A lot of the discussion about vaccines, masks, infection and death rates, etc have been beat to death ten times over in the COVID general thread. Oh well.
I think the interesting question that arises with a player like Matthews is the relative risk of long term side effects on younger, healthy people. It's probably fair to say a lot is still unknown. So while many appear to be none the worse for wear, there have been at least some examples of younger individuals having a much harder time (i) getting rid of the virus, and/or (ii) regaining lung function. It would also seem naïve to think that professional athletes would be 100% immune to this -- so is it really that far-fetched to think COVID might be potentially career ending? Even if it is just one out of 1000?
How the PA responds to this will be interesting to say the least -- as well as what the NBA and MLB decide to do.
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