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Why student athletes need a new playbook to stay safe in the COVID-19 era – The Conversation Africa
Kids want to play sports again, and who can blame them? An exercise scientist and physiologist explains why adhering to safety protocols is imperative.
Kids are eager to play ball, and parents are eager to be back on the sidelines supporting them. But COVID-19 cases have risen in places where kids have been playing sports, complicating the issue.
Michigan, where I live, is now the epicenter of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. The resumption of youth sports activities has been widely implicated in Michigans latest COVID-19 surge, with 40% of new outbreaks occurring in K-12 schools or youth programs.
Experts also blame Michigans unprecedented rise to…
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