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Texas governor Greg Abbott says outdoor sports arenas can be 25 percent this summer...same everywhere ?

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  • mjp28M mjp28 wrote on last edited by mjp28
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    Is this what we are looking forward to on spectator sports?  The owners and league will really take a hit on this one.

    Is NCAA football going to follow suit on this?

    Texas governor Greg Abbott says outdoor sports arenas can be at 25 percent capacity this summer

    Chris Cwik
    Yahoo SportsMay 28, 2020, 3:45 PM EDT

    Texas sports fans will be allowed to experience live sports in person in 2020. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott approved an order Thursday that would allow outdoor sports facilities to operate at 25 percent capacity this summer.

    Field Yates@FieldYates
    Texas Governor Greg Abbott has issued a revised order: not only will professional sports leagues be allowed to resume play in June, but outdoor stadiums will be allowed to host fans up to 25% of their capacity.

    Abbott, 62, has already given the green light for sports to resume in Texas on May 31. In order to host fans, teams will have to apply and receive approval from the Texas Department of State Health Services, according to the Texas Tribune.

    The order would hypothetically allow the Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans and Texas Rangers to host fans in 2020. All three teams play in stadiums with retractable roofs. Those could be considered outdoor facilities under the order. Fans will not be allowed to attend sporting events at indoor stadiums.

     

    Abbott has also expressed optimism that the college football season will take place as scheduled in Texas, and expects fans will be able to attend those games.

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  • U Unsympathetic wrote on last edited by
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    Face Coverings For the Public: Laying Strawmen to Rest - yes, that link is to Wiley, the publisher of scientific journals.

    "The current question we need to address is (..)whether covering the face protects other people from droplets emitted by the wearer."

    "There is some evidence that the Sars‐CoV‐2 virus relies more heavily than influenza, adenoviruses, or rhinoviruses on droplets, and will thus be more easily filtered out by a cloth cover at source than other respiratory viruses."

  • OrionO Orion wrote on last edited by
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    Texas is 7th highest state in the USA for covid cases.    1290 new cases yesterday.

  • Texas is 7th highest state in the USA for covid cases.    1290 new cases yesterday.

    LBC mikeL LBC mike wrote on last edited by
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    @orion said:

    Texas is 7th highest state in the USA for covid cases.    1290 new cases yesterday.

    shut it down now  ?

  • @orion said:

    Texas is 7th highest state in the USA for covid cases.    1290 new cases yesterday.

    shut it down now  ?

    mjp28M mjp28 wrote on last edited by
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    @lbc-mike said:

    shut it down now  ?

    Kind of like the nuclear reactor in all of those scary movies.    😮

  • Texas is 7th highest state in the USA for covid cases.    1290 new cases yesterday.

    OrionO Orion wrote on last edited by Orion
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    @orion said:

    Texas is 7th highest state in the USA for covid cases.    1290 new cases yesterday.

    ...and 1483 today.  Only California had more.

  • Texas is 7th highest state in the USA for covid cases.    1290 new cases yesterday.

    T TexasAg1969 wrote on last edited by
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    @orion said:

    Texas is 7th highest state in the USA for covid cases.    1290 new cases yesterday.

    @orion said:

    ...and 1483 today.  Only California had more.

    @lbc-mike said:

    shut it down now  ?

    I started a thread on the poliboard yesterday about the increase from 14 days incubation period after Georgia and Texas opened back up on May 1 (May 14 up through May 30). Go take a look over there and keep the vulnerable safe. This is not over by a long shot.