The Covid Vaccine Forced Bronny James to Quit Basketball

This past summer, Bronny James, son of NBA superstar Lebron James, suffered a cardiac

arrest during a preseason practice. The incident gained the attention of many basketball fans

internationally because his college debut was so highly anticipated. Although many people

wished Bronny well as his future in basketball was still up in the air, others used it as an

opportunity to support the anti-vax movement.

During the peak of the coronavirus pandemic when the COVID-19 vaccine was being developed,

the safety of the vaccine was a highly contested topic around the world. This vaccine was

perhaps more highly scrutinized than others because of the gravity of the situation at the time

which was compounded with the many pressures doctors and researchers were dealing with. At

first, when the vaccine came out people were hesitant to take it and it quickly became a political

talking point in the approaching 2020 presidential election. Instead of educating the public on the

facts about the vaccine, media and news outlets took advantage of the public's uncertainty and

lack of education to push their own agendas. Although it took some time these concerns died

down as more people were educated and began to receive their first and second doses.

The principal concern among people who were critical of the vaccine was its effects on the hearts

of people who were young and generally healthy. These people believed that the risk of taking

the vaccine was greater than the protection the vaccine would provide from a virus that would

likely not cause any severe consequences. The problem with this position is that many of the

people that claim this are using altered data from scientific papers that have not been properly

vetted.

-Julius Smith

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Comments

  1. Adrian AlcantaraDecember 1, 2023 at 9:43 AM

    Hey Julius! Blog was great to read and as a sports fan it was sad to not see Bronny no debut because of Covid-19. I do find it disturbing that these media outlets will push misinformation, in the midst of lack of information about Covid vaccines, to benefit themselves rather than to the benefit of the public.

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  2. AnonymousDecember 4, 2023 at 10:28 AM

    Hi Julius, this was so sad. I've heard that the media usually shows things the incorrect way to keep getting views and this is bad for society as the story isn't always as they make it seem. Instead of more positive insight on the vaccine, misinformation was spread.


    -Aaliyah Thompson.

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  3. AnonymousDecember 5, 2023 at 3:18 PM

    Hi Julius, very interesting post. I remember seeing a news headline about this. Obviously it is crazy to see headlines like these in order to garner attention and views. This is more of an act of misinformation that can hurt general public knowledge about the vaccine as well as Bronny James himself.
    -Will Nguyen

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