Fewer than half of Americans OK to attend sport event: Poll

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Only 42 per cent of Americans say they are comfortable attending a live ticketed sporting event given COVID-19 risks, according to a poll by the ...

Only 42 per cent of Americans say they are comfortable attending a live sporting event in a poll by the Washington Post and University of Maryland released on Wednesday. WASHINGTON: Only 42 per cent of Americans say they are comfortable attending a live ticketed sporting event given COVID-19 risks, according to a poll by the Washington Post and University of Maryland released on Wednesday .

There were 66 per cent of people who were comfortable attending an outdoor sports event such as Major League Baseball, which launches its 2021 campaign on Thursday, with only 32 per cent comfortable attending an indoor sports event such as basketball.The poll found 63 per cent of Americans said it was a large to moderate risk to attend a sporting event, 26 per cent calling it a large risk.

Percentages were 56 per cent when attendees were screened for fever or had tested negative for the COVID-19 virus and 54 per cent when regional COVID-19 cases were low.

 

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