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The leaders of Nippon Professional Baseball and the J. League have spoken out against discrimination against those with COVID-19 and their families following a joint two-league task force assembly on the global pandemic.
Earlier this month, J. League Premier Sagan Tosu was the first club from either house to be named after suffering a cluster infection. Unlike the infection cases at other clubs, Tosu has refused to identify his inflamed players, raising concerns about their privacy and the threat of discrimination.
Speaking at an online press convention after the 14th Assembly of the Fourth Task on Monday, participants suggested to the public that they perceive that they may be inflamed with the virus, regardless of how many precautions are taken, through an individual or everything. a team.
“It was the head coach (Kim Myong-hwi) who tested positive first, but he was very careful about things like not going out to eat,” said Hiroshige Mikamo, one of the leading members of the running group’s medical panel, referring to the Sagan Case. “This means that anyone can get inflamed and that is why infection prevention measures are important. “
After the group disbanded, Tosu president Minoru Takehara said that this could have happened on any team, but it won back a media backlash that raised considerations about controlling the epidemic through the team.
But in reaction to this, NPB Commissioner Atsushi Saito and J. League President Mitsuru Murai cautioned that blaming someone who has been inflamed by the coronavirus is not constructive in pointing society in the right direction. . in the middle of the pandemic.
Murai admitted that Sagan’s staff and members of his circle of relatives had been targeted through comments urging them not to leave their homes.
“I don’t think those other people say things like that out of ill will, but they do it out of concern (about the virus),” Murai said.
“Anyone can feel inflamed tomorrow, even if the user lives cautiously. We have been informed (by the medical committee) that we, as NPB and J. League, want to carry the message to eliminate those prejudices from our society. What we want to do is tell the story and say, with the cooperation of the NPB, that you can do it to any club, anywhere.
Saito took an even stronger tone, saying that nothing positive would result from discriminating against the infected.
“If world sport makes mistakes (in infection prevention), then you have to adjust them, correct them,” Saito said. “Possibly there will be cases where some groups don’t follow the rules. But there is no such thing as the most productive human being. What we want to do is make sure that you are doing our best and that the media is a component of this society. We would like to send this message in cooperation with President Murai. “
In the event of an infection, either circuit will decide to continue the games or not according to its own rules and protocols, rather than relying on local gyms to find out how many other people on the team have been in close contact. inflamed parts.
Mikamo said the two leagues’ criteria for tracking contact with other inflamed people are stricter than those of public gyms.
“Having said that, we would like other people to perceive that we have done things very strictly,” said the Aichi Medical University professor before adding that the rules and protocols aimed at saving you from infections are not the best and require normal reviews.
“Even when we prepare manuals and rules, infections occur infrequently in hospitals. And after that, we found out that we could have done this or that better, ”Mikamo said. “But it is vital to improve those measures. What I say in meetings is that manuals and rules need to be developed. You have to improve them to reduce the risk. You do not expect 0 risks, but you have to paint to get closer. “
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