For as long as I can remember, I’ve been used to the idea that vaccines simply are part of life. The youthful fear I may have indulged in as a toddler notwithstanding, I’m pretty sure that before I was ten I found that their practical application made sense. Moreover, on more than one occasion throughout my life, my mother related her experience of catching scarlet fever as a very young girl in the 1940s, back when such a thing was commonplace. In fact, her older sister, who was infected at the same time she was, nearly died of the disease.

The 7 xNBA all-star, 1 time NBA Champion, and fresh new symbol for the anti-vaxxer movement, is Kyrie Irving.  Kyrie has caused quite a bit of controversy lately by refusing to get vaccinated. Kyrie plays in Brooklyn, which is in New York, which has a vaccine mandate.   Meaning Kyrie will