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Coronavirus vs. sports and entertainment:COVID-19 is hitting the world hard.NBA star, Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert lost his sense of both taste and smell. He is experiencing this life changing side effect after testing positive for COVID-19.Two Los Angeles Lakers players also tested positive for coronavirus, as well as Boston Celtics's Marcus Smart, three unnamed members of Philadelphia 76ers organization, three unnamed Brooklyn Nets players, Detroit Pistons’s Christian Wood and as we knew before - Utah Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell, and as discussed in a previous episode - Kevin Durant also tested positive for the virus.This pandemic got so serious, so even Tokyo Olympics has been postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak. The Tokyo Summer Olympics will not begin in late July and instead will be held by the summer of 2021.This virus is in a Royal family now too. It was just announced that Prince Charles tested positive for coronavirus. He is in a stable condition but hopefully everyone can understand that this virus affects everybody - sports people, Royals, famous people and just all rest of us.To add, Karl-Anthony Towns revealed on his Instagram that his mother is in coma with coronavirus and connected to a ventilator.Towns donated $100,000 to the Mayo Clinic earlier this month to support the roll-out of a coronavirus test.“This disease is real. This disease needs not to be taken lightly. Please protect your families, your loved ones, your friends, yourself.,” Towns said in an emotional Instagram video.“This disease, it’s deadly. We’re going to keep fighting, my side, me and my family, we’re going to keep fighting it. We’re going to beat it, we’re going to win.I hope my story helps.”Towns, Rudy Gobert and all other NBA players who tested positive for the virus, as well as NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB members, and players; celebrities all around the world, including Tom Hanks, Andy Cohen, Bachelor star Colton Underwood, Idris Elba - they all are asking the public to stay home for their own well being and all others.This virus is affecting everyone: poor, rich, young and old. So please, everyone - stay in. Be safe, protect yourself and others.P.s. SPECIAL DEAL! Go to Omahasteaks.com and get your frozen food, meat, desserts and easy-to-make meals without going to the grocery store but delivered to your door! Enter code BLEAV in the search bar for free shipping on orders of $69 or more.And since we’re staying in, let’s chat more! Tweet me on Twitter @Simonna and Instagram @TheRealSimonna