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Orlando Pride coronavirus outbreak should be harsh wake-up call for NFL

Sorry, football players. Your 2020 isn’t going to be much fun.

Want to sit down for dinner inside a restaurant? I wouldn’t. Thinking about having some friends over for a party? Bad idea. Planning on going to a bar with some teammates to blow off some steam? Please don’t.

You might be the source of a COVID-19 outbreak in your team facility if you do.

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This isn’t a hypothetical scenario borne from some sort of mass hysteria. It’s something that happened in American professional sports this week.