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The last time the Rose Bowl wasn't played in Pasadena was in World War II when the threat was of being bombed by the Japanese Navy. That was an actual risk to the lives of those who would have attended. Plenty of examples of being able to have an outdoor sporting event with small numbers of socially distanced and masked attendees with zero COVID spread.

Strange justification.

Japan had no aircraft capable of flying to LA and had very little ability to haul an entire task force to the West Coast.   And once there, there was no way a football stadium in Pasadena would have been a key target.   Japan never had any plan to attack the West Coast of the USA, other than by those nifty balloons, so the actual risk of death in Pasadena to the Japanese Navy was pretty close to zero throughout the war.

However, it is a near certainty that those fans in the stands are increasing their risk of getting COVID.   It is not just the seats in the stands.  There are ample opportunities to spread the virus before (tailgating), during (concessions and restrooms), and after the game.

Given what we know about COVID, even before the latest UK mutation, and the lack of compliance with mask-wearing by typical SEC/ACC fans it is easy to predict that a football game will lead to some level of case spread.   That would then create some level of hospitalizations and deaths.   The LA Basin has no available hospital ICU capacity to handle any increase in COVID so a game would likely also cause delayed health care and possibly deaths to others without COVID too.

FWIW - the CFP semis are boring and predictable at this point.   Clemson and Bama will be in the championship game.   There really is no reason to increase the CA death rate just so that Bama or Clemson could win in the Rose Bowl.

If the Japanese weren't a concern, why were there blackouts up and down the west coast during the war? The beacon on top of Mt. Diablo was turned off on December 8th, 1941 for the remainder of the war. Now it is lit only on December 7th in remembrance.

https://visitpearlharbor.org/wartime-bla...o-reality/

https://www.savemountdiablo.org/activiti...arbor-day/

[cardcrimson]

The last time the Rose Bowl wasn't played in Pasadena was in World War II when the threat was of being bombed by the Japanese Navy. That was an actual risk to the lives of those who would have attended. Plenty of examples of being able to have an outdoor sporting event with small numbers of socially distanced and masked attendees with zero COVID spread.

Strange justification.

Japan had no aircraft capable of flying to LA and had very little ability to haul an entire task force to the West Coast.   And once there, there was no way a football stadium in Pasadena would have been a key target.   Japan never had any plan to attack the West Coast of the USA, other than by those nifty balloons, so the actual risk of death in Pasadena to the Japanese Navy was pretty close to zero throughout the war.

However, it is a near certainty that those fans in the stands are increasing their risk of getting COVID.   It is not just the seats in the stands.  There are ample opportunities to spread the virus before (tailgating), during (concessions and restrooms), and after the game.

Given what we know about COVID, even before the latest UK mutation, and the lack of compliance with mask-wearing by typical SEC/ACC fans it is easy to predict that a football game will lead to some level of case spread.   That would then create some level of hospitalizations and deaths.   The LA Basin has no available hospital ICU capacity to handle any increase in COVID so a game would likely also cause delayed health care and possibly deaths to others without COVID too.

FWIW - the CFP semis are boring and predictable at this point.   Clemson and Bama will be in the championship game.   There really is no reason to increase the CA death rate just so that Bama or Clemson could win in the Rose Bowl.

If the Japanese weren't a concern, why were there blackouts up and down the west coast during the war? The beacon on top of Mt. Diablo was turned off on December 8th, 1941 for the remainder of the war. Now it is lit only on December 7th in remembrance.

https://visitpearlharbor.org/wartime-bla...o-reality/

https://www.savemountdiablo.org/activiti...arbor-day/