NFL Ramped Up Covid Response in Mid-Season After Spread
- Report published by CDC says approach could be model to others
- Spread after brief interactions led to intensive protocol
Patriots players wear masks on the bench during a game in Foxborough, Mass., on Nov. 29, 2020.
Photographer: Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire/Getty ImagesThe National Football League ramped up its response to Covid-19 in mid-season with new guidelines for mask-wearing and practices after earlier protocols failed to prove strict enough.
The league intensified testing and preventive measures in October after observing a number of cases in people who’d had only brief exposure to others with the coronavirus, according to a study published in a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. The report was written by the NFL, along with advisers and partners from numerous institutions, including the CDC.