Warriors guard Stephen Curry is putting his celebrity and social-media presence to good use: He will hold an online question-and-answer session with Dr. Anthony Fauci at 10 a.m. Thursday.
Fauci is director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a high-profile voice on the White House task force on the coronavirus. Curry will chat with Fauci on Instagram (@StephenCurry30).
“Hyped to talk all things COVID-19 with Dr. Fauci,” Curry tweeted Wednesday morning. He encouraged people to submit questions with the hashtag #SCASKSFAUCI. Curry completed the post with, “Let’s get it!”
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Curry has been active on social media since the coronavirus pandemic prompted the NBA to suspend its season. He posted a video March 15 in which he implored people to stay home and practice social distancing “to the best of their abilities” in an effort to curb the outbreak.
The video has more than 4.5 million views on Instagram and Twitter combined. Curry has 29.8 million followers on Instagram and 14.2 million on Twitter.
Ron Kroichick is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: rkroichick@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @ronkroichick
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