MLB’s vaccine policy for minor leaguers actually makes sense

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Major League Baseball is in a lockout, and we don’t yet know what the new collective bargaining agreement between the owners and the players’ union will look like. However, we know this: It won’t require minor league players to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

It’s good to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Ideally, everyone would get vaccinated because it mitigates the spread and decreases their chances of dying. However, we can also acknowledge these are mostly physically fit men in their late teenage years and 20s with virtually no risk of dying from it.

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