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Dr. Mark Escott expressed doubt that sporting events and festivals set up within the next six months could be held safely.
AUSTIN, Texas– On Wednesday, Austin health authority Dr. Mark Escott warned against the city of Austin holding sporting occasions and festivals at any point over the next six months, maybe over the next year.
” There are events like sporting occasions and festivals where there are lots of person-to-person interactions, especially within 6 feet, particularly when it’s individuals who are not related, that [are] going to considerably increase the danger,” he said. “I can anticipate that at least for the next 6 months, and maybe the next year, that events like that are going to be extremely, very hard to have, unless we have considerable increases in testing and other strategies to additional mitigate the threat of those kind of occasions.”
Escott added it’s still too early to make a final decision on occasions occurring in the long term, most likely mentioning events such as Austin City Limits and Longhorns football games.
” A standard expectation ought to be that this idea of social distancing, personal hygiene, the general public masking or public facial covering, is going to have to continue till we reach herd immunity,” Escott said.
On The Other Hand, the University of Texas launched a letter to its student body a few hours later on, detailing its plan for the fall term.
In the letter, president Greg Fenves said the school expects to reveal its plans for the fall term by the end of June.
” This timing will enable faculty to prepare their classes and curriculums so that they can deliver the amazing academic experiences UT is understood for. It will likewise provide time for our devoted staff members to reopen the facilities, integrate new knowing innovations and prepare to execute brand-new health-conscious practices and policies,” he said.
Leaving open the possibility for in-person classes leaves open the possibility for Longhorns football video games to not be impacted in a major method.
College football athletic directors have said there will not be any football games till campuses reopen.
Fenves included football games in his list of a lot of pressing questions that need to be responded to in the coming months: “How and when can we securely bring trainees, faculty and staff back to the Forty Acres? How do we expand testing for COVID-19? What will social distancing look like on campus? How can we boost the online knowing experience? When will the Longhorn football team be able to take the field at DKR-Texas Memorial Arena once again?”
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