The National Basketball Association (NBA) announced it is suspending all games until further notice after Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for the virus.
The NBA’s decision is the latest overreaction to growing hysteria over the Coronavirus outbreak.
Dr. Drew Pinsky is among the health experts who blame the news media for overhyping the Coronavirus while ignoring other threats such as the influenza epidemic which caused over 20,000 deaths in the U.S. this year.
Drew said the press needs to be held accountable for “hurting people.”
The Jazz’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday was postponed after the tip-off and the fans were sent home.
Gobert, 27, is a 7-foot-1 French national player who was drafted 27th overall in the 1st round in 2013.
He playfully touched reporters’ recorders and microphones to mock the NBA’s coronavirus guidelines before testing positive for the disease before Wednesday’s game.
Sources tell The Athletica NBA that Gobert is “feeling good, strong and stable” – and was feeling strong enough to play on Wednesday.
For most healthy people under age 60, the novel coronavirus causes only mild symptoms such as cough, headache, sore throat and low-grade fever.
The virus can cause serious illness among the elderly population, particularly those with existing health problems such as heart and respiratory problems or diabetes.
So far, the 33 deaths in the US are elderly and chronically ill. The average age is 80.
