ONE SHOT THESE NBA STARS DON’T WANT TO TAKE
The Highwire with Del Bigtree
The Highwire with Del Bigtree
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🗓️ 10 October 2021
⏱️ 11 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | People are standing up everywhere and unlikely voices are showing up and becoming powerful |
| 0:05.7 | voices for truth, for personal autonomy, for their communities. |
| 0:11.4 | In so much so that we're seeing this here in professional sports, namely the NBA has |
| 0:17.2 | been lately a source for open medical debate and personal autonomy is very interesting |
| 0:24.3 | what's happening here. Some of the NBA players have been confronted by reporters asking |
| 0:30.3 | them some questions about their medical status and their personal medical choices and this |
| 0:35.2 | is how they fired back. Take a look at this. |
| 0:38.2 | What is it about the vaccine that makes you hesitant to get it? |
| 0:43.3 | I've had COVID in the past and so our understanding of antibodies, of natural immunity has changed |
| 0:51.6 | a great deal from the onset of the pandemic and it's still evolving. |
| 0:55.6 | Just personal choice, freedom of choice and a life choice. |
| 1:01.6 | At the end of the day it was a life decision, personal choice and I made it. |
| 1:08.4 | Honestly I like to keep that stuff private, man. I'm a human being first and obviously living |
| 1:13.2 | in this public sphere. There's just a lot of questions about what's going on in the world |
| 1:18.7 | of Kyrie and I think I just would love to just keep that private. |
| 1:23.8 | I'm thinking day by day. It's time for me to get what's best for me. |
| 1:28.2 | Every player, every person in this world is going to make their own decision for themselves. |
| 1:31.8 | I understand that the vaccine would help if you catch COVID and you'll be able to have |
| 1:37.9 | less symptoms from contracting it but with me having COVID in the past and having antibodies |
| 1:43.6 | with my current age group and physical fitness level, it's not necessarily a fear of mine. |
| 1:50.6 | Yeah, I had it. I developed antibodies for it so my chances will be less likely now as well. |
| 1:56.0 | It's still a possibility. I make it just like there are players and coaches and staff who are |
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