Did they ever announce how many players actually tested positive and whether they actually had symptoms? If they did have symptoms how severe?
Through various articles I think I saw four? Two on the US, one on Russia and one on the Czech’s. I haven’t seen another saying anything different.
So all of the teams would have had enough players to compete. None of the players were probably in any danger. They are all healthy teenagers.
I’d say if that’s the level of risk the IIHF is willing to assume before cancelling a tournament that might be the last one for a while.
It’ll be interesting to see how it gets spun in the media.
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