shot if you want to go racing next year.
That 1% deal sounds not so bad on paper. That is if you can ignore the stressed out hospitals and health care workers appearing nightly on the news in tears they’re so stressed out. And if you are simply not that old.
Unfortunately for we more mature folks the death rates are a little more intimidating. In Connecticut 60-69/4%, 70-79/13% and 80-89/30%.
Dadope, you’re the biggest hypocrite going.
Yes I would Shawn. I have just as much of a chance of dying in a car crash on my way to work. If I need groceries I am going into the store and I should not be forced to wear a mask. Per our constitution. The test they are using are flu tests and if cycled more then 35 times will almost always give a positive test if you have any type of a virus in your system. Hospitals benefit hugely from a COVID death and not so much from any other death. Stop watching the MSM because they are part of the problem. The only tell us what they want us to hear. It is about fear and control. Do a search on DuckDuckGo search engine for Carina Virus and do some research. Don’t use google because they also censor out what the don’t want you to know. Along with Face Book and Twitter.
JimB,
No, you absolutely do not statically have a one percent chance of dying each time you get in a car. That’s not true at all.
JimB, how have you lived so long? Per your own statistical “facts”, people like you should not have made it past a few months old.
You are living proof that ignorance is bliss. Good for you. Keep it up. Go to a few crowded bars and restaurants, celebrate.
Latest USA #TrumpPandemic COVID-19 coronavirus 🦠 statistics:
Total deaths: 293,503
New deaths (yesterday): 2,960
New cases (yesterday): 209,756
The USA had 4% of the world population and ¼ the COVID-19 deaths.
The Thanksgiving surge is happening, as expected. This will fuel an incredible rise in cases and deaths over the Christmas and Hew Years holidays.
“Well, I hate to say it again, but I WAS RIGHT!!!!! I’M RIGHT AGAIN!!!!!”
STARRING DAREAL (THE REAPER) GOODFELLA
EPISODE 52: ARE WE DOING GOOD OR NOT???????
DAREALGOODFELLA IN MARCH
darealgoodfella says
March 20, 2020 at 5:38 pm
The mortality rate appears to be around 4%. That’s about 40x higher than the seasonal flu. It also depends on hygiene, age, general health, etc.
So the USA has a population of 330 million, half of that is 165 million. Then 4% of that is 6.6 million. We are looking at millions of people dying. This thing is just starting to spool up. We are about a week to ten days behind Italy and Iran, and their numbers are just terrifying. Per a recent public address, at the same point in the cycle, the USA is in worse shape than Italy was.
DAREAL TWO DAYS AGO
darealgoodfella says
December 9, 2020 at 9:50 am
Latest USA #TrumpPandemic COVID-19 coronavirus statistics:
Total deaths: 293,503
DAREALGOODFELLA’S PROJECTION IN MARCH……….MILLIONS
DEATH COUNT TODAY………….UNDER 300,000
ARE YOU SAYING PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS DONE FAR BETTER THEN YOU PROJECTED?????????????
WeldingWonders wrote, “ARE YOU SAYING PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS DONE FAR BETTER THEN YOU PROJECTED?????????????”
No, you idiot. Trump didn’t do far better. Trump wanted to do nothing, let the pandemic wash over the population with no protections, such as advice for masks, social distancing, washing hands, etc. He was forced to promote safety protocols, against his will. And even then, he undercut the safety protocols.
“Well, I hate to say it again, but I WAS RIGHT!!!!! I’M RIGHT AGAIN!!!!!”
STARRING DAREAL (THE REAPER) GOODFELLA
EPISODE 53: SAFETY FIRST (EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF THOMPSON)
SAFETY FIRST SAYS DAREALGOODFELLA
darealgoodfella says
December 7, 2020 at 1:19 pm
Hell no. Racing is not that important.
Being a responsible human is far more compelling.
EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF THOMPSON
darealgoodfella says
March 16, 2020 at 9:12 am
Since this virus first showed up on USA soil (January 21, 2020), we minimized exposure to the public. We didn’t wait. No movies, restaurants, changed errands to times when stores were usually less occupied, etc. (EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF THOMPSON SPEEDWAY) We started social distancing a long time ago, before it was even announced. (EXCEPT AT THOMPSON SPEEDWAY) When the first cases showed up in WA, it was only a matter of time before it spread, and in a week, almost every state had cases. That’s fast.
My racing calendar is populated, but I doubt I’ll see a race in person in 2021. The #TrumpPandemic is raging and it is dangerous to be around crowds of any kind in any setting. The vaccine won’t be widely available for many, many months. Most people do not trust the vaccine, because Trump is associated with it, and nothing he does is any damn good, so only a few people are saying they are going to get the vaccine. Interestingly, only about 30% of people are saying they will get vaccinated. That is not enough to control the #TrumpPandemic. That’s a very low number, far lower than the petulant orange Biff Tannen’s base. Even his own people are shunning the vaccine.
In my region, numerous stores, food stores, have closed for deep cleanings and sanitizing. Not a good sign. One of those stores is a new major grocery chain store location that was only open a couple weeks.
For the last week or so, USA deaths have been just over 3,000 per day. New cases are running about 250,000 per day. Remember when new cases were running at 25,000 per day and that was shocking? And the rate of change is increasing and accelerating. It’s going to keep getting worse and worse.
Back in April during the initial surge, the cases and deaths were primarily in the high population density areas. Back then, death rates peaked at about 2,500 per day. I warned you that as the pathogen seeped from the easily opportunistic high population density areas to the vast lower population density areas, people would be savaged, and that is exactly what is happening now.
3,000 deaths per day works out to 90,000 per month, just over a million per year. It’s only going to get worse. The worse it gets, the longer it will take to remediate. We might be talking in terms of years, not months.
The fact that Trump has been a super spreader and anti-social distancer and anti-masker, is an anti-vaxxer, makes things worse. His tribe will not do as required, stunting the efficacy of the vaccine program. And because of Trump’s involvement in the program, even reasonable people do not trust the vaccine. 💉 You have to admit, demanding the vaccine be approved by his demand and demanding the resignation of the head of the approval body is not exactly confidence inspiring.
The truly stunning aspect of this is that people still believe this is a hoax.
Only an idiot would populate their calendar for 2021. That’s why mine is unpopulated. Also I’m not getting the vaccine until January 20th. It’ll be totally fine then.
“Well, I hate to say it again, but I WAS RIGHT!!!!! I’M RIGHT AGAIN!!!!!”
STARRING DAREAL (THE REAPER) GOODFELLA
EPISODE 54: DAREALGOODFELLA’S RECORD ON COVID19 WARNINGS.
darealgoodfella says
December 12, 2020 at 9:57
I warned you that as the pathogen seeped from the easily opportunistic high population density areas to the vast lower population density areas, people would be savaged, and that is exactly what is happening now.
DID YOU REALLY. AND SAID AT THE TIME THAT IT WOULD HAPPEN FOLLOWING THE INFECTION RATE AND DEATHS WE EXPERIENCED IN THE SPRING.
NONE OF THAT HAPPENED.
OTHER PREDICTIONS AND NONSENSE FROM DAREALGOODFELLA
Darealgoodfella says:
March 20, 2020 at 5:38 pm
. We are looking at millions of people dying.
NEVER HAPPENED AND WON’T HAPPEN
darealgoodfella says
May 21, 2020 at 1:43 pm
So I’m looking at the Connecticut reopening phases.
Phase 2 to start approx June 20, outdoor events up to 50 people.
Um, 4 weeks after June 20 is the end of August. I doubt Phase 4, if there is a Phase 4, will go to several thousand or unlimited people at events.
