According to the Los Angeles Times, the Staples Center, home of the Los Angeles Kings, is linked to the spread of the pandemic known as COVID-19. Nathan Fenno, a writer for LA Times, has linked at least half of the cases of infected athletes to the Staples Center.
At least eight athletes who played those games have been diagnosed with COVID-19: four Brooklyn Nets, including sidelined star Kevin Durant, two Lakers who haven't been identified and two members of the NHL's Ottawa Senators, Fenno stated in his column. Identifying the source and site of the infection is impossible, but the Lakers' schedule during that final week put them within four degrees of separation of every NBA and NHL teams - the densely loaded schedules, the proximity to closely packed stands combined with an easily spread virus, created a new label for athletes: super spreaders. Amid the tumult of sports at every level shutting down, followed by much of the country, Staples Center is a common denominator among eight of the 16 cases of COVID-19 announced by NBA and NHL teams.
Currently, there are 328,275 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the entire world. 95,656 total recoveries and 14,366 deaths.
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