Dr. Anthony Fauci is the nation's top infectious diseases expert. Yesterday, he wasn’t only on the side of the president—he was on the side of every sports fan who wants to see games being played again.
Of course, he’s only on your side if you want to see them on your TV, as the doctor says the only way professional sports will happen this summer is by holding events without fans in attendance and by keeping players in hotels.
"There's a way of doing that,"Fauci says. "Nobody comes to the stadium. Put [the players] in big hotels, wherever you want to play, keep them very well surveilled... Have them tested every single week and make sure they don't wind up infecting each other or their family, and just let them play the season out."
Fauci, who specifically addressed a question about an abbreviated baseball season and the start of football, said he thought there would be enough interest from fans to watch games, even if they could not attend.
Seems like three of every four fans are on board with his idea after a poll by Seton Hall University showed that 72% of Americans would not attend if sporting events resumed without a vaccine for the coronavirus. Just 13% of Americans said they would feel comfortable attending games the way they had in the past.