Illness hits Warriors camp ahead of Bafana Bafana clash at AFCON.
Source of information.
1. Soccer 24.
https://www.soccer24.co.zw/2025/12/29/illness-hits-warriors-camp-ahead-of-bafana-bafana-clash-at-afcon/
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COMMENT: I'll never understand how the sporting world will do drug tests on players to prevent players from performing while on illegal drugs and yet the sporting world doesn't perform diagnostic tests for viruses and doesn't do squat to prevent players from performing while contagious with illness while they are not really fully of sound mind or body(I say a sick person is not fully of sound mind and sound body in the sense illness often impairs and disables people in some degree and capacity)...They will test these guys for drug abuse but won't test them for a contagious illness that will be passed along dangerously to others...
I wouldn't feel compelled or have to write any of the following if the Professional Sporting world would
simply test their players and coaches and staff for viruses and create a policy that safeguards every one's health and best interest..
...I also can't help but comment anytime I feel or sense a coach, player, or anyone is boasting , bragging, or glamorizing that they willfully 'played through a contagious illness' such is my disdain for those that undermine the efforts many of us take to prevent contagious airborne illnesses and airborne diseases. I find it impossible to withhold scrutiny(and sometimes I even want to throw justifiable ridicule) upon those that play, work, or perform and pose a risk to others while they are ill or sick; such is my instinct to protect myself, my loved ones and the general public...Such is my disdain for those that belittle, downplay, or underestimate illness and disease.
I hate the human pain and suffering viruses' cause us all! So Gotta comment and can't resist the temptation to respond to the craziness of this one.. this is just incongruent and the team coach seems to contradict himself in every statement:
"According to national team coach Marian Marinica, there is a flu bug among some players, but he said it is not a major concern."
“There is something I didn’t say before because it’s sensitive information, there’s flu in our camp,” Marinica told ZIFA media.
“My assistant, Ronald Moroka, who is a South African, has been affected and will not be able to take part in the game on Monday. Even myself have been affected too and that’s a bit of a worry, but we will soldier on.”
... all these statements in a row .. this is nuts.. like first there is "no major concern".so is it a minor concern? Then there's some "sensitive information". Why is it secretive? Is it taboo? Then even the coach himself admits he is "a bit worried about himself" or is he in fantasy as a "soldier" in battling to the death for his country?.
Its just nuts so much contradiction . I gotta tell ya is he like in trouble or something for divulging secret information obout an outbreak? Is it like he is a spy divulging "sensitive information" to us the public because there is a conspiracy? Is he truly scared about being a soldier and "soldiering on"?.. he's apparently a bit worried about himself! I wonder if there is somebody he can reach out to since he's so worried about himself?
... Sounds like madness and incoherence has set in for he who holds the UEFA Pro Licence, the highest football coaching qualification.. the guys not making sense like he's in another world fighting phantoms like he's in the world of make believe trying to play the struggling hero or something in place where no heroes exist. All that stuff can't be true...surely no sane person who is admittedley scared and sick themselves would dare push others to play and perform even though they too are suffering from an undetermined illness in this day and age of readily available medical care and diagnostics!?
"Stomach bug" is mere street slang for some contagious thing that makes ya throw up.. that's not good enough statement for the press and proper public disclosure and statement of proper diagnosis under these conditions.. what is the clinical name for illness or the illnesses the team is suffering from? Someone check the coach's temperature.. sounds like feverish delusion and a bunch of really sick dudes are making fools of themselves! Sounds brutal and dangerous and like the coach is in some sort of weird denial struggling with the reality of acknowledging there is a real outbreak amongst his team or his "soldiers". Coach, What a way to behave during what sounds like a serious outbreak occurring...The sick leading the sick.. please tell us what other symptoms you, your attendant and "soldiers" are suffering from?.. sounds like you are concerned.. we aren't left with much to go on other than its a "stomach bug" of sorts. Don't be afraid to reach out for help.
