After his open flouting of the NBAs mask guidelines in Disney World resulted in a warning from the league, Dwight Howard is questioning why gamers require to use a mask at all in the so-called bubble.
The Los Angeles Lakers backup center revealed annoyance with the NBAs mask guidelines while talking with press reporters remotely on Saturday.
From USA Today:
” I personally do not see a threat of us getting it throughout the time duration that were here,” Howard said. “I comprehend outside of this bubble, using a mask in various places is very crucial. Given that we are here in this bubble and were the only ones here, and the staff and everyone is getting checked every day, I feel like were safe.”
Essentially, Howard argues that the nature of a bubble– in which direct exposure to the coronavirus is theoretically cut off– makes using a mask unneeded.
Poking a hole in that theory is the truth that the NBAs Disney World set-up is not really a bubble. While NBA gamers, coaches and other personnel are not enabled to leave the campus, the Disney World workers serving their food and cleaning up after them are not.
And when those workers are not working, numerous of them are residing in some of the worst coronavirus locations in not just the nation, however the world.
Masks are one of the procedures the NBA enacted to alleviate the danger of those employees exposing the league to the infection, so a player openly claiming that he should not need to use a mask seems to be a little bit of a problem. Particularly when among those players is publishing videos of himself communicating with those employees while not using a mask.
Dwight is at the Coronado Springs pool party solo … but they got him right with a “Cancun Colada” slushie pic.twitter.com/MBYaoyK37k— NBA Bubble Life (@NBABubbleLife) July 12, 2020
While Howard believes there isnt a threat of contracting the infection, a few of his peers disagree. New Orleans Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram stated hes “not really confident” the NBAs experiment will work and Portland Trail Blazers Damian Lillard questioned gamers would comply with the NBAs guidelines. San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich is among those who believe Disney World is still more secure than the remainder of the world.
Howard apparently minimized the concerns about him not wearing a mask by arguing the discourse interferes with the conversation around more serious subjects, like the killing of Breonna Taylor. None of the three Louisville police officers involved in the no-knock, plainclothes rob that ended in Taylors death have been charged.
From USA Today:
Theyre out there living their best life,” Howard said. “Instead of fretting about if I have my mask on or not, thats something we must be going over.
It sure feels like one method Howard could get individuals to concentrate on Taylors killing rather of his refusal to use a mask is to just use a mask.
” I personally do not see a danger of us getting it during the time duration that were here,” Howard stated. “I understand outside of this bubble, using a mask in different locations is extremely important. While Howard believes there isnt a risk of contracting the virus, some of his peers disagree. Theyre out there living their best life,” Howard stated. “Instead of worrying about if I have my mask on or not, thats something we should be going over.
Dwight Howard does not desire to use a mask. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) More.
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