COVID19 Update - Day 139

US Tests: 51,491,494*

US Cases: 4,220,054*

US Deaths: 139,250*

Worldwide Cases: 16,407,310*

Worldwide Deaths: 652,459

* - Numbers are a lower bound.  True numbers are being suppressed by the Trump administration.  And note that the numbers for the US have not been updated, due to an issue of some sort with The COVID Tracking Project.

If only there had been some way to see this coming.  After making the ill-considered decision to launch an abbreviated season just as infections started spiking again, the major-league baseball season is in jeopardy:

Less than one week into the 2020 Major League Baseball regular season, the league has been forced to postpone two games previously scheduled for Monday night because of a COVID-19 outbreak among the Miami Marlins. The outbreak has reportedly entailed more than a dozen positive tests. The Marlins will no longer host the Baltimore Orioles as planned, and will quarantine in place in Philadelphia until they receive more test results. The Marlins' weekend opponents, the Phillies, will not play the New York Yankees on Monday night, either.

The Marlins reportedly had nine players test positive, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan. That includes catcher Jorge Alfaro, outfielders Garrett Cooper and Harold Ramirez, and pitcher Jose Urena, who was scratched hours prior to his Sunday start due to a positive test. If the season continues and no other Marlins test positive, then the team will still have to replace essentially a third of its 30-player roster before playing another game.

Because there is no stated provision in the agreement between the league and the union on what would lead to the season being canceled or paused, that discretion belongs to commissioner Rob Manfred. What would it take before Manfred would consider pausing or scrapping the rest of the year?

To be clear, MLB has not yet cancelled their season.  But it seems like it's just a matter of time.

Which begs the question: What about sports which involve more physical contact than baseball?  Like football?

Or college football?

Or college, period?

Or in-person public school attendance?