Dr. Anthony Fauci on the Return of Sports in America

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🗓️ 30 July 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Anthony Fauci joins Pablo Torre to discuss the challenges, risks, and rewards of the return of sports in America after more than four months of shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. It's an issue that has become increasingly stark in recent days, with the outbreak of COVID-19 on the Miami Marlins. Dr. Fauci weighs in on MLB's response to the Marlins' situation and what it means for the rest of baseball season. He also examines leagues operating in a bubble, like the NBA, and assesses the NHL's decision to play in Canada. While the NFL commences its training camps and college football considers its options, Dr. Fauci explores the possibilities surrounding football season, and describes the long term effects of coronavirus on athletes. Then, one of Dr. Fauci's high school basketball teammates gives us some insight on what Fauci was like as an athlete. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Unprecedented day. Sports has stopped a global pandemic. Sports have been impacted.
0:06.5	A massive effect, Kevin, on all sports. Laying ways to almost the entirety of the sports
0:11.5	schedule. Things have started to develop around the sports world. The time has come for the return
0:17.2	of sports.
0:28.5	It's been more than four months since the coronavirus pandemic shut down sports across America.
0:34.2	And slowly, but definitely not surely, they seem to be coming back.
0:39.7	Last week, Major League Baseball began their season. Today, the NBA tips off in Orlando. And this weekend, the NHL will once again drop the puck. But as the recent
0:45.7	news of an outbreak of COVID-19 on the Miami Marlins has shown, no one is sure if any of it will last.
0:53.9	Today, an interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci about the challenges, the risks, and the rewards of America's return to sports.
1:03.0	I'm Pablo Torre. It's Thursday, July 30th.
1:07.3	This is ESPN Daily.
1:11.6	Dr. Fauci, hello. thank you so much for joining us.
1:14.5	It's my pleasure to be with you.
1:15.7	Thank you for having me.
1:17.3	Dr. Anthony Fauci is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
1:22.9	He also, coincidentally, went to the same high school as me, Regis High School in New York City.
1:29.3	Dr. Fauci, you're a very busy man.
1:31.7	I'm so grateful for the time you've given us.
1:33.6	So I have many pressing things to ask you about, but I would feel negligent as a sports
1:39.0	journalist if I didn't start with the action on the field.
1:42.0	The great Anthony Fauci was there to throw out the first pitch, and this was not a great pitch.
1:47.0	He's an epidemiologist.
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