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James mum on Abdul-Jabbar鈥檚 COVID-19 flak
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LeBron James said he had no response to National Basketball Association great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who criticized the Los Angeles Lakers forward for a social media post in which he appeared to question the difference between COVID-19 and the flu and common cold.
James had posted an image on Instagram last week showing three cartoon Spidermen pointing at one another with the words 鈥淐OVID鈥, 鈥渇lu鈥 and 鈥渃old鈥 superimposed over each of them. He added a caption that read: 鈥淗elp me out folks.鈥
Lakers great and NBA Hall of Famer Abdul-Jabbar criticized the meme in a letter on self-publishing platform Substack addressed to James, saying it implied the 36-year-old did not understand the difference between the ailments.
鈥淲ith 106 million Instagram followers, making such a post is automatically politically impactful, because he questions the validity of the efforts to get the country vaccinated,鈥 Abdul-Jabbar wrote.
鈥淎s is evident by some of the comments that cheer LeBron鈥檚 post, he鈥檚 given support to those not getting vaccinated, which makes the situation for all of us worse by postponing our health and economic recovery.鈥
James, who guided the Lakers to a 132-123 victory over the Houston Rockets on Tuesday, told reporters he did not have a response to Abdul-Jabbar.
鈥淎nd if you saw the post and read the tag, you鈥檙e literally, honestly asking, 鈥楬elp me out? Help me figure it all out鈥,鈥 he added.
鈥淲e鈥檙e all trying to figure this pandemic out. Trying to figure out COVID, the new strains and the flu. People literally forgot about the flu during these times. Like, that鈥檚 still going around.
鈥淭his is flu season ... People have forgotten about common colds. That happens, especially with a lot of our kids that are in school. My daughter is in first grade so a lot of these kids are getting common colds and getting the flu.鈥
Four-time NBA champion James is fully vaccinated and recently recovered from COVID-19.
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