NFL COVID-19 Tracking Yields Lessons For Fine-Tuning Control Measures

CIDRAP: NFL COVID-19 Tracking Yields Lessons For Fine-Tuning Control Measures
As part of the NFL's COVID-19 measures established last July, players and staff wore masks, physically distanced, were frequently tested, and wore proximity devices to assist with contact tracing. Through the end of November, 329 (2.9%) cases were found among about 11,400 players and staff. Through early September, fewer than 10 cases were found per week, but during the last week of September and into October, there were 41 cases, 21 from inter-team transmission linked to a single club, which led to temporary closure of the facility. The increase mirrored the national increase in cases. (1/25)