Some former sufferers have permanent lung damage which for a professional athlete is extremely problematic. A headline today that cruised past my Twitter feed said that the illness can trigger diabetes in people.

Saying this to say that these athletes are the most likely to survive this illness because of their physical health but it would be a near tragedy if an athlete with some type of respitory illness ends up catching the illness and can't play again because their lungs are damaged. Or worse.

There's about 2% of me that's greedy and would like to watch Bron and the Lakers win the title or any basketball, but watching basketball knowing an athlete could get terribly sick just to satisfy my need for entertainment isn't fair or decent. This NBA season doesn't need any more catastrophy. To me waiting until 2021 either to continue this season or just start over is better.