Health officials worry Super Bowl could be a COVID superspreader

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by Nick Popham, KOMO News ReporterSunday, February 7th 2021AAhttps://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.439.0_en.html#goog_1474936731Volume 90% 3VIEW ALL PHOTOSHealth officials worry Super Bowl could be a COVID superspreader

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The biggest annual event in sports could potentially be one of the biggest superspreading events in the country.

“We know this is a tradition to have a whole bunch of people yelling in the same room but that’s really too dangerous this year,” said Governor Jay Inslee.

The Super Bowl is here but the concern stemming from the game is not the action on the gridiron.

“It’s the fans that are at more risk than the players on the field,” said Dr. Jeff Duchin, health officer for Public Health-Seattle & King Co.

And that’s why Duchin joins several health officials in saying parties this year aren’t the way to go.

Right now, that U.K. variant is circulating and doctors in our state are treating this like…

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