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NBA: teams arrive in the “bubble” in Orlando – Basketball – NBA

The ballet started on Tuesday and is scheduled to end on Thursday. The 22 NBA teams that have been drafted to play at the end of the regular season and the play-offs from July 30 should then all have arrived in the Disneyworld “bubble” in Orlando (Florida).

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Players are tested at Covid-19 upon arrival and the first 36 to 48 hours spent in this particular setting must be tested in hotel rooms, without exit, with meal trays for food. Containment in containment and fairly unusual treatment – except on airplanes – for these top athletes and often millionaires, but a “Much better food than I imagined”, according to Evan Fournier.

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An alarm to avoid prolonged contact

This green light will not be a blank check either, far from it. The protocol to be followed is explained in a memo of … 113 pages. When traveling, players and coaches are asked, or rather strongly advised, to wear, in addition to a mask, a ” alarm “ that rings if you stay more than five seconds within six feet (1.83 m) of another person.

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Among the other technologies on offer is a ring produced by a Finnish company that allows you to know your state of health in real time with pulse, temperature, respiratory rate and calculation of activity and sleep. What to determine, according to an article by Slate, the probability of developing Covid-19 before you even have any symptoms.

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What eliminate any risk, adding this to the separation of families and loved ones? Not necessarily, the concept of “bubble” not being unanimous, even among those who agreed to enter it. “I don’t like the idea, I still don’t trust”, notably dropped Sixers star Joel Embiid. But the Cameroonian made the trip to Disneyworld.

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