Mayor Cantrell 'hopeful' about full attendance at Saints home games in the fall
 

Will the Mercedes-Benz Superdome be at full capacity when the New Orleans Saints start the 2021 season?

New Orleans mayor LaToya Cantrell seems optimistic.

"I absolutely feel that we are on track for that and I’m hopeful," Cantrell said. "I really am."

Cantrell spoke to media members on Tuesday during an event about the NCAA men's basketball tournament Final Four, which will be held in New Orleans in 2022.

Afterward, she spoke briefly about the NFL season, which is just five months away.

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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said in late March that he expects stadiums to be full in the fall, unlike this past season when COVID-19 mitigation efforts limited attendance throughout the league.

"It's never too early to hope," Cantrell said. "That hope needs to translate into action. That action is getting fully vaccinated. While we are doing very well in that, we are going to continue on that path and trend. Again, going to where our people are so that we can be the safest place to live as well as visit. So we're ready."

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Hope it opens as soon and safely as possible. GEAUX Saints !

Side note, has a new naming partner been found for the dome yet ?

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Supposedly it's Caesars. Casino, not Pizza.

SFIAH

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LOL

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Should be opened up. A lot of vaccines being given out over here. Less COVID patients in the ICU.

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Get your shots and go to the games! The more people who get shots the less Covid we'll have and we can open The Caesar's Super Dome and New Orleans. If we continue like we have been with injections we'll be there to support our Saints.

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Agree completely. One option, however, is to require proof of vaccination to attend. Anti-vaxer's can ruin this for everyone.

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I’ve received my first shot. I recommend people get their vaccinations. That being said, requiring people to prove their status before being allowed to participate in society is a very bad idea IMO. I really don’t want to go into specifics and get into a long debate about this. Just my 2 cents.

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As a private entity the NFL could set any requirements they wish. Many travel related companies are doing just that (mandatory vaccinations). That said, we get our second shot on Monday.

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No more personally invasive than requiring an ID to vote.

And what about vaccinations required for school attendance?

Vaccines required for day care, pre-K, and school attendance

Diphtheria and Tetanus toxoid-containing vaccine and Pertussis vaccine (DTaP or Tdap)
Hepatitis B vaccine.
Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccine (MMR)
Polio vaccine.
Varicella (Chickenpox) vaccine.

None of those compare to Holocaust. Drop the drama. :D

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Re: Mayor Cantrell 'hopeful' about full attendance at Saints home games in the fall
 

I'm sorry for your losses, but was the official cause of death for both the vaccination? No other contributing factors?

I have heard for the past year the arguments being made, and rightfully so, that deaths are being contributed to COVID-19 based solely on the existence of the antibodies, when other factors were most likely to blame. Now, under the extremely rare instance when someone passes after getting the vaccine that same constituent is declaring that the vaccine was the cause of the death. They can't have it both ways. Yes, the vaccine can properly create a reaction within the body. This is how vaccines work. Is there a small degree of risk? Sure, but that's why the individual signs the release. This is true with all vaccines.

Once again, I am sorry for your losses, JP.

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I thought you were smarter than that Guido. Like I said, not gonna delve into
It.

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I'm just saying that private companies can require such. If it means we can attend games in mass, per usual, then I see no issue. By no means do I feel that vaccinations should be government mandated. I personally hope that enough do follow through to achieve herd immunity so we can truly get back to normality. It works with the annual flu vaccinations every year.

I thought you were smart enough to understand that, Boston. ;) :D

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Re: Mayor Cantrell 'hopeful' about full attendance at Saints home games in the fall
 

I’m not getting the vaccine unless the facilities start demanding we get it. I’ve been into enough COVID isolations rooms to where I should be immune to the **** by now. 😂

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They need to do what is best for them. If the difference between 25% occupancy and full occupancy in their opinion for public safety is a vaccine requirement then they have the right to require the same. That's them, not your hashtag stuff.

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Well Rez I surcomed to the wife and took the shot, the J&J one timer, I had the shiiiits for 3 days that is all thank goodness all good now.


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Moderna for us. No reaction other than soreness for the first day. Expecting much more reaction with the second shot. That means it's working.

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Hard to blame some for vaccine skepticism when powerful play politics with our lives.

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For me, it’s very simple. I’ve been as close as one can get to another person for an extended period of time (>10 days of my Covid positive gf sneezing and slobbering all over me, while in the same bed) and I couldn’t get it. I’ve actually tried to get it from someone who was positive, couldn’t do it. Still, to this day, I don’t have the antibodies, nor have ever been positive.

Why should I get the shot? What benefit does it do for me, or for anybody else? Basically, I would be getting a shot to alleviate random societal “concerns” of something that can’t possibly happen.

Bottom line wrt the Vaccine:

1) There is no benefit to me.

2) There is no benefit to anyone else either for me to get the vaccine.

3) I’ve been in constant comms with my PCM and she repeats two things to me all the time. They are:

a). “Some people can’t get it, nor pass it to others.”

b). “I don’t know the answers to any of your direct questions.”

For me personally, I have zero skepticism wrt the vaccine. I consider it to be invaluable to the elderly or those with autoimmune disorders. But, otherwise healthy folks? Until someone can answer the many, MANY questions I have, there just isn’t a reason for healthy folks like me to get the vaccine.

Full disclosure. I’m the youngest of five children, and they’re all over the age of 55 and my gf has lupus, but already has the antibodies. I’ve recommended that they all get the vaccination if their age or medical history dictates a need, and their Primary Care doc says it’s a must. And they ALL have.

I however have zero intent to get it, and I get monthly calls from the VA trying to schedule it for me. I ignore them, 100%.

To each their own, srsly, get it if you need it. If not, I’ll still shake your hand and get close to you as if nothing has ever happened.

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The same people who who bent over backwards to cast doubt on the creation, efficacy and implementation of a vaccine program are now lauding their own "efforts" while at the same time, travelling city to city to spread the good word on why this vaccine is essential to all.

If you can't smell the BS, you need a new nose.

That said, I'm one Moderna shot in. My wife is immunocompromised. I wear a mask indoors for safety and courtesy to others.

I also do the following which our fearless leaders have yet to promote:
- Daily vitamin regemin
- Daily excercise
- Limit processed foods and sugars
- Limit soda

Where is fail is the alcohol. :)

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We have no regrets, we felt protected enough to head to the Smokey’s for our 39th anniversary


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We just got back from Nashville where we took in my son's shows at Jason Aldean's, Luke's 32 Bridge, and the Florida Georgia Line House. We felt a degree of protection being three weeks into the first shot. We did remain fairly isolated from others at the shows, however. We did spend an hour or so with an old online friend I had met on a Falcons' forum some 15 years ago who is also a singer/songwriter.

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Nice, would love to head to Nashville and pick up a show but the boss lady has reservations in Ruby falls on way home tomorrow.


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Beautiful country out there. If you come through Chattanooga you should see Lookout mountain. It makes for a full fun day.