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NFL's Top Doctor On How Football Plans To Return

Chief medical officer Dr. Allen Sills defended the NFL's plans to return in September. He tells Morning Edition that the league has an extensive testing program but won't be instituting a "bubble."
Tom Brady of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers works out during in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday. The NFL is doing daily coronavirus testing for the first two weeks of training.

American football is famous for being a full-contact sport. That presents a challenge for trying to keep the coronavirus at bay.

But the NFL is going for it, with some changes.

The league started daily testing for the first two weeks of training camp, which began for all players on July 28. Testing frequency is set to change based on the positivity rate after that.

"We expect to

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