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Noah Lyles’ Olympic Run Is the New Normal for Living With Covid
Dozens of Olympic athletes competed with Covid as society increasingly treats it like the flu or the common cold. Public health experts warn that it's anything but.
“Covid-19 is still very different from other seasonal or circulating respiratory illnesses,” says Mark Cameron, associate professor of population and quantitative health sciences at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Wth the lack of Covid precautions and lots of circulating virus, it’s no surprise that cases among athletes mounted throughout the Olympic games, says Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. When resuming normal activities, the agency recommends taking added precaution over the next five days, such as ventilating inside air or gathering outside, masking, physical distancing, or testing.
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