Dr. Anthony Fauci describes importance of testing as college athletics resume

Dr. Anthony Fauci describes vigorous testing needs as college sports return this fall. Read his opinions on the subject today.

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Earlier this week, the NCAA’s Division I Council approved voluntary athletic activities in men’s and women’s basketball and football, starting June 1.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, discussed coronavirus testing requirements as on-campus activities resume in an interview with the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Fauci stressed the importance of detailed oversight and extensive COVID-19 testing while college athletes return to campus.

Here is Fauci on testing college athletes, per the Chronicle of Higher Education:

“The athletes that tend to come back the earliest are the football players,” he told The Chronicle. “That’s a very intensive contact sport. What I think would be important if they’re going to do that is to test all the players and make sure that when they do come in, they come in all negative at the same time and then do the same sort of surveillance of them and make sure the people who are associated with them — the people who serve their meals, the people who are involved in training with them — also are protected in the sense of wearing masks and doing social distancing to the extent possible.”

There is hope for college football and basketball this upcoming season. Fauci has provided the blueprint for the safest possible version of what we all want. Testing is clearly a necessity for the return of college sports.

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