Sunday, December 06, 2020
All died of Covid-19
NBA star loses seven family members
More suffering and grief is hardly possible: NBA professional Karl-Anthony Towns has lost seven family members in the past few months. They all die as a result of a coronavirus infection. The 25-year-old tries to explain the danger posed by Covid-19 on social media.
“I feel a little hardened and humiliated by life.” The past few months must have been hell for Karl-Anthony Towns. The professional basketball player had to bury seven family members who died as a result of a coronavirus infection. “I’ve been through a lot.” It all started with his mother. The 58-year-old died at the beginning of April after lying in an artificial coma for several days and requiring ventilation.
Towns had already warned of the dangers of the corona virus back then. “This disease should not be taken lightly,” he said: “Please protect your families, your loved ones, your friends, yourself. Adhere to social distancing. Please do not stay in crowds, it only increases them Chances of you getting infected. This disease is fatal. “
A few days ago, his uncle died, as reported by ESPN. Towns, who is preparing for the new season with his team, the Minnesota Timberwolves, says: “I’ve seen a lot of coffins in the past seven months.” He now feels responsible to inform his family well about the virus risks and to protect them from infection. His father survived a Covid 19 illness.
Corona is rampant in the NBA
Towns is open about the loss. The 25-year-old hopes through his posts on social media to educate other people about the dangers posed by this disease. “I didn’t want people to feel the way I felt.” His team helped him come to terms with his grief. However, he looks to the next season with mixed feelings. His mother hardly missed a game of his. He will miss that. “But it gives me the opportunity to relive good memories that I had.”
Meanwhile, the virus continues to spread rapidly in the clubs of the NBA. Less than three weeks before the start of the season, almost nine percent of all professionals are banned from training because of a positive corona test. As the best basketball league in the world announced last week, the test result was positive for 48 of the 546 professionals examined. The news about this high proportion overshadowed the first information about the new game plan of the league, which is to begin on December 22nd with the city duel between the Los Angeles Clippers and the defending champions Los Angeles Lakers as the highlight of the day.
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