The risk of group infection would be real
German medical warning: crowd shouting and cheering spread viruses at lightning speed
Audience photos An alternative way for fans to appear in the Corona crisis. A.F.B.
The German Medical Association has warned of the return of fans to the football stadiums of the German League.
In statements to the German newspaper "Neue Osnabrucker Zeitung", Suzanne Yona, Chair of the Federation’s Board of Directors, said, “The risk of mass infection will be real, and if luck is bad, a super-spreader of infection will sit among the masses, and then the virus will spread like wildfire.”
And before the consultations that the health ministers in the German states intend to conduct regarding a partial return of the masses to the stadiums while preserving the conditions for protection from Corona, the doctor supervising the Hygiene Department confirmed her doubts: “This is the difficult thing in (Covid-19), it is possible that There will be a person who does not suffer any symptoms at all, and in spite of that his throat is full of viruses, and when shouting or chanting, it can spread with lightning speed.
And about the League’s plan to partially return the fans to the stadiums without allowing places to stand while prohibiting the sale of alcoholic drinks during matches and banning the coming fans of the visiting team, in addition to providing personal tickets that facilitate tracking the chain of infection in the event that it occurs, Yona said: “The aspirations of the League are more than understandable. , But I think that preventing her plan for infection, is unrealistic ».
And Yona added that she cannot imagine that the masses will sit in their seats when her team scores a goal, "then the hugging will happen without thinking about (Corona), and anything else that will not have a human character."