Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady throws a pass against the Kansas City Chiefs during a Nov. 29, 2020, NFL game in Tampa, Fla. (AP)
Jagpreet Chhatwal, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, helped design a tool to detect COVID-19 outbreaks in counties that hosted professional football games. “We can essentially break a transmission chain — and prevent a super spreader event — by adhering to masking and 6-feet social distancing at Raymond James Stadium,” he said.