ADAM SILVER WANTS NBA PLAYERS TO GET THE COVID-19 VACCINE TO INSPIRE THOSE IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver wants the league’s players to eventually get the COVID-19 vaccine to possibly set a great example to those in the African American community. Silver spoke on a virtual call by Sportico on Tuesday and talked about why he thinks it would be a positive for the league’s players to get vaccinated.

“It’s something we’re particularly focused on,” Silver said. “In the African-American community, there’s been an enormously disparate impact from COVID. … but now, somewhat perversely, there’s been enormous resistance [to vaccinations] in the African-American community for understandable historical reasons, If that resistance continues it would be very much a double whammy to the black community because the only way out of this pandemic is to get vaccinated.”

Silver said that he has spoken with numerous health officials who believe there would be a public health benefit to some famous black people receiving the vaccine.