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Covid-19 + Curling

*NOTE: Registration for this event will close 8 AM ET on Sunday, 1/24/21*

Join Dr. Paul Luethy and guests as they discuss how COVID-19 has impacted the curling community.

Dr. Luethy is an Assistant Professor in Pathology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Associate Director of the Clinical Microbiology Lab at the University of Maryland Medical Center and he is a curler at the Potomac Curling Club. He is the author of the research paper “Estimating the Burden of COVID-19 Symptoms Among Participants at the 2020 USA Curling Club Nationals Tournament”.

The webinar will touch on the following:

  • COVID-19 disease and symptoms

  • How COVID-19 spreads between individuals, with examples of case studies from sports and everyday life

  • How testing for COVID-19 works and what a test result may mean

  • COVID-19 outbreaks linked to curling from around the world

  • Safety precautions curling clubs can take to lower risk of transmission at their club now and thoughts for Fall 2021

  • COVID-19 vaccines

  • Professional sports bubbles

This webinar is ideal for all curlers, ice makers, administrators, curling parents, and those with a general interest in science and infectious diseases.

This webinar will be FREE!

Register here

*NOTE: Registration for this event will close 8 AM ET on Sunday, 1/24/21*

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