[WAPO OPINION PIECE] The NBA pitches itself as progressive. But its stars won’t talk about vaccines.

I’m sorry that he has a bigger platform than you because he’s better at what he does than you are

 

Vaccination isn't progressive, and shouldn't be political

 

Ahhh..I was reading the Green article. Any way, that's very lazy reporting. He simply added up FB, Twitter and Instagram.Ignored all the duplicates. It would have been better for him to have used his 100 million Instagram followers as the number.

So, what's so bad about James having 100 million followers?

 

If Lebron said we shouldn’t my parents would be MORE likely to get vaxxed.

 

180 millions followed that guy who stands for nothing and falls for everything just because he can dribble a round ball? Like I’ve said, we’ve got problems.

 

Well... at least when he supposedly tests positive for COVID, he doesn't go to a debate, put his security details at risk and follow that up with hosting a military event prior to a hospital stay.

 

Exactly. The Venn diagram of "unvaccinated" and "hate Lebron James" has a lot of overlap.

 

Still got Trump on your mind again. Lol

 

@Jontro

 

People in the media, randos on the Internet, pharma companies, politicians in their pockets, and the unelected world health czar (you know who I reference cause it's true) all wanna tell you what to do with your body.

The true liberal ideal is to allow people to choose.

These authoritarians who wanna force the vaccine on people are blind and clueless to the fact that countries that don't participate will spawn mutations. I was saying this months ago, and I was right. Where are the variants coming from? You can force Americans to take a vaccine a day to keep the Rona away but it doesn't mean anything since these viruses mutate.

The only solution is to encourage loss of function. Vaccines are not the end of it. Mutations are good and we should be encouraging weaker strains to mutate and become dominant strains. Whether through a lab or through policy. Forcing vaccines isn't going to solve anything, and mandating them is quite anti-liberal. Any "liberal" on here pushing that concept needs to shut their mouth and stop referring to themselves as liberal. You're an authoritarian who doesn't get science.

 

I'm confused. What do vaccines have to do with progressiveness?

 

Op disingenuous?

 

Yep... he is the presumptive 2024 republican candidate for President and continues to undermine the election process in the USA and continues to endorse candidates that support him and slam candidates that don't, therefore he will remain relevant until he fades away.

As a matter of fact, he just conducted another interview last night in which he continued his BS that the election was stolen. Perhaps he's the one that should let it go.

 

So from Lebron straight to Trump in a nanosecond. Bad case of TDS? I hope the Keebler Elf is working on a vaccine for you. Bwahahaha

 

I hope the medical community continues to work on cures and control of COVID. So far the vaccine has saved countless lives and prevented countless severe cases.

Not sure why you think that's funny.

 

@Os Trigonum

There are too many posters here who don't know what this NBA thing is you are talking about
is there a dude named Tucker in this NBA?

 

That article is a really sloppy, long-winded way of just saying "y u no PR for vaccine".

It's hard for us to imagine it but I'm guessing it actually would make a difference. As sad as it is, there are plenty of people who look to celebrities for social cues.



I thought (hoped?) vaccines were settled science. Like gravity, germs, or Heliocentrism. But apparently we haven't actually come all that far since Polio.

 

@Jontro

The most important way to keep COVID away from the NBA is to make sure ALL STRIPPERS are VACCINATED.
@Os Trigonum