Yahoo Sports · Dec 10, 2021
NBA’s COVID-19 issues continue as Rick Carlisle enters protocols, Bulls outbreak grows
The NBA’s issues with the COVID-19 pandemic are getting worse.
As of Thursday afternoon, two organizations were dealing with team-wide outbreaks and a coach joined several others across the league by entering the league’s health and safety protocols.
Even though about 97% of the league is vaccinated, and about 60% of players have received a booster shot, the NBA has still lost as many people due to the coronavirus as last season.
Despite 97 percent vaccination rate, NBA has already at least equaled last year’s total number of players/coaches entering COVID protocol.
Here’s the latest across the NBA.
Pacers coach Rick Carlisle in COVID protocols