alexthelion
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Are these tests guaranteed to be 100% accurate?Footballers get tested every two or three days. I'm sure other workers (essential or not) would enjoy that kind of treatment. I would never claim the risk is zero but it is certainly very minimal. After the first rounds of testing here in Germany, the 20 or so infected players were isolated and there haven't been any cases since (though I totally expect there to be more). We have opened everything up again which means many people are back at work. Waiters and bartenders wear masks but there is certainly a non-zero risk for them as well. It just was no longer justifiable to keep their businesses shut and them from doing their job. I visited a construction site for a new training centre today with more than 100 workers and nobody was wearing a mask or social distancing. Their risk is certainly also much higher than for Bundesliga players. But the infection rate is so low now that there isn't even a debate around that. I saw youth teams training again this week. They sure as hell do not get tested. The list goes on. I just think we are at that point now where not allowing football to continue would equate to giving it special status.
As I said, the UK is roughly four weeks behind (partly due to the handling of the crisis by its government, I don't disagree with that) but you will be in the same situation soon enough. We are managing and living with the virus now and life is returning to normal which includes football.
If not, they're a waste of time.