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Coronavirus: Can Santa Clara’s lack of nightlife protect 49ers?

How do you protect young, vibrant athletes from carousing and potentially contracting COVID-19 that could infect teammates?

Silicon Valley’s miro-nightlife might help.

“On a team like ours, we’re uniquely constructed to deal with this, because obviously we’re in Santa Clara,” cornerback Richard Sherman said Tuesday on a media video conference. “There’s not a huge nightlife.

“It’s not like we in Atlanta or Texas or Miami or Las Vegas or L.A., where there are a lot of distractions and a lot of things. . .