LeBron James declined to respond to an essay written by Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar that criticized James for a social media post about COVID-19.
of three identical Spiderman cartoons pointing at one another. Over the art, the words “cold,” “flu” and “COVID.” The caption included a shrugging emoji and the words “Help me out folks.”describing the racial politics of medicine and how James’ post equating the three ailments did a disservice to a community he’s otherwise committed to helping.
Asked about the essay following his team’s win Tuesday in Houston, James declined to address it directly.LeBron James starts at center, Russell Westbrook also has a triple-double, and the Lakers beat the Rockets 132-123 on Tuesday night in Houston. “No, I don’t have a response to Kareem at all,” James said. “And if you saw the post and you read the tag, you’re literally, honestly asking, ‘Help me out?’ Help me kind of figure it all out. We’re all trying to figure this pandemic out. We’re all trying to figure out COVID and the new strains and the flu. I think people forgot about the flu. People literally forgot about the flu during these times. Like, that’s still going around. This is flu season. So people have forgotten about the flu.
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