Data Doesn’t Support Narrative Of 'School Sports Caused The Surge'

Data Doesn’t Support Narrative Of 'School Sports Caused The Surge'

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  Media outlets have claimed that youth sports are responsible for the latest surge of COVID-19 cases in Michigan.
• WDET carried an April 7 story with the headline: “Michigan’s Latest Wave of COVID-19 Infections Being Driven by Youth Sports, Child Care.”
• “Unlike previous surges, Michigan’s latest wave of COVID-19 infections is being driven by young people,” the article said.
  

But state data doesn’t back up that claim.

Instead, it shows there have been only 1,189 cases from K-12 sports and youth club/travel sports from Jan. 1 to Apr. 17. 

That’s 0.35% of all cases over that period...Read all!