Posted on 08/20/2021 8:03:38 AM PDT by lightman
Basketball Hall of Famer and Alabama native Charles Barkley will headline a COVID vaccine rally at Legion Field later this month.
Barkley will be the featured speaker at a vaccine rally, hosted by the UAB Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center on Aug. 28 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The event will feature drive-thru and walk-up vaccinations at no cost, as well as free t-shirts to the first 300 people vaccinated and food trucks available to purchase from.
Barkley plugged the event during an appearance Thursday on The Next Round sports talk show with Jim Dunaway, Ryan Brown and Lance Taylor.
“Next Saturday at Legion Field, I can’t believe I’m going back to Legion Field,” said Barkley, who played basketball at Auburn and frequently attends the Iron Bowl. “I’m looking forward to it.
“We’ve got food trucks too,” Barkley said. “We’ve got to feed people to get them to take the vaccine. What the hell’s going on?”
Barkley, always known as a colorful interview who doesn’t hold back, blamed unvaccinated and mask-averse people for skipping his usual post-NBA playoffs vacation this year.
“Most of the fun places are locked down because of COVID,” Barkley said. “And you’ve got these idiots out here who don’t want to take the vaccine and who don’t want to wear a mask, and they’re out here getting people sick and killing people all over the country, and some of these countries won’t let you go there.”
Barkley, who is also a basketball commentator for TNT, said he’s spent his last two summers playing golf instead of traveling.
“You know, I got screwed last summer because of the [NBA playoff] bubble,” Barkley said. “This summer, I’m just getting screwed by dummies who won’t get the vaccine and won’t wear their masks so we can get this thing under control and get back to normal.”
That’s turrible!
If a mental giant like Barkley is on board with the vaccine, who can possibly hold out now? /s
Oh, poor baby, the people who lost businesses and family members weep for you....
It shows they care absolutely nothing about the peoples health at all.
They never have from the beginning. Its just been a veneer.
Barkley, who is also a basketball commentator for TNT, said he’s spent his last two summers playing golf instead of traveling.
“You know, I got screwed last summer because of the [NBA playoff] bubble,” Barkley said. “This summer, I’m just getting screwed by dummies who won’t get the vaccine and won’t wear their masks so we can get this thing under control and get back to normal.”
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Playing golf instead of traveling. My, how you’ve suffered Barkley.
“Dummies” and “idiots”? Insults and name calling never motivates. This isn’t Basic Training but a very dangerous agenda led by Covid cultists. We are heading to Jim Jones territory.
What was it? Like 60% of those vaxxed came down with it?
He was seen dribbling while he spoke. Or rather drooling.
FUCB
A local hospital has 19 of 19 vaxed with covid.
They should get Gnarles Barkley instead.
What about the 5 vaccinated U.S. Senators who got COVID anyway? Are they “idiots” too?
The claim is it’s mostly unvaxed going into the ICUs. There has been some dissent on that. The problem we have is that we’ve been lied to since the beginning on all this, so thinking people don’t know what to believe.
He never earned a ring because while Jordan was practicing his jump shot, Barkley was leading the Suns on all night debauchery binges.
We get it from both sides and the vaxxed side won’t let us make up our minds considering all the reports out there, lies and misinformation, but to shame us into getting the jab. No way.
This moron thinks that if everyone is vaxed the lockdowns will end. Not a. chance. Not as long as there are Dem governors in control.
This “might” have been about “health” during the two weeks to flatten the curve.
But that ended sixteen months ago...
sportsball heroes - is there ANYTHING they don’t know?
Barkley is, was and always will be an idiot.
Sure, doesn’t everyone take medical advice from retired basketball players?
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