Wednesday, December 29, 2021
NBA legend clears up LeBron
James in the crossfire after downplaying Corona
NBA superstar LeBron James shines with ignorance about Covid-19 and thus causes an outcry. Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar enlightened him and railed that the Lakers professional would encourage vaccination refusals. James’ answer to those words? “No comment.”
Basketball superstar LeBron James from NBA club Los Angeles Lakers announced his controversial corona post on Instagram for the first time. At the press conference after the 132:12 victory at the Houston Rockets, James commented on it. A picture in which three identical Spiderman figures point to each other – labeled with Covid, Cold and Flu – he commented briefly and with a shrug of the shoulders: “Help me to understand that.”
Now the 36-year-old, who had to be included in the league’s corona protocol for a short time at the beginning of December, said: “We are all trying to understand this pandemic. We are trying to understand Covid and the new variants and the flu. ” James did not respond to the criticism, including from Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, for downplaying the corona virus. “No, I have no answer at all for Kareem,” said the NBA superstar. Instead, he said that many children in his daughter’s class right now would get a common cold or flu. And this will be forgotten.
Abdul-Jabbar had in one Essay an James wrote that the post was “a blow” to James “a worthy heir”. The 36-year-old has supported those who do not get vaccinated, “which makes the situation worse for us all”. The Lakers legend explained to James in his text that nobody believes that colds and flu are not serious illnesses and that people die from the flu too.
“LeBron Encourages Refusal to Vaccine”
However, “experts agree that Covid-19 is at least ten times more deadly than flu,” said Abdul-Jabbar. With a cold, death is extremely rare anyway. “By publishing this uninformed post, LeBron has encouraged refusal to vaccinate, which puts lives and livelihoods at risk,” grumbled the NBA legend.
“But,” said Abdul-Jabbar the Lakers superstar, “LeBron, if you are worried about the flu, help promote the flu vaccination.” In the 2019/2020 flu season, only 51.8 percent of those eligible were vaccinated in the USA, far less than the targeted 70 percent. Worse still, the vaccination rate among blacks is 20 percent lower than that of whites, which means that they have the highest rate of hospitalization for flu of any other group, said Abdul-Jabbar: “This is due to the reluctance to vaccinate that your post promotes. ” One way to help and save lives the black community that James is so often advocate for would be through black celebrities to encourage everyone to get vaccinated and get their vaccinations refreshed.
The Lakers win at the Rockets was their first after five straight defeats. With a balance of currently 17:18, the team with numerous stars is playing a disappointing season. With the exception of four players, all professionals have already been on the Covid list at least once, including head coach Frank Vogel. James had announced before the season that he was vaccinated against the coronavirus.
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