...This cries for a mutiny of sorts... maybe the sailors should tie their captain down and send for a doctor to check their captain out before proceeding with their undetermined illness which might be of "sensitive Information" .. Sounds like an obsessive crazed Captain Ahab getting pulled down by Moby Dick!
In all seriousness they are out of their league when it comes to viruses..
it's time for the coach and players to seek some medical attention and get a professional diagnosis. Cut the crap about "sensitive information" and take viruses seriously and treat them professionally. This ain't no game for those suffering of illnesses. Its just reckless and not conducive to anybody's welfare to ignore illness on the field or off.
.. Coach,
What are you doing? Are ya looking for a get well card or something!? I advise wearing a mask at least until you figure out if you are contagious or not is the humane thing to do around others. Y'all don't know what you're even ill with..I pray and beg you don't make another sick for we are in the covid era and a time where outbreaks occur and spreading illness is now a big no-no and considered taboo to make your loved ones sick! It's not cool to scare people with illness so act responsibly instead! Duh!
The world is watching and let's assume the world is scared of more and more outbreaks. Sick people aren't cool cause it ain't cool to be sick!Thanks,
If there is one thing I can't stand It's people bragging about doing stuff when they are sick. Let us pray and beg another one don't get sick.. that it don't happen to us or our loved ones like our ma and pa and uncles or a baby don't get sick ...let us pray and beg in the hopes people will mask and take more precautions and take more responsibility and show that kind of mercy and foresight to us, We can pray for the sick but let us pray for us not to get sick as well. Taking aims to protect and secure our health, our vitality and over all wellbeing seems a worthy and useful enough thing to pray and beg for. You know they say 'family comes first' so For that matter, let us pray we and are loved ones don't have to sit in a waiting room in close quarters with an unmasked ill Marian Marinica or with his sick. assistant.
Amen brother & sisters,
Your Loving Caregiver,
The 'Reverend' Masked Man
P.S. I hate to dumb things down to get important health messages across but it is dumb when people are being completely insensitive to the needs of one another when they ar obviously suffering from illness my comment is intended to inspire people to protect one another and to pursue medical treatment and to consult medical professionals when they or their loved ones are showing signs of illness.
I hope my Comment makes others more sensitive to the serious nature of viruses and the threats they pose to one another. Not that this is the case but I'd like to mention
Making people do stuff while they are sick or ill is similar to being a torturer for the CIA(in the past history of course) and its considered abuse and neglect not to allow prisoners medical treatment..I know I consider it torture and simply wrong for me to work a person or employee who is sick. I'm sure many people would agree. People, lets try be respectful and be fair and nice to those who are sick or ill .. show mercy! Also need I remind you most viruses are contagious.
You couldn't pay me enough to catch covid or pneumonia or anything today or tomorrow. Health, my body, the feeling of being safe and the fact I am here at all is sacred to me.I leave you to think about the following and ask yourselves if it applies or not to the professional sports world and their general attitude about contagious illness and whether they are showing prudence when they 'play through and illness' and why are they 'playing through illness'...Are players really standing up for their rights and safeguarding themselves against illness or are they pressured to not do this?...
Will players get punished in some way by their group for standing down and sitting games out instead of risking catching illness or disease? Does the professional sports world and coaches respect their players and make provisions for those who don't wanna catch or spread viruses in this era covid & virus outbreaks?...
..."Cult-like behavior involves excessive control, manipulation, and isolation, characterized by unquestioning loyalty to a charismatic leader, an "us vs. them" mentality, discouraging critical thinking, isolation from outsiders, and using fear or guilt to control members, ultimately making followers feel they can never be "good enough" while prioritizing group demands over individual needs."
What agencies within the professional sporting world protect the rights of players and what exactly is the policy of professional sports when it comes to players and coaches getting sick and performing ill in public?
I know in the professional sports world they have the power to test for drug abuse and kick a player off the team for being drugged illegally so don't professional sports agencies have the ability to test for viruses and keep a player safer and prevent airborne illness and airborne disease from infecting other players by not allowing players to "play though a contagious illness"? Isn't this a conflict of interest in the sporting world to not allow players to perform while on illegal drugs and yet allow players to perform sick when they are not of sound mind or body?Are sports players who are ill pushed to play anyway and do such players need to reach out to agencies such as Amnesty International?...