FOUR WEEKS AFTER JUNE 20 IS NOT ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THE END OF AUGUST AND THE PRIVATE LIMITS NEVER APPLIED TO RACING.
darealgoodfella says
May 20, 2020 at 12:39 pm
Short track racing REQUIRES fans in the stands to pay the bills, and crowd gatherings, even classroom size, are prohibited now and indefinitely into the future.
WRONG. NUMBEROUS RACES INCLUDING REGIONALLY HAPPENED WITHOUT FANS.
darealgoodfella says
May 21, 2020 at 3:55 pm
Doug, keep working on fanless PPV short track racing coverage. It’s about as viable as injecting Clorox, Lysol, and internal UV light is for curing COVID-19.
WRONG. FANLESS PPV ENDED UP BEING A STAPLE IN THE EARLY GOING IN THE RETURN TO RACING.
darealgoodfella says
May 20, 2020 at 12:13 pm
JD, short track racing requires fans in the stands.
Racetracks will be some of the LAST venues to reopen… LAST. And that will be several months away.
WRONG. THEY WERE SOME OF THE FIRST AND IT HAPPENED IN ROUGHLY A MONTH
darealgoodfella says
May 20, 2020 at 12:39 pm
With schools and colleges already announcing in-person classes will not happen in the fall 2020, some schools are considering remote learning classes this summer, and undetermined after that, how can you people be so confident that there will be short track racing in 2020? Short track racing REQUIRES fans in the stands to pay the bills, and crowd gatherings, even classroom size, are prohibited now and indefinitely into the future.
WRONG. CLASSES DID RESUME AND ARE STILL BEING HELD. THE RACING SEASONS ALSO HELD AND SUCCESSFUL.
darealgoodfella says
April 20, 2020 at 10:17 pm
We can’t even think of easing social restrictions until the new case daily rate and daily death rates are down to zero and stays there for a couple weeks. Or a therapy and vaccine are available.
WRONG. LAUGHABLY WRONG.
darealgoodfella says
April 5, 2020 at 8:17 pm
Trump convinces people daily that the acres of cow at a dairy farm does not stink. So Trump will win again and that is when Jared Kushner will be packaged and sold for 2024.
WRONG. AND THANK YOU FOR PICKING TRUMP SO BIDEN WOULD WIN!!!
darealgoodfella says
October 19, 2020 at 9:18 am
I read much of if not most of Connecticut is going back to Phase 2 pandemic regulations, with more restrictive measures, because of all the outbreaks going on. Schools tried to open, but in only a week or so had to switch to online learning because of infections.
WRONG. THE SCHOOLS OPENED AND CHILDREN ACROSS CONNECTICUT ARE GOING TO SCHOOL EVEN NOW. THE SWITCH IN TO REMOTE LEARNING EXCLUSIVELY COMPLETELY WRONG.
1. darealgoodfella says
September 9, 2020 at 4:15 pm
Earl, no offense intended, but it takes far more than the numerous degrees I hold and schools I attended for you to qualify my expertise. I can tell you, but you still won’t be able to qualify my expertise.
Went to a top notch engineering grad school. One of my profs worked on the re-entry calculations of the Apollo program. He told the US Navy they needed to move the recovery aircraft carrier quickly. Good thing they did.
TO PROVIDE FOR COMIC RELIEF. THE NOTION THAT DAREALGOODFELLA HAS ANYTHING REMOTELY RESEMBLING A POST SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUATION IS RIDICULOUS.
😷😷😷 darealgoodfella 😷😷😷 says
June 30, 2020 at 6:23 pm
Folks, enjoy each race as if it is the last of the year.
If you don’t like bad news, don’t watch the pandemic status in the next couple weeks, it’s gonna get bad, real bad.
WRONG, WRONG, WRONG.
darealgoodfella says
December 3, 2020 at 6:15 pm
Look, tracks have no idea what the crowd limits will be in 2021, or what crowds will show up given the severity of the COVID-19 #TrumpPandemic, and the dire predictions that forecast very dark, bleak times ahead, well into or through the racing season. That makes it impossible for tracks to predict revenues and commit to NASCAR. NASCAR requires commitments, and under these conditions, commitments are simply not possible.
