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Mark Cuban doesn’t want any of his employees coming to work during the COVID-19 pandemic

By Mark Carman

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SHARK TANK - "1020" - First into the Tank is an entrepreneur from Redondo Beach, California, who pitches her high-tech product to discover hidden secrets about your cat. An entrepreneur from St. Louis, Missouri, presents his men's fashion accessory that will help every man look extra refined, and a former "Shark Tank" entrepreneur from Pleasantville, California, who was shredded by the Sharks during his first visit, returns to the Tank for his shot at redemption with his line of all-electric water sports equipment. Last into the Tank is an entrepreneur from Miami Gardens, Florida, who introduces his delicious, multipurpose dip on "Shark Tank," SUNDAY, APRIL 28 (10:01-11:00 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network. (ABC/Eric McCandless)MARK CUBAN, DAYMOND JOHN /
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Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is worried about himself and his employees and has a plan to keep the Mavericks organization safe.

Mark Cuban is like many many others who are not in perfect health. Cuban joined Da Windy City Podcast and discussed his own health concerns.

“I have AFib,” Cuban said. “That’s not real bad for the nearly five million people who have it. But that’s an underlying condition. All of a sudden I catch [COVID-19] I’m SOL, or could be.”

Cuban has been staying home doing his social distancing and has implored his employees to do the same. Mavericks employees are still getting paid, but are under protective orders.

“For me, I am not going to let my employees go back to work,” Cuban said. “If you want to keep your job, you stay home. If you want to lose your job, then you go.”

The United States now has over 45,000 coronavirus related deaths. For Cuban to open back up the Mavericks offices, plus return to his normal life, progress will have to be made.

“We have to come up with a vaccine, come up with drugs that can keep you from getting this virus so everyone is confident when they walk out of the house,” Cuban said. “Initially, everyone is going to be terrified. There are so many people. What are you going to say to everybody who is overweight, has type-2 diabetes, thats ever been through chemo, thats ever had cancer.”

Cuban also reflected back on September 11, 2001 and the challenges the United States faced then to get back to normal, which could prove somewhat similar to today.

“It’s a little bit like 9/11 when it came to flying,” Cuban said. “It took us getting TSA, it took sometime to feel safe. It’s going to be the same thing here. We are going to have to see drugs come out, that make us feel confident that either we won’t get it, or if we do, it will be minimal and we can easily get through it.”

In a wide ranging conversation, Cuban discussed being banned from baseball, a presidential run someday, Tik-Tok, Michael Jordan, Luka Doncic passing Dirk Nowitzki as the greatest Maverick of all-time, Kobe, fixing the economy, Donald Trump. 

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