Novak Djokovic, #1 male tennis player, organized an international tournament“for charity” that violated health rules for physical distancing and PPE.
While the players hugged at the net, played basketball, posed for pictures* and attended news conferences together, Djokovic also organised nights out in Belgrade and pictures and videos of him dancing with the players made it to social media.
Now he, his wife, and several other players have tested positive for COVID-19.
I hope he realizes now that a lethal pandemic is NO DJOK!
Not only does he owe the tennis community a heartfelt apology, he needs to treat this experience as a teachable moment and devote himself, for the duration of the crisis, to use his celebrity to help educate the public on how to protect themselves and each other.
* The linked yahoo story has a dramatic image which I saved and would like to insert, but I never learned how to post images and would appreciate help with the process of clearing the rights hurdle.