pandemic

Precautionary measures against the coronavirus - by high school athletics, varied from state-to-state during the 2020-21 year. Some safeguards seemed reasonable while others bordered on paranoia. Here are some examples.

Many schools no longer allowed for the sale of tickets at the gate. This prevented the exchange of money or credit cards and lessened human contact. Instead, fans had to purchase tickets online by using a debit or credit card. Entry was often given away for free to accomplish the same.

The global pandemic that began in late 2019 and spread into 2021 had a devastating impact on the world. The human toll was significant, as millions of people across the globe lost their lives to the COVID-19 virus. The virus also had far-reaching economic consequences, many of which were felt in small towns and communities that had been thriving prior to the pandemic. Vaccination rollouts that began in the final weeks of 2020 gave many people a glimmer of hope that life would soon return to some semblance of normalcy.

Life has changed in ways both big and small over the last year. Plans were suspended and priorities shifted as we cautiously made our way through a situation that we had never experienced, much less imagined would happen. As we get closer than ever to putting the COVID-19 pandemic behind us – thanks to wider vaccine distribution and safe practices to slow the spread of the virus – many of us are looking forward to getting back to the things we’ve been missing – planned vacations on pause, suspended social gatherings, even just dropping by a friend’s or loved one’s for a coffee catch-up.