Slepian Discusses Sports Safety During COVID-19

In a September interview with KGUN9, Marvin Slepian, associate department head for biomedical engineering clinical and industrial affairs, discussed the need for students to remain active – and which sports may be the safest way for them to do so.

"If you're doing a sport like a tennis [or] if you're playing golf and if you're socially distancing, I think that's terrific. I think that's the type of activity we need to encourage people to do," he said. "But if you're crowding and you're working in a very close environment and you haven't been careful, and you have been exposed – those are situations that are not going to be good, as far as the spread of a virus."

While the data indicates the number of infections in Arizona is going down, Slepian reiterated the need for caution, especially when it comes to interacting with family members and working in teams.

“You have to think about that type of risk and spread," he said. "While you may be safe, if you suddenly go back and you're working in a team environment where people are working closely and someone on that team, perhaps was not as cautious and may have been exposed, or maybe going to a party or simply picking something up, unbeknownst to you that virus may now enter your team domain."