One hundred thousand, two hundred seventeen, that’s the number at time of writing. One hundred thousand, two hundred seventeen people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in Florida alone. Nearly three thousand were added to the count yesterday. Over four thousand, a new single day high, were added on Saturday. The number of new cases has been rising steadily since May 27th, when just 379 new cases were recorded. In less than a month, Florida has seen a 10x increase of daily new cases. In just over a month, the NBA restarts their 20019/2020 season in Orlando.
Based solely on the first paragraph, sending a bunch of athletes to Orlando to compete in an event that is purely for the sake of entertainment seems silly, if not outright reckless.