By: Braxton Cunningham At first, many of us thought the Coronavirus wasn’t that serious. We weren’t worried about the Coronavirus; that’s just in China. For some, including Rudy Gobert, a basketball player for the Utah Jazz, the virus was something to joke about. Gobert then inadvertently sent everyone into a frenzy. He was joking about the virus and touched all the reporters’ mics. He was careless in the locker room and touched all his teammates' stuff. Then minutes before tipoff, they delayed the game. An hour later it was announced that Rudy Gobert had tested positive for the Coronavirus.
This incident brought some of the craziest 72 hours in most of our lifetimes: the NBA suspended its season, the MLB delayed its season, and then the NHL and MLS suspended their seasons. Fellow teammate Donovan Mitchell tested positive for Coronavirus as well. This chain of events caused the entire United States to go into full prevention mode. Schools have been shut down, gatherings have been limited, and people have been stocking up on food and other supplies because of the fear that all this has generated. Gobert has taken a lot of criticism because of testing positive but the thing is we don’t know if it's Gobert’s fault. What if Mitchell had been tested first and his test came back positive. He would’ve been the one that had gotten all the blame. Gobert apologized for his joking and careless actions like he should have, but all the blame for all the postponements can’t be on him. The NBA was not totally prepared for the Coronavirus and it led to the craziness happening around us. The lack of preparation can be a reason for why the panic is happening. A good thing that has happened from all this, though, is that everyone is learning to be more careful and prepared. We are all learning how to do new and hard things. We are all learning to practice better personal hygiene. Everyone is hopeful that everything will calm down sooner rather than later. China, where the virus originated, is starting to see stabilization and their Chinese Basketball League is set to start up again soon.
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