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As to the college and pro sports ban - all I’d like is some proof that’s it has contributed to the issue that is leading to the increased measures - which is Covid hospitalizations.  If so, then fine.  But no one even asks the question.

Actually, I am sure lots of people have asked the question; it is just a very difficult and tricky one to answer.  Since we can't do randomized, placebo controlled trials of sports versus no sports to see whether engaging in sports leads to hospitalization, you have to tease the answer out from a lot of data.  Maybe the best way would be contact tracing, but we suck at it, and, as I pointed out in another post, people aren't answering.

My guess is that playing college and pro sports are probably ok, but there is risk of spread in all the other activities: traveling to and from the event (even if it is in a chartered jet), staying at a hotel in a city different than your own, etc.  I doubt what you are asking for (proof one way or another) can be done in the middle of a pandemic, so we are going to have to make educated guesses.

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[BostonCard]

As to the college and pro sports ban - all I’d like is some proof that’s it has contributed to the issue that is leading to the increased measures - which is Covid hospitalizations.  If so, then fine.  But no one even asks the question.

Actually, I am sure lots of people have asked the question; it is just a very difficult and tricky one to answer.  Since we can't do randomized, placebo controlled trials of sports versus no sports to see whether engaging in sports leads to hospitalization, you have to tease the answer out from a lot of data.  Maybe the best way would be contact tracing, but we suck at it, and, as I pointed out in another post, people aren't answering.

My guess is that playing college and pro sports are probably ok, but there is risk of spread in all the other activities: traveling to and from the event (even if it is in a chartered jet), staying at a hotel in a city different than your own, etc.  I doubt what you are asking for (proof one way or another) can be done in the middle of a pandemic, so we are going to have to make educated guesses.

BC