As COVID-19 still rages around the globe, vaccinations are becoming an important part of keeping people safe and the virus under control.
And while most athletes have already chosen to take the vaccine, some have decided to go without — for various reasons that they may, or may not, chose to reveal.
Surprisingly, LeBron James is one of those who have not been vaccinated, as his teammate Dennis Schroder recently let slip to the media.
“Nearly the whole team is vaccinated – only LeBron and I are not, I think. I can’t go into quarantine again, if that happens now, I‘ll miss a whole round in the playoffs. I can’t live with that,” Schroder said in an interview with a German website, via Lakers Daily.
Translation from a German article with an Interview with Dennis Schröder:
"Nearly the whole team is vaccinated – only LeBron and I are not, I think."
"I can’t go into quarantine again, if that happens now, I‘ll miss a whole round in the playoffs. I can’t live with that" pic.twitter.com/heNvJtfFQG
— Deandre Hayton (@YCSNOW23) May 3, 2021
Despite James choosing to keep his vaccination plans a secret, this bit of news does come as a bit of a surprise for someone who is usually on the liberal side of things. Fans in the comments were pretty surprised as well…
https://twitter.com/_doubtfull/status/1389260940760162310
Damn Bron… why are you not vaccinated
— Patrick Jean (@icebergsli6) May 3, 2021
I don't understand this. LeBron is obviously a really smart dude. He has to understand he should get vaccinated, right? Doesn't make sense to me.
— BigFudge (@BigFudge623) May 3, 2021
https://twitter.com/YaBoiA21/status/1389256621130453004https://twitter.com/AhabGhost/status/1389260155120885760
Whatever, if you can't go into Quarantine then maybe you should have gotten the damn vaccine? Now here you are yet again. Going to miss the last 8 games- selfish much?
— Nicky A (@AJRazim) May 3, 2021
Schroder is set to miss time due to COVID health and safety protocols, something he (ironically) could have avoided had he taken the vaccine.
Obviously, everybody has the right to refuse the vaccine, and it’s understandable why some would be cautious to welcome something like that into their bodies.
Still, it will be interesting to see how LeBron responds to all the noise, and if he offers up any explanation (not that he owes us one) as to why he hasn’t yet got gotten the vax.
