Abdul-Jabbar said James' Instagram post 'was a blow to his worthy legacy.'
," James added."People like literally forgot about the flu during these times like that's still going around, it's flu season. People have forgot about common colds. That happens, especially with a lot of our kids that's in school."
Last week, James posted a popular meme format on Instagram depicting three identical-looking Spider-Men pointing at each other. In James' post, one was labeled"flu," the second"covid" and the third"cold." He captioned the post,"Help me out folks." Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar criticized LeBron James for posting a meme questioning the difference between COVID, flu and cold. His post was widely criticized online for seemingly implying the three illnesses were the same.
He said that a post like the one James shared"questions the validity of the efforts to get the country vaccinated" which Abdul-Jabbar found especially harmful due to James' large following."By posting the uninformed meme, LeBron has encouraged vaccine hesitancy which puts lives and livelihoods at risk," he added.
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