In working on a draft of Covid protocols for our summer league, I was coincidentally interrupted by a call concerning a Covid diagnosis for a 12 year old in Little League. I called my favorite doctor for advice to pass along, and in doing so learned this: If you have been vaccinated and are exposed to Covid-19 (a "contact tracee" I guess), you are not required to quarantine unless you have Covid symptoms. So in a summer team setting, where a positive test could put 10-20 players on the shelf for 10 days, having gotten the vaccine is a really big deal. I looked this up on the CDC web site, and it states the same thing. So for summer league players, or really any players, aside from the protective benefit of the vaccination, not being in contact tracing jail for 10 days is a nice side benefit.
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