Sports and the Flu
2020-08-19 17:15:30.724845+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
It's not just that the subsidies for your local professional sports team cause a regressive drain on the local economy, Professional Sporting Events Increase Seasonal Influenza Mortality in US Cities
Results from a difference-in-differences model applied to data from a sample of US cities that gained new professional sports teams over the period 1962-2016 show that the presence of games in these cities increased local influenza mortality by between 4% and 24%, depending on sport, relative to cities with no professional sports teams and relative to mortality in those cities before a new team arrived. Influenza mortality fell in cities with teams in some years when work stoppages occurred in sports leagues.