Curry hosts coronavirus Q&A with health expert Dr. Fauci
Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry is doing his part to help educate the public on the coronavirus and COVID-19.
On Thursday, Curry hosted an Instagram Live Q&A session with Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, that touched on a variety of topics related to the coronavirus outbreak.
Thousands tuned in, including former United States President Barack Obama.
Gotta love Barack Obama dropping into an IG live between Steph Curry and Tony Fauci during a global pandemic pic.twitter.com/d6n8nLY9w3
— David Gardner (@byDavidGardner) March 26, 2020
Curry and Dr. Fauci discussed how COVID-19 differs from the common flu, when it will be safe to hold large gatherings again, and how the virus and disease affect different age groups.
Dr Fauci to Steph Curry on the differences between coronavirus and the common flu. Fauci says COVID-19 is 10x more serious than influenza. pic.twitter.com/lEmy7Rxa1a
— Logan Murdock (@loganmmurdock) March 26, 2020
Dr Fauci tells Steph Curry that America can start thinking about getting back to sports when the COVID-19 curve starts to go down. However, Fauci didn’t give a specific date of when that will happen. Full clip here:
— Logan Murdock (@loganmmurdock) March 26, 2020
“You need to see the trajectory of the curve start to go down.” pic.twitter.com/9DCTP4Tdpr
Dr Fauci to Steph Curry on the age group COVID-19 affects:
— Logan Murdock (@loganmmurdock) March 26, 2020
“We are starting to see is that people that are younger, people your age... who are getting seriously ill.”
Fauci said that young people are still the minority but they shouldn’t think they’re “exempt” from the virus. pic.twitter.com/qKIWLZ7zEz
Dr Fauci to Steph Curry on country wide COVID-19 testing:
— Logan Murdock (@loganmmurdock) March 26, 2020
“That’s been a real issue early on. Several weeks ago we were not in a place where we needed to be or wanted to be.”
Fauci says there “literally hundreds of thousands” of tests thanks to the private sector. pic.twitter.com/4W79ep8DqO
An archived version of the entire Q&A can be viewed on Curry's Instagram page.