Now Terence Crawford has come up with a bizarre take on the coronavirus pandemic.
The welterweight titleholder believes COVID-19 is part of some sort of conspiracy and said he and his family are ignoring lock down regulations. He told Sports Illustrated that the impact of the virus is being overplayed.
More than a half million people in the U.S. have tested positive for coronavirus. More than 20,000 have died.
Crawford and his family live in Omaha, Nebraska. As of Sunday, 814 people have tested positive (of 10,991 tested) and 17 have died in that state. In Douglas County, of which Omaha is the county seat, 242 people have tested positive.
Crawford even acknowledged that he has a friend who tested positive. Still, he told Sports Illustrated this:
“It ain’t no different to any other day. I’m not locked up in the house. I’m not locking my kids up in the house, I’m telling you. I don’t feel like these people that they say are dying and sick from it is actually true. I think they’re using fear to try to control us right now, for something else.
“I don’t know what it is but me personally, I just can’t agree with a whole bunch of things that they’re saying now. The media runs the world. You put anything on then everybody’s gonna run with it and you’ll have people scared.
“They said it really don’t affect healthy individuals, only the elderly or those with problems like asthma or breathing disorders, but that’s like any cold or flu. You’ve got to protect the ones with body issues like overweight or obesity.
“One of our friends said she had it but she said she’s doing better now so that was the only person. I’m enjoying time with my family, at home, laid back and chilled. I’m not anxious. I have my own boxing gym, and I’ve got everything: treadmill, bikes, Jacob ladders, whatever you need, I’ve got it.”
He went on: “If it’s so bad then why are people still picking up trash, why are people working but you can only do take out? I have a load of questions I need answers to. What about all the police officers that are still working?
“Me, if I was a cop, if it was that bad, then I wouldn’t be working. I don’t agree with what they’re saying.”
Amir Khan recently said the coronavirus was created to divert attention from the construction of 5G cell phone towers.