A father and daughter sit outside the Right Field entrance of a closed Citi Field on the scheduled date for Opening Day March 26, 2020 in Flushing, New York. Major League Baseball has postponed the start of its season due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and MLB commissioner Rob Manfred recently said the league is "probably not gonna be able to" play a full 162 game regular season. (Credit: Al Bello/Getty Images )
Don’t count on sports coming back anytime soon
COVID-19 has shut down professional and college sports. An expert explains why teams aren't playing and how that helps fight the pandemic's spread.
With COVID-19 having interrupted their seasons, professional and college sports leagues are unlikely to resume anytime soon, a preparedness expert argues.
While unfortunate for Americans who look to sports to maintain a sense of normalcy, the interruption of play protects the health of spectators and players.
Mitchel Rosen, an associate professor at the Rutgers School of Public Health and the director of the Center for Public Health Workforce Development, focuses on research involving preparedness, personal protective equipment, occupational health and safety, and public health capacity development. He’s also a sports fan.
Here, Rosen explains the steps taken by the NHL, NBA, NCAA, and other major sports organizations to try to slow the spread of COVID-19:
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