Thu Oct 14, 2021 – 1:00 pm EDTThu Oct 14, 2021 – 1:42 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – NBA player Kyrie Irving has refused to comply with the New York City COVID-19 vaccine mandate, despite being suspended by his club for the entirety of the upcoming NBA season.
The 29-year-old Brooklyn Nets basketball player took to Instagram yesterday in 24 minutes-long livestream, saying that he will not be pressured into taking the jab. The day before, Nets team owner Sean Marks announced that Irving would be unable to practice or play with his team as he is unvaccinated.
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Throughout the livestream, Irving condemned the divisions that the vaccine mandate has created between vaccinated and unvaccinated people, and insisted that he is on no one’s side but had to make a decision for himself.
“Seeing the way that this [issue] is dividing our world up, being vaccinated or being unvaccinated, it’s just sad to see,” he said.
“It’s creating a lot of divisions, a lot of confusion, a lot of people are saying things that are untrue…”
The seven-time All-Star stressed that his decision to go on Instagram to speak out was not politically motivated,
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