The NFL may be up against its most serious COVID-19-related challenge yet, as a potential outbreak
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Oliver Bjorkstrand Jersey used to the flow of things."He added: "I don't know what the league is going to do or what they're going to decide, but if we are playing, we're going to be prepared, stay in shape, and most importantly, stay quarantined." The Titans said that they will need to "confirm" the positive tests since the league has already dealt with an abundance of false positives this offseason. Back in August, . After further review, it was concluded that these were false positive tests, and all of the original tests were rerun with each sample coming back negative for the coronavirus. Jon R. Cohen, M.D., the Executive Chairman of BioReference Laboratories, the testing partner of the NFL, explaining that these false-positives were due to an isolated contamination in the New Jersey lab."We have been in contact with the NFL regarding the positive COVID-19 tests with the Tenne see Titans," the Steelers' statement read, . "We have been informed to proceed with our game preparations for Sunday's game until we are informed otherwise. We will provide more information when it becomes available."Both the Steelers and Titans enter Week 4 undefeated on the young season at 3-
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