Hard to believe the number of anti-vaxx yahoos and Rodgers sycophants replying here, slingin' shit at someone who is so far above them in both humanity and wisdom - not to mention credibility - that it's like earthworms ragging on a lion. Rodgers is wrong, you are wrong, and your empty insults and scorn have no meaning at all.
Thank you so much for this. As a doctor from the front line (I practice both ICU and emergency medicine in the NYC area) I cannot even begin to tell you frustrating it is to continue to hear such gross and dangerous misinformation being spread by celebrities such as Rodgers. Thank you for speaking out.
Totally agree with you Kareem. I'm a Packer owner and wouldn't care if they just went ahead and benched him for the rest of the season. Aaron, your pants are on fire!
Kareem I knew you were one of the greatest basketball players of all time but now I have another reason to be a fan. This was an excellent and succinct takedown and I wish some of these sports talk shows had your depth of analysis.
Kareem that was fantastic. Your summary about vaccine efficacy was cogent, concise and very helpful. The analogy of the $50,000 dollar debt is something the CDC should have thought of months ago. Keep writing and calling “them as you see them”. Michael Keslin, MD
Rodgers was running around all summer like some renaissance man with