Items

• 
  05/21/2020

  Josh Wright Oral History, 2020/05/21

  This is part of a undergrad/ grad project for a public history course taught at UW - Eau Claire taught by Professor Cheryl Frei
• 
  03/12/2020

  Rudy Goberg tests positive for hubris

  In March, during the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak reaching Europe, Australia, and the USA, some people were still taking the risk less seriously than others. Twitter has a nose for irony, and a lot of people picked up on what happened to basketballer Rudy Gobert. In early March when the NBA was still denying the need to shut down the season, he touched every microphone and surface he could reach to mock the possibility of COVID-19. A week later, he was sick with it, and the NBA season was called off. Twitter user Jeffery Cook (@JefferyCook)
• 
  2020-03-29

  Rudy Gobert touching mics during press conference

  Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert jokingly touches all the mics in a post-game press conference on 03/11/2020, to make a joke about the Coronavirus. He tested positive for the disease soon after, and the NBA season was suddenly put on hold