What Next: The Vaccine Holdouts in the NBA

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🗓️ 30 September 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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The 2021-2022 NBA season will be underway in less than a month. The league has set strict testing and distancing rules for unvaccinated players. Largely, that strategy has worked but there are some vocal holdouts. Guest: Bomani Jones is an ESPN commentator and the host of the Right Time with Bomani Jones podcast. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:46.8	in common is the way they feel about COVID vaccines.
0:51.0	A couple days ago, after it became clear
0:53.0	that the NBA would not be mandating players get shots
0:56.1	before they get on the court.
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1:01.9	where they vaccinated what about their teammates.
1:05.3	When asked LeBron said he was vaccinated.
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