Background: Sep 25, 2016; Seattle, WA, USA; San Francisco 49ers free safety Eric Reid (35) and quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) and outside linebacker Eli Harold (58) take a knee during the national anthem before kickoff against the Seattle Seahawks at CenturyLink Field. Mandatory Credit: Joe Nicholson
As record daily numbers of positive COVID-19 tests are eerily mounting in a growing number of states around America—-now 6 months into the country’s handling of the global pandemic—-while other countries such as New Zealand, South Korea and Greece have successfully waged a united effort to thwart the spreading of the virus in a nation-wide commitment to minimizing human suffering and loss—-
America is insisting that the games “will go on.