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What can be learned from the NBA’s successful “bubble”?

Ironically, the world of sports showed how a safety “bubble” could work with the 2019-20 NBA season concluding last month after restarting in at Walt Disney World's ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando.

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