NBA player Harrison Barnes has a message for Americans after overcoming coronavirus

Posted Jul 30, 2020
Sacramento Kings forward Harrison Barnes had a powerful message for Americans after his experience with coronavirus. "Everyone thinks it will happen to somebody else or, 'If i get it, hopefully I'll be asymptomatic,' but we had three people in my house who contracted it and each of us had a different experience. So I would encourage people to be safe." (CNN.com)

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