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Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving has slammed New York City Mayor Eric Adams' decision to lift the private-sector vaccine mandate on November 1, while allowing his own mandate for local government employees to continue.
'If I can work and be unvaccinated, then all of my brothers and sisters who are also unvaccinated should be able to do the same, without being discriminated against, vilified, or fired,' Irving tweeted. 'This enforced Vaccine/Pandemic is one the biggest violations of HUMAN RIGHTS in history.'
The unvaccinated Irving was sidelined for much of last season due to the city's mandate for public arenas and private workplaces, as well as the Nets' decision to bench him for away games, citing their preference for full-time players. Team officials ultimately relented in January, allowing him to play road games, and the city followed in February by lifting the indoor mandate, allowing him to play at Brooklyn's Barclays Center.
Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving has slammed New York City Mayor Eric Adams' decision to lift the private-sector vaccine mandate on November 1, while allowing his own mandate for local government employees to continue
Kyrie Irving called mandates 'one of the biggest violations of human rights in history'
Irving has been at the center of several vaccine-related controversies since the city began requiring private business to ban unvaccinated employees from the workplace in December of 2021 as the Omicron wave began killing hundreds of New Yorkers. Many others who refused the vaccine were fired.
'This puts the choice in the hands of New York businesses,' Adams said Tuesday after announcing that the private-sector ban would be lifted on November 1.
Irving made waves last week, by posting a 20-year-old clip of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones describing a 'new world order' that would unleash viruses to gain control of the public.
In the video Jones said: 'Yes there have been corrupt empires. Yes they manipulate. Yes there are secret societies. Yes there have been oligarchies throughout history.
'And yes, today in 2002, there is a tyrannical organization calling itself the New World Order…by releasing diseases and viruses and plagues upon us, we then basically get shoved into their system.'
The video was titled: 'Never Forget - Alex Jones Tried To Warn Us.'
New York Mayor Eric Adams (pictured) will lift the private-sector vaccine mandate November 1
The vast majority of NBA players are completely inoculated against COVID-19, with the league consistently boasting roughly 95-percent vaccination rate among team rosters. However, there have been several notable holdouts, including Irving and Orlando Magic forward Jonathan Isaac.
In July, Golden State Warriors forward Andrew Wiggins said he regretted getting vaccinated at the NBA's urging, despite the fact that it helped him win his
