OT: LSU requiring proof of vaccination or negative COVID-19 test at stadium for fans 12 years & older
LSU will require all fans 12 years and older to provide proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 PCR test at home games this fall. In consultation with various important decision-makers, including Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, LSU president William F. Tate and athletic director Scott Woodward, the decision comes out of concern for the fast-spreading Delta variant of the coronavirus. The policy will take effect for LSU's home opener against McNeese State on Sept. 11.
Fans at Tiger Stadium will be asked to show proof of at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine backed by the FDA. That includes those shots from Moderna and Johnson & Johnson, both of which remain under emergency use authorization. Pfizer-BioNTech's two-dose vaccine received its full FDA approval on Monday. Physical or digital proof of a vaccinate card will be accepted upon inspection.
Those who aren't vaccinated will have to show proof of a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken within 72 hours of kickoff. Kids under 12 will not need to show proof of a negative test and wearing masks is encouraged, but not required. The school is still in the works with other measures like further masking requirements and pop-up vaccine sites.
August 24th, 2021 at 6:34 PM ^
I'm curious ---- did you used to post on the Rivals free board back in the mid-2000s? You have a lot of the same posting habits as a "SanDiegoWolverine" on that board from that era.
My favorite was when he/you posted for about 1 hour straight during the Cedar Fire in October 2003. "Guys, I can see a bunch of 50-foot tall flames from my balcony, and the Fire Department is circling the neighborhood telling everyone to evacuate immediately? What should I do?"
Um, leave! Get off the message board, a wildfire is nearby!
August 24th, 2021 at 1:23 PM ^
Why would a child under 12 be exempt from the negative testing requirement? Seems like a recipe for disaster letting these kids run around in a stadium full of tens of thousands of people unmasked on a Saturday and then go to school on Monday.
August 24th, 2021 at 1:35 PM ^
Well, Tucker Carlson said you should immediately call the police if you see a child wearing a mask, so naturally half the country thinks it's AGAINST OUR FREEDOMS DERRRRPPPP
August 24th, 2021 at 2:31 PM ^
The amount of people in this country who can't seem to keep up with how the virus and variants are changing baffles me. Kids can and are being seriously affected by the virus and can and do spread the virus as the delta variant is more than 4x more communicable and young kids aren't vaccinated. The knowledge we had in regards to kids being low risk and not spreading covid 19 alpha is not applicable anymore
August 24th, 2021 at 9:02 PM ^
More communicable + less deadly.
How viruses work in order to survive.
August 24th, 2021 at 1:25 PM ^
So who's gonna put the mask on Mike the Tiger?
August 24th, 2021 at 1:32 PM ^
Not me. Thankfully he's vaccinated.
edit: it's interesting that the real tiger is vaccinated while the human running around in the stadium in a tiger costume might not be ?♂️
August 24th, 2021 at 1:49 PM ^
Speaking of interesting... If Louisiana was a manly state, and LSU a manly school with a manly football program, why is the tiger running around actually a guy in a tiger suit? I mean, don't youse guys wrastle 'gators down there?
Let Mike run!! FREE THE TIGER!!!!
August 24th, 2021 at 5:57 PM ^
Mike Tyson
August 24th, 2021 at 1:26 PM ^
I don't understand why some of you are upset about this being posted on the board. This is both a relevant and surprising news story.
Could the comments devolve into inanity? Sure, yes. That is not the fault of the news itself though.
August 24th, 2021 at 1:33 PM ^
Good on them.
August 24th, 2021 at 1:36 PM ^
Whats next? Masks in Mississippi? No... they have that new livestock drug that people are randomly taking.
August 24th, 2021 at 2:55 PM ^
Like masks in Mississippi are out of the norm.
August 24th, 2021 at 3:40 PM ^
Just the ones that cover only half your face.
Hey-o!
August 24th, 2021 at 1:45 PM ^
after Michigan this is my second most attended college football game over the years. I absolutely cringe when I think of how this is going to go down for the gate staff.
August 24th, 2021 at 1:50 PM ^
Props to LSU.
August 24th, 2021 at 2:18 PM ^
The poor souls that get paid to turn away the unvaccinated will soon have the worst job in the world.
August 24th, 2021 at 3:42 PM ^
Seriously, though, you know people are just going to get fake vaccination cards or negative test results. It's not as if there is going to be any validation other than quickly glancing at a piece of paper or phone screen. It's a nice policy and PR, but ultimately enforcement will be next to impossible.
August 24th, 2021 at 2:31 PM ^
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August 24th, 2021 at 2:36 PM ^
I personally think this is a great idea!
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August 24th, 2021 at 3:42 PM ^
Hey, that’s my domain, man!
