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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: Sports can return, but not with fans

Following Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's "stay home" order to try and slow the spread of the coronavirus, Detroit streets were eerily empty. Detroit Free Press

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer doubled down Friday on her stance on fans attending sporting events this fall: No full stadiums until a vaccine is available.

“We're going to be in a new normal for quite a while," Whitmer said during her weekly news conference, "and it doesn't mean that sports is over. Sports is not over."

A vaccine is necessary for fans to return to events, Whitmer said. Without a way to combat the novel coronavirus, she doesn't see how seats can be filled.