“We will not have sporting events with fans until we have a vaccine.” They are the words of Zach Binney, a PhD student in epidemiology who teaches at Emory. A vaccine will take 12-18 months to develop and widely distribute. Ergo, no sporting events with fans for a year, in Binney’s expert opinion.
What remains of sporting calendars around the world remains to be seen. COVID-19 has ripped through society — and sport. It will take some going to recover quickly. And given that sports bring people together for extended periods in close proximity to one another, they will surely be one of the latter events to be sanctioned again.