August 24th, 2021 at 2:49 PM ^
Good for them if this is the path they want to take. This is going to be more common now that the Pfizer vaccine has full FDA approval. I understand some holding off for the full FDA approval but now that it is, and if you want to go to live events in the future, go get the shot(s).
August 24th, 2021 at 9:04 PM ^
It is absolutely, 100% NOT Full FDA approval.
It is an indefinite extension of the EUA.
#ReadingComprehensionIsFundamental
August 24th, 2021 at 10:00 PM ^
Yes, it is totally FDA approved. It is not an extension of emergency use authorization.
August 25th, 2021 at 4:38 PM ^
You really need to get out of Ohio--it's killing your brain cells.
August 24th, 2021 at 3:46 PM ^
Do people realize that Detroit is only at 42% and 35%? That has ramifications for the Lions, Michigan, and MSU.
I have to imagine UM and MSU will follow suit.
August 24th, 2021 at 5:50 PM ^
That number is for the city alone. The metro area overall has substantially higher vaccination rate than that.
August 24th, 2021 at 6:23 PM ^
It's gonna be bad in Detroit again in the fall or winter. Really low vax rate for a big city. Florida's rate actually wasn't any worse than Michigan's as a whole when their outbreak started.
August 25th, 2021 at 12:16 PM ^
There does seem to be a good deal of suspicion that Florida's vaccine rate included a lot of snowbirds and "vax tourists" (as the state was not requiring residency to receive a shot).
August 24th, 2021 at 9:09 PM ^
Here's hoping - otherwise, my daughter (11) will sit out another season.
August 25th, 2021 at 9:35 AM ^
Yeah my daughter won’t be 12 until late September so we will have an empty seat until she can get vaccinated.
August 25th, 2021 at 9:35 AM ^
Yeah my daughter won’t be 12 until late September so we will have an empty seat until she can get vaccinated.
August 24th, 2021 at 4:20 PM ^
coming from a school rather than the government may be taken a little differently. rural america simply has no love for the federal government and likely very little love for state and local. they are choosing ti be lsu fans...they cannot choose to have a different federal government
August 24th, 2021 at 6:14 PM ^
they cannot choose to have a different federal government
Read that back to yourself, slowly
August 24th, 2021 at 7:11 PM ^
ok yes revolution is an option, but i dont consider it a good one. the current government consumed by two parties that are motiviated to maintain control rather than do what is best for the country. voting for a candidate tattooed with an R or a D is rhe problem. replacing one with the other is perpetuating the problem
August 24th, 2021 at 4:22 PM ^
I am vaxed but my daughter is not due to fertility concerns. We have plans to travel together for the opener from Florida via nonrefundable plane so I am hoping U-M maintains their current policy otherwise I am on the hook for unusable plane tickets, game tickets, and hotel. There's nothing political but that's her family decision and I think it's late in the game to change any policies.
August 24th, 2021 at 4:26 PM ^
It’s never too late to change policies.
if she is unvaccinated than she needs to wear a mask. Otherwise just stay home.
August 24th, 2021 at 4:47 PM ^
I didn't say anything about masks and of course we will be wearing them. And timaaay is the biggest douchebag on this site so I will head over to the mod sticky to see how long it takes him to report me for offending him.
August 24th, 2021 at 9:08 PM ^
Show us ze papers else no zoup for you!
Way to not read what he said in your endeavor to isolate someone who believes differently than you and doesn't want to risk her baby with an experimental vaccine.
August 24th, 2021 at 9:17 PM ^
Firstly, this is a decision that impacts others. How you do not understand the concept of infectiousness by now I have no idea.
Secondly, this country can draft men into it’s armed forces. You can compelled to be put into harm’s way. Furthermore, you can be mandated to be vaccinated. Again, precedent for this with polio and other illnesses.
Thirdly, if this were Nazi Germany, as you se to think it is, you would be in a camp.
Oh and it is not an experimental vaccine. It has been fully approved by the FDA.
You have outed yourself as an idiot and ignorance. Congrats.
August 24th, 2021 at 4:41 PM ^
don't inconvenience me, bro
August 24th, 2021 at 9:15 PM ^
From reading your posting history, this DOES track.
#Narc
August 24th, 2021 at 9:22 PM ^
Your utter indifference to others health is noted.
#sociopath
August 24th, 2021 at 6:10 PM ^
If you decide not to attend, I would be glad to take the arrangements off of your hands...
August 24th, 2021 at 9:32 PM ^
If it becomes an issue check with the airlines because a lot of them are allowing increased flexibility due to Covid where you can reschedule or convert the flight to a credit at no additional cost.
As for the tickets, if you bought them directly from UM and they materially alter the requirements for entry after the purchase they are legally obligated to refund you the ticket price.
August 24th, 2021 at 5:19 PM ^
This should go over like a turd in a punch bowl...
Waiting for rescinding... 3...2...1...