Stephen Curry, NBA basketball player, is known for his unique ability to create opportunities for others. With the NBA on lockdown, he threw a different kind of assist. The Athletic on how Curry used his social media reach of 44 million to give immunologist Anthony Fauci an audience that is usually hard to reach (and even harder to convince to take Covid-19 seriously).

From Weekly Filet #296, in April 2020.

Stephen Curry, the point guard we need to help fight this pandemic

Stephen Curry, the point guard we need to help fight this pandemic

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