In case you thought COVID-19 restrictions and mandates were going to fade away over time, bureaucrats and health officials are already preparing for the next phase of mandates. The NBA is already there to help them.

The NBA is now telling players that they will no longer be considered fully vaccinated if they don’t get a booster shot six months after their second dose, or by Dec. 1 for those who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. While the NBA has not mandated vaccination for players, it has handed down several restrictions to unvaccinated players. Individual teams have gone further, with the Brooklyn Nets effectively suspending guard Kyrie Irving until he gets vaccinated.