Last Word on Point:Counterpoint “Sickle cell trait should/should not be considered asymptomatic and as a benign condition during physical activity”

to the editor: We greatly appreciate the contributions made by Bergeron and Baskurt and Meiselman ([1][1]) and we sincerely agree with their remarks. Although sickle cell trait (SCT) carriers are characterized by blood rheological abnormalities ([3][2]) and sometimes hemostatic and vascular cell