Many of the National Basketball Association’s most popular players reject applications to promote vaccinations against the SARS-CoV-2 virus caused by COVID-19, according to ESPN, reported citing unidentified players and agents.
The NBA’s invitations to many of the league’s best-known players to encourage inoculation of the general population through public service announcements, or PSAs, and other media “have had a lukewarm response,” ESPN reported.
Agents and players have said resistance is consistent with the general skepticism of the black American vaccine, which according to a survey only 38% have expressed confidence.
Last season, Blacks accounted for 74% of the NBA team roster.
In addition to being wary of taking them themselves, other reasons for reluctance are to promote their use to other people and animosity with the league over the All-Star Game, against which LeBron James has spoken, Los Angeles Lakers forward.
Thirty NBA games have been postponed this season due to positive testing of the new coronavirus, contract tracking protocols, and teams that don’t have enough players for the games due to restrictions.
Commissioner Adam Silver said Tuesday at a conference call to league team general managers that the NBA could “encourage” teams and individuals to take and promote the vaccine with a loosening of testing protocols and rules. quarantine, according to ESPN, which cites anonymous sources.
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