# Chiefs Super Bowl victory saved many lives from coronavirus

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**Created:** [April 14, 2020, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefs-super-bowl-victory-saved-many-lives-from-coronavirus/851806 "2020-04-14T23:53:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefs-super-bowl-victory-saved-many-lives-from-coronavirus/851806/1 "2020-04-14T23:53:01Z")

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Interesting Yahoo article: [The coronavirus was already afoot in San Francisco during the Super Bowl](https://www.yahoo.com/sports/did-the-49-ers-super-bowl-loss-save-lives-in-san-francisco-134626251.html) (Chiefs defeated the Niners 31-20) and, had the Niners won, there would have been a massive parade in San Francisco that would have spread the virus much worse than it did.

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**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefs-super-bowl-victory-saved-many-lives-from-coronavirus/851806/2 "2020-04-16T04:18:38Z")

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Interesting, yes. But it doesn’t say it would have made it spread worse. It specifically says it _may_ have.

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> researchers now are suggesting that the loss may have helped the city avert a much greater tragedy.

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> It’s impossible to predict with accuracy the way that an under-the-radar virus would spread through a hypothetical Super Bowl parade. But 49ers fans still stinging from losing the Super Bowl can take some comfort in the fact that it could have been so much worse.