WRONG. TRACKS AND SANCTIONING GROUPS ARE SCHEDULING RACES WITH COMMITMENTS MADE.
darealgoodfella says
December 2, 2020 at 5:10 pm
Only idiots would be surprised. Nothing has changed for Seekonk to activate.
The #TrumpPandemic is getting worse, no reason to believe things will be any better in ’21 than they were in 2020.
Smart people will be isolating through ’21. The vaccines will not be widely available to the general public until late ’21.
WRONG. THERE IS LITERALLY NO INFORMATION FROM ANY AUTHORITATIVE SOURCE SUPPORTING THIS NONSENSE.
darealgoodfella says
December 2, 2020 at 8:39 am
Connecticut news is reporting that CT might start seeing vaccines in May/June, with that going to first responders, medical personnel, nursing homes, etc. It will be months and months before regular people start getting the vaccines.
WRONG. THAT NEVER HAPPENED.
👏👏 Bravo WeldingWonders, bravo.
The news today, had a live feed of a registered nurse getting the PFE vaccine in NY. By most reports, it will take 4 to 6 months or so for the vaccine to be widely available but you can see light at the end of the tunnel. There is some reason for optimism for 2021 being better than 2020. Just based on what MA Gov Charlie Baker indicated in his covid re opening plan Seekonk should be allowed to open with some fans in attendance next year now that there is a vaccine. We still need to be careful a lot of people can and will get sick over the next several months. Mask up wash up and avoid the crowds. Happy holidays.
Welding Wonders you again show the hypocrite that is Dadope. These guys crack me up. “Yes, believe in the science, believe in what the CDC recommends”, (which is all scientist), but don’t believe in the science of a vaccine, so they won’t get it. I’m getting mine today.
It is amazing that people will believe anything, as evidenced by WeldingWonders, Doug, RickyinMass, Insipid Sybil, knuckles Mahoney, 🌈🦄, etc.
WeldingWonders, et al., has the believability and credibility of Donald Trump. A big fat Z-E-R-O.
How many of you still believe massive voter fraud happened and the election was “stolen”? That’s right, all you idiots.
Every post election court case Trump and his proxies lost, at least 60 so far, prove that the election was valid and Trump is the Fraud. Just like Doug is a fraud. After all, Doug uses numerous other screen names, just like Donald Trump used the fake identities of “John Barron”, “John Miller”, and “David Dennison” to promote himself. What a fraud. Doug and all his fairness has so much in common with Donald Trump. Doug, you must be so proud to be such a fraud.
Amazingly, Trump lost the vote of the people twice.
Insipid Sybil (aka: Doug, WeldingWonders, RickyInMass, et al.) posted:
“darealgoodfella says
December 2, 2020 at 5:10 pm
Only idiots would be surprised. Nothing has changed for Seekonk to activate.
The #TrumpPandemic is getting worse, no reason to believe things will be any better in ’21 than they were in 2020.
Smart people will be isolating through ’21. The vaccines will not be widely available to the general public until late ’21.
WRONG. THERE IS LITERALLY NO INFORMATION FROM ANY AUTHORITATIVE SOURCE SUPPORTING THIS NONSENSE.”
Dougie, in order to make that claim, you must know as fact what all authoritative sources have said. And for sure, that you do not have a chance to be aware of any authoritative sources.
Insipid Sybil (aka: Doug, WeldingWonders, RickyInMass, et al.) posted:
“darealgoodfella says
December 2, 2020 at 8:39 am
Connecticut news is reporting that CT might start seeing vaccines in May/June, with that going to first responders, medical personnel, nursing homes, etc. It will be months and months before regular people start getting the vaccines.
WRONG. THAT NEVER HAPPENED.”
Really? I wrote that as I was watching the news. Anyways, prove it. Prove that it never happened. 😂