This decision would have been made by the owner Joe Tsai.
Tsai was permitted to make billions by the CCP and he is an apologist for the regime.
It’s hard to imagine Tsai would not have consulted with his benefactors in Beijing on what stance to take to be in harmony with the CCP.
I would love to see Kyrie challenge the regulation.
The regulation is arbitrary and irrational.
The vaccines do not prevent transmission of the virus, which is the only legitimate interest government would have in imposing a mandate, that is, if the disease were a much greater danger justifying such a mandate.
But the media and the NBA are pretending it does prevent transmission.
The fallback justification for the mandate is that it is necessary to lessen the burden on hospital and medical resources.
But in Irving’s age and risk group, this is a de minimis risk.
And such a justification would permit the government to ban foods high in cholesterol or saturated fat, mandate the administration of statins, require everyone to eat ten servings a day of wheat, etc. in order to lessen the costs of heart disease on hospitals and the medical system. Or whatever other health nonsense government “experts” are pushing on a given day.
The vaccine does not prevent you from getting the virus, it does not prevent you from spreading the virus, and it only increases your survivability rate (of dying from covid) from 99.7% to 99.8%. AND it causes possible reactions that can kill you.
It does not even meet the definition of a vaccine and it is NOT approved by the FDA. The manufacturers themselves are not requiring their employees to get it,
So, why the hell would ANYONE get this stupid non-vaccine???