I’m having a sense of deja vu all over again.
At the start of the pandemic a buddy and I had tickets to attend San Diego State mens basketball in the first round of the NCAA tourney in Sacramento when Covid pulled the rug out with all tourney games cancelled. We are supposed to attend the SDSU-UCSD mens basketball game next week but I have the feeling that game may be cancelled. UCSD has been doing research monitoring waste water at different locations on and off campus and results from a recent round of testing at a large waste treatment plant shows the potential for a large Covid surge over the next few weeks from both Delta and Omicron infections.
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/health/story/2021-12-18/ucsd-covid-surge-wastewater-spike
Vaccinations and maskings may allow fans to continue to attend games. But many players and staff have been testing positive lately on both pro and college teams causing cancellations. These new tests in San Diego may portend a major surge here that could cause cancellation of local sporting and entertainment events, esp those indoors with large audiences. Many European governments have recently imposed new stringent measures limiting activities and public events. Another factor is holiday travel including those attending bowl games and other holiday sporting events. I’ve been attending more indoor events recently where proof of vaccinations and masks have been required but will these restrictions be enough to dampen the projected surge ahead? The next few weeks will be a challenge for college and pro sports programs esp the hosting of indoor sporting events. I don’t see authorities cancelling outdoor events like Bowl games but more indoor events I think will be at risk of cancellation over the weeks to come as we encounter yet another wave of Covid.
At the start of the pandemic a buddy and I had tickets to attend San Diego State mens basketball in the first round of the NCAA tourney in Sacramento when Covid pulled the rug out with all tourney games cancelled. We are supposed to attend the SDSU-UCSD mens basketball game next week but I have the feeling that game may be cancelled. UCSD has been doing research monitoring waste water at different locations on and off campus and results from a recent round of testing at a large waste treatment plant shows the potential for a large Covid surge over the next few weeks from both Delta and Omicron infections.
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/health/story/2021-12-18/ucsd-covid-surge-wastewater-spike
Vaccinations and maskings may allow fans to continue to attend games. But many players and staff have been testing positive lately on both pro and college teams causing cancellations. These new tests in San Diego may portend a major surge here that could cause cancellation of local sporting and entertainment events, esp those indoors with large audiences. Many European governments have recently imposed new stringent measures limiting activities and public events. Another factor is holiday travel including those attending bowl games and other holiday sporting events. I’ve been attending more indoor events recently where proof of vaccinations and masks have been required but will these restrictions be enough to dampen the projected surge ahead? The next few weeks will be a challenge for college and pro sports programs esp the hosting of indoor sporting events. I don’t see authorities cancelling outdoor events like Bowl games but more indoor events I think will be at risk of cancellation over the weeks to come as we encounter yet another wave of Covid.
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