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JKUAN108 t1_ixvje3g wrote

Reply to comment by bkydx in A study of NFL games during the 2020 season suggests a link between attendance and COVID spikes in surrounding counties 14 and 21 days later. The inferred connection held strongest for games attended by 20,000-plus fans by Wagamaga

> Toumi et Al used the data from 600 games with an average of 10,000 people and showed no increase in covid in the county.

I found the link:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8371570/

They considered limited attendance with a median of 9949 people (6000 to 13 797) and found no increase in COVID activity.

This paper that OP posted here did not consider specifically limited attendance, and allowed for attendance at 20,000 or higher (as mentioned in the title). They also found no increased covid activity at <5,000 people, consistent with the Toumi, et al. paper. So it appears that the paper you cited has results consistent with the paper that OP posted. So limited attendance (perhaps even up to 10,000-13,000) does not increase COVID, although attendance of 20,000 people does increase COVID.

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