Dr. Anthony Fauci called it “quite creative.” Other epidemiologists call it “extraordinarily comprehensive” and “thoughtful” and “great.” Bill Schaffner, a renowned infectious disease specialist at Vanderbilt for over 50 years, opened the NBA’s 113-page “Health and Safety Protocols” document on Thursday. He scanned it.
And he thought to himself: “It is remarkably thorough, incredibly detailed. … Holy smoke! Wow.”
“I looked through it and I tried to find something that they haven’t thought of,” Schaffner says. “And they kept showing me that they have thought of some things I hadn’t.”
Then, however, comes the caveat: “It’s so comprehensive, you wonder whether it’s workable, or sustainable over time.