The Profile: Kyrie Irving, the NBA star who is making headlines – and missing games – over his refusal to get a vaccination for Covid-19
The basketball star has asked for privacy but speculation about his vaccination status was all but confirmed when it was reported that he had interacted with Instagram posts from a conspiracy theorist who claims that “secret societies” are implanting vaccines in a plot to connect black people to a master computer for “a plan of Satan”.
In brief:
Name and role: Kyrie Irving, All Star point guard for the Brooklyn Nets
Age: 29
Appearance: none this season, due to his refusal to be vaccinated
Newsworthiness: the free-thinking basketball player has become a figurehead for a group pushing back against the Democrats’ rollout of mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations
In depth:
Last Sunday in New York, as the Brooklyn Nets prepared to host the Charlotte Hornets in the first game of the NBA season, ...
