News Conor McKenna tests positive for COVID-19 - Wait, what?

[Ok Boomer]

We have seen examples of "historical positives" before with cases added to the total count but not the active count.

 

[gingernuts]

What about the fooking false negatives then ffs .AFL spin doctors at work here. McLachlan just has to go.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Carlton wont be happy if it ends up being a false positive and they have to play a full strength Essendon

 

[Quokka]

Source? I haven't seen this. Not saying it didn't happen but all I read was that it is a line of enquiry that they are following.

TBH I was paraphrasing when I said highly unlikely more accurately they said:

Conor McKenna is having more tests on Monday to confirm he has COVID-19 in his system.

Though a false positive appears unlikely, foxfooty.com.au understands it is being investigated as a possibility by health officials...



...Last week NSW Health director of public health pathology Professor Dominic Dwyer said false positives can occur with any test but “they are very rare.”

Professor Dwyer said “multiple tests” need to be conducted in some cases “to be sure.”

AFL live updates: New false positive theory emerges around Essendon’s Conor McKenna

New false positive theory emerges over Essendon star’s COVID-19 test

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Should be a Tasmanian hub also.

No idea why Hawthorn and North are playing each other in Melbourne this weekend, destroys that future possibility.

The AFL should legitimately mix this weekends Carlton & Melbourne and Hawthorn & North fixtures around to enable Hawthorn and North to head up a Tasmanian hub with an additional 2 x teams ~ 1 x additional teams based out of Hobart, 1 x additional out of Launceston....

I don't think Tasmania has said teams will get an exepmtion from the 14 day quarantine. So, any hub in Tassie couldn't start for two more weeks at a minimum. And the Tas government isn't keen (quite rightly) on paying money for games which won't bring any tourist dollars.

 

[gingernuts]

all of those shotgun weddings back in the day because of false positives.Now they tell me pffft

 

[W.C. Fry]

Things can only get better.

Nek minnit....

Can't even train now. Season is a joke.

 

[Andronicus]

Obviously he not very intelligent

His obviously amn't.

 

[blue harvest]

Nek minnit....

Can't even train now. Season is a joke.

???? Has something happened in Qld hub?

In Vic we have the existing protocol but contact training limited to groups of 9.

 

[kaiserchief13]

When is the Essendon Melbourne game?? Why the silence from afl?? Not even looking into it??

 

[dustysnecktattoo]

cancel the season already

lets watch nrl

 

[HairyO]

The false positive theory was put forward by Xavier Campbell (Essendon CEO), Health Dept says its highly unlikely but further tests will be conducted to confirm or rule out.

It could well turn out to be a false positive but I don't think it's time to hand McKenna his hand written apology just yet.

If he breached the agreed protocols it shouldnt really matter whether he is sick or not.

Kind of like how dangerous tackles should be treated seriously regardless of whether or not a player is concussed.

 

[Bombfire]

Carlton wont be happy if it ends up being a false positive and they have to play a full strength Essendon

They'd still be worried even if Essendon had most of its back line missing.
They're still in recovery after the humiliation of 2016

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Hell no, not to Victoria.
The rest of us though that have done the right thing.
Im still disappointed WA and SA haven’t opened up.

SA have opened up to everyone but Victoria & NSW. Just haven't been reciprocated which is strange given we have had no active cases or community infections for close to a month.

Plan to open up to NSW July 20 if they remain under control, which was also the plan with Victoria, which looks unlikely with the spike in community infections.

 

[Andronicus]

SA have opened up to everyone but Victoria & NSW. Just haven't been reciprocated which is strange given we have had no active cases or community infections for close to a month.

Plan to open up to NSW July 20 if they remain under control, which was also the plan with Victoria, which looks unlikely with the spike in community infections.

Other states probably see it as a good excuse to keep South Australians away for a bit. Might not have much to do with active cases.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Other states probably see it as a good excuse to keep South Australians away for a bit. Might not have much to do with active cases.

Seems Gil the Dill is of similar thinking.

Costing the AFL millions.

Awesome leadership when the AFL have record debt.

 

[Billy ray]

Im sad.
my team finally good and this happens.

 

[wal]

When is the Essendon Melbourne game?? Why the silence from afl?? Not even looking into it??

The AFL already announced that game would be shelved for now, and would be played as a catch up game probably in July.

 

[Tiger Toffee]

LOL i said this on saturday after hearing of the positive result, except for point 3 i was pretty spot on.

If i was a betting man, i would be loading up on this happening.

1. No 14 day isolation
2. McKenna magically returning a negative result
3. Essendon and Melbourne rolling out wednesday night.
4. The double standard vic government on show for all to see after their tantrum today.

 

[kaiserchief13]

The AFL already announced that game would be shelved for now, and would be played as a catch up game probably in July.

Did they?

 

[Tiger Toffee]

SA have opened up to everyone but Victoria & NSW. Just haven't been reciprocated which is strange given we have had no active cases or community infections for close to a month.

Plan to open up to NSW July 20 if they remain under control, which was also the plan with Victoria, which looks unlikely with the spike in community infections.

No one from Victoria goes to SA anyway unless they are forced too so closing the border to us means jack.

 

[JimmyBC]

No one from Victoria goes to SA anyway unless they are forced too so closing the border to us means jack.

Excellent lets keep it that way

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

No one from Victoria goes to SA anyway unless they are forced too so closing the border to us means jack.

Don't worry we don't want anyone from the irresponsible state either to infect us...

 

[FreeTK]

 

[Quokka]

LOL i said this on saturday after hearing of the positive result, except for point 3 i was pretty spot on.

There's been a test come back negative?


So far all I've heard is Essendon suggest that it is possible that a test could come back negative.