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As part of the conference’s COVID-19 health and wellness protocols, SEC players will be needed to use a device to assist in contact tracing.
“ Around the size of a watch face, the device is worn as a wristband or on a lanyard or can be developed into equipment for usage on-field in practices and games,” the SEC stated in a statement Tuesday.
The conference included the KINEXON SafeZone technology is already used by the NFL which this particular gadget was a good fit “due to the large number of participating student-athletes and the intricacy of contact tracing unique to the sport.”
The Centers for Illness Control and Prevention discussed how contact tracing can be an important tool in preventing the spread of COVID-19
In addition to providing contract-tracing data, the SafeTags can provide the user with a signal he or she is failing to stick to social distancing standards.
The SEC was one of 3 Power 5 conferences that chose against canceling a fall sports season. Instead, officials authorized a10- game conference-only schedule that begins Saturday.
Universities have actually hesitated to disclose particular numbers regarding their variety of positive COVID-19 results. As an outcome, the extent to which the pandemic has affected SEC football teams is uncertain. LSU head coach Ed Orgeron told reporters earlier this month he believed “most” of his lineup had previously checked favorable and recuperated.
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