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Message started by Sir lastnail on Jun 4th, 2021 at 12:25pm

Title: ‘Duck and do not touch that ball’
Post by Sir lastnail on Jun 4th, 2021 at 12:25pm
Just when you thought it couldn't get anymore absurd :D LOL

https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/duck-your-heads-afl-fans-sas-top-medico-c-2997200


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‘Duck and do not touch that ball’: SA chief medical officer Nicola Spurrier’s advice to AFL fans

South Australia’s top health official, Nicola Spurrier, isn’t a footy head. But if she was, she’d be ducking.

Spurrier has won widespread plaudits in her state for her direct messaging during the coronavirus pandemic.

Watch the moment in the video above

Now, she’s taken it to another level for Adelaide Oval’s AFL spectators.

“If the ball comes towards you, my advice is to duck and do not touch that ball,” Spurrier told reporters on Wednesday.

Spurrier, a professor who professes to preferring a run in the bush to ball sports, made the remark while detailing why AFL club Collingwood has been granted an exemption into South Australia to play Adelaide on Saturday.

SA’s borders remain closed to Victorians amid that state’s latest COVID-19 outbreak.

Title: Re: ‘Duck and do not touch that ball’
Post by Prime Minister for Canyons on Jun 4th, 2021 at 12:34pm

Sir lastnail wrote on Jun 4th, 2021 at 12:25pm:
Just when you thought it couldn't get anymore absurd :D LOL

https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/duck-your-heads-afl-fans-sas-top-medico-c-2997200


Quote:
‘Duck and do not touch that ball’: SA chief medical officer Nicola Spurrier’s advice to AFL fans

South Australia’s top health official, Nicola Spurrier, isn’t a footy head. But if she was, she’d be ducking.

Spurrier has won widespread plaudits in her state for her direct messaging during the coronavirus pandemic.

Watch the moment in the video above

Now, she’s taken it to another level for Adelaide Oval’s AFL spectators.

“If the ball comes towards you, my advice is to duck and do not touch that ball,” Spurrier told reporters on Wednesday.

Spurrier, a professor who professes to preferring a run in the bush to ball sports, made the remark while detailing why AFL club Collingwood has been granted an exemption into South Australia to play Adelaide on Saturday.

SA’s borders remain closed to Victorians amid that state’s latest COVID-19 outbreak.




Why is that an issue

Title: Re: ‘Duck and do not touch that ball’
Post by John Smith on Jun 4th, 2021 at 4:56pm

Sir lastnail wrote on Jun 4th, 2021 at 12:25pm:
Just when you thought it couldn't get anymore absurd



Not nearly as absurd as it would be to find out you caught covid when you caught the ball.  ::)

Title: Re: ‘Duck and do not touch that ball’
Post by Ajax on Jun 5th, 2021 at 10:06am
Some people................... ::) ::) ::)


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She clarified her advice was that “whenever you touch an object – and this is an object touched by I-don’t -know-how-many very sweaty men on a football field – sanitise your hands immediately”.

“Just go and sanitise your hands before you start eating your chips,” she said.

She added that this was “advice I’d give pre-or-post-COVID”.

However, she emphasised that “these players do not have COVID”.

https://indaily.com.au/news/2021/06/03/sa-health-changes-advice-on-touching-footy-at-collingwood-crows-game/


Title: Re: ‘Duck and do not touch that ball’
Post by aquascoot on Jun 6th, 2021 at 5:36am

John Smith wrote on Jun 4th, 2021 at 4:56pm:

Sir lastnail wrote on Jun 4th, 2021 at 12:25pm:
Just when you thought it couldn't get anymore absurd



Not nearly as absurd as it would be to find out you caught covid when you caught the ball.  ::)


a chode coward wouldnt have the athleticism to catch the ball anyway.
and a chode coward wouldnt be at the game
he would be at home on the couch getting fat with his fat wife waiting for his next jobkeeper cheque  ::) ::)

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