In a podcast interview recently with men's soccer coach Mike Noonan, we were on the topic of the pandemic and the many fears moving forward.

We asked Noonan, a close follower of international soccer, if he could recall a soccer player or any other athlete who's been severely debilitated by the virus.

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He said he could not recall any, that the accounts he'd heard were of the athletes who were infected going through a few days of flu-like symptoms and then recovering.

Now who the heck knows what things will look like long-term as we continue to try to get a grasp on this disease. But it has to be considered good news that, to this point, athletes don't seem to be severely affected by it.