Baseball season should not extend past October to avoid the risk of spreading coronavirus, Dr. Anthony Fauci says.
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said Major League Baseball should conclude the postseason in September. "If the question is time, I would try to keep it in the core summer months and end it not with the way we play the World Series, until the end of October when it's cold," Fauci said.
Fauci explained that even with the current warm weather, there's been an increase in the number of new coronavirus cases as states continue to reopen, but said"the chances of there being less of an issue in the end of July and all of August and September are much, much better than if you go into October."Read More"This virus is one that keeps fooling us.
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