Stephen Curry Hosts Coronavirus Discussion on Instagram Live

The grand point that Dr. Fauci wanted to make: “This is serious business,” he said. “We are not overreacting.”

Curry told Dr. Fauci that he wanted to conduct the interview to reach people who were not adhering to social distancing guidelines, citing “crazy public gatherings” at beaches and parks. He also discussed having flulike symptoms in early March and getting tested “pretty much right away,” two days before the N.B.A. season was postponed. The test showed that Curry had not been infected by the coronavirus. The league has been criticized because several entire teams, including their asymptomatic players, have been tested while many people in the U.S. with serious symptoms have not been able to be screened.

Dr. Fauci said that the private sector had greatly increased access to tests for the general public, but that weeks ago, “we were not at a place that we needed to be or wanted to be.”

At least 10 N.B.A. players, including Kevin Durant, one of Curry’s former teammates, have contracted the virus. Karl-Anthony Towns, a center for the Minnesota Timberwolves, released an emotional video on Tuesday revealing that his mother was in a medically induced coma because of complications from the coronavirus.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/sports/basketball/coronavirus-stephen-curry-instagram.html