A leading epidemiologist strongly advised against the Orioles hosting the Miami Marlins for their home opener Wednesday. The Orioles are awaiting word from Major League Baseball on whether they will be able to host the Marlins, who are experiencing professional sports’ worst COVID-19 outbreak since play resumed this month.
Zachary Binney, an epidemiologist at Oxford College of Emory University in Atlanta, said that if he were advising Maryland and the Orioles on how to proceed, he’d tell Governor Larry Hogan to “send the state patrol to set up a roadblock … on I-95 and do not let the Marlins into your state.