The career of Kyrie Irving, current Mavericks player, was quite cut short for two seasons due to his refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19, one of the problems that ruined his time with the Brooklyn Netswhere he played between 2019 and 2023. Refusing to be vaccinated caused could only play matches at home because in New York the law prevented people who had not been vaccinated from accessing closed venues.. He played his first home game on March 27 after that restriction was lifted.
A crowd rallied at the Barclays Center in support of Irving and against vaccination.
Three years after that global pandemic, A video has now come to light in which the doctor responsible for the vaccination order from New York City, Dr. Jay Varma boasts that he was the one who prevented Kyrie Irving from playing that season the Nets’ home games. In the aforementioned video, filtered by Stephen Crowderthe doctor explains what happened then with the NBA star.
A big national problem
“There was a basketball player named Kyrie Irving. He refused to be vaccinated, but since he played for the Brooklyn team due to the vaccination orders I approved, he was not allowed to play. “It became a huge national issue why Kyrie Irving wasn’t allowed to play because he refused to get vaccinated.”
The doctor Jay Varma even boasts about the notoriety his move achieved when the then Nets star was involved: “This is a fun part of my life. The Wall Street Journal did a whole article on me, about how I was the one who stopped Kyrie from playing. to basketball,” he explains with a smile on his face.
I’m not in a position to tell him how to dribble better or how to shoot better… Why then did he turn around and say… ‘Don’t tell me how science works?'”
And then he harshly charges against the current Mavericks point guard “I think he’s stupid. He’s an idiot. “I’m not in a position to tell him how to dribble better or how to shoot better… Why then did he turn around and say… ‘Don’t tell me how science works?'”explains the doctor in some controversial statements that have raised blisters.
Outrage with the doctor’s ‘cocky’ attitude
What has outraged many sectors of the United States has been see a doctor comment lightly and even with a smile on his face how the Wall Street Journal dedicated a page to him for being responsible for Kyrie not playing basketball. Protecting residents from COVID was his civil responsibility, and his obligation was to condemn Kyrie’s actions. However, It’s quite shocking that he now hangs medals and boasts that he was the one who prevented him from playing with an attitude that borders on cocky.
Kyrie Irving, watching a game with a mask on during the pandemic.
That mandatory vaccine mandate rose in New York shortly before the end of the 2021-22 seasonwhich allowed Irving to participate in the last stretch of the season, with an average of 27.4 points in the 29 games he was able to play that season. It was a big obstacle for the Brooklyn franchise, which finally sent Irving from New York to Texas in a trade with the Dallas Mavericks.
