This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.A top Canadian government health official says the Toronto Blue Jays aren’t guaranteed to get an exemption for the regular season.
“That’s a totally different ball game,” Dr. Howard Njoo, Canada’s Deputy Chief Public Health Officer, said Friday.Njoo said it’s too early to say if an exemption will be granted, but said health officials will examine a plan. He noted a lot of American states that have teams are seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases.
Blue Jays President Mark Shapiro said the team hopes to know within 10 days where it will play regular-season games. Public Health Agency of Canada spokeswoman Marie-Pier Burelle said the Blue Jays were granted exemption for training camp in Toronto on “national interest grounds.”
Not the way Shapiro et al as well as BlueJays twitter has been talking. They're all making like its a fait accompli and that MLB players will be flying in and out of Toronto like no big deal.
You mean there might actually be somebody who is sensible out there:((
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