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A lot of health places have reduced workforce during 4th of July weekend.  Perhaps not surprising that submitting tests on July 3 might not have gotten the best turnover time. 

In terms of player safety, a number of athletes have tested positive. 

I wonder how much safer a lot of them are to stay home than to go in and practice or play?  Maybe Markakis is way safer at home.  But I'm guessing a lot of guys probably aren't totally isolating and masking at home.  In the NBA bubble, having maskless defenders right on top of you breathing heavily; and having the bubble in hot-spot Florida, that's lose-lose risk-escalation.  But on the other hand, being bubbled off, having protocols, and having something professionally productive to do with their time, while having daily testing and constantly available medical care, I wonder how much higher their risk will be in bubble than hanging out with time on their hands if the league shuts down for the season? 

For a lot of the Cubs, I wonder if their proximity and exposure is really significantly any worse than if they cancel the season don't have baseball to occupy their time, and are instead trying to kill 24 hours per day?  Not sure the incidence rate for big-league players will be any higher with baseball on than if those guys were just out in the general public like everybody else.