O-K-C!”The familiar pounding of “Kernkraft 400" by Zombie Nation filled Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City on that March night earlier this year. AdvertisementRudy Gobert, the standout Jazz center who made a show of touching the tape recorders and microphones after a news conference two days earlier, had tested positive for COVID-19. It had been easy in the days and weeks before the scene in Oklahoma City to dismiss the virus as an oddity, an inconvenience that would soon pass. Three days before Oklahoma City, more than 23,000 runners wound through Los Angeles for the L.A. Marathon. The Oklahoma City public address announcer told the crowd, “We are all safe,” but those words felt like they belonged to a different time.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 23, 2020 13:02 UTC