..."Amnesty International is a global, independent movement of millions working to protect human rights for everyone, researching abuses, campaigning for justice, and advocating for universal rights outlined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights".
..Again to me doing stuff while one is ill, making people work when they are sick or making someone to perform when they are sick is akin to physical torture and feels like rights are being violated or abused to me..then the fact that the illness may be contagious and spread to others seems another blatant abuse...you certainly wouldn't treat children the way coaches and players treat one another
..I don't think a teacher would last very long "teaching through a contagious illness" behaving the way a sick coach does. Why not apply the same rights children have to those who are behaving like children when they ignore and 'play through illnesses' namely sick coaches and sick sports players?Sleep deprivation is a torture tactic.. We wouldn't deprive people of food and water while they work or perform for us.
Why isn't there something in place to discourage health deprived contagious individuals who pose a public threat from spreading illness amongst us? How can we help them? As a child I kept anoles in a terrarium with much success over the years. One day I introduced too many other anoles from the pet store and there must have been a disease or something and
I had to get rid of the sick anoles before they made my original anole sick. All I can say is Its pretty pathetic to observe sick athletes with symptoms of illness or disease grimacing in sweat, congestion, pain and in virtual tears running around trying to compete with the others making everybody sick... Reminds of the hard childhood lesson of when I introduced either too many animals or the wrong animal into my terrarium and the animals started showing signs of sickness and and started dying in my terrarium.
It makes me shudder just to think about it. Bad memories...
...one of the creatures got slower and slower crawling with very little energy, wasn't eating or drinking anything.. had sores all over it decrepit is one way to describe it to say the least.. that was an unpleasant childhood lesson to learn. It t reminds me of those sick athletes and how athletes mingle and huddle together in intense group activities... reminds me of herd behavior just like cattle portray(sweating , snorting for air and flapping body parts in each others faces). A truly horrible experience but a lesson to be learned...These weren't toys these were beautiful living breathing creatures and all I wanted to my soul was that the sick one to get better
...all I could think was "C'mon little guy, why won't you eat ..you gotta drink water..ah man this is awful" I put gloves on and didn't breathe in the terrarium.. had to fish out the sick one clean the terrarium and hope I hadn't unintentionally killed my original anole all because I wanted to be entertained by more anoles... Even as a child, I knew I had to get the sick anoles outta there!Amnesty International has a pretty big outreach program...
SUMMARY:Amnesty International UK / Get involved
SPORT AND HUMAN RIGHTS
uman rights have a vital role to play in sport that is often overlooked. From fighting racism, sexism and homophobia to standing up for the rights of the workers building stadiums, sport and human rights are intrinsically linked.
We campaign around major sporting events like the Olympics and the World Cup to raise awareness of human rights abuses either in the host country, in the countries taking part or the event's sponsors.
LINK:https://www.amnesty.org.uk/issues/sport-and-human-rights.
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SUMMARY:PLAYING A
DANGEROUS GAME?
HUMAN RIGHTS RISKS LINKED TO THE 2030 AND 2034 FIFA WORLD CUPS
Amnesty International 2024
LINK:https://sportandrightsalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Amnesty-Playing-a-Dangerous-Game-web.pdf… finally , This is not a squeaky clean world… we don’t live in a perfect world.. the hope isn’t in judging one another or tieing the masses all up in endless jurisprudence .. the hope lies in education, learning, and all of us voluntarily changing our customs together in the face of today’s outbreaks and the challenges we face with these viruses today and tomorrow. We haven’t changed but the viruses have evolved while we may devolve therefore forcing us to modify and adapt our behavior. With today’s innovations and with education and the communications that exist today there is hope and we have the ability to succeed and thrive harmoniously together in our common pursuit of excellence and happiness. .
