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How COVID-19 will change sports as we know them: 'The virus is shaping the sports world'

When Rod Wood and his wife, Susan, went out for a recent dinner at the Renaissance Center, the Detroit Lions president got a glimpse of what the not-too-distant future might look like when it comes to attending NFL games.

Everyone who enters the 73-story building overlooking the Detroit River must answer three questions about their health and recent travels, then proceed down a hallway for a thermal body temperature scan.

If a visitor’s temperature registers below that day’s threshold, they receive a yellow “scanned” sticker and are allowed access to the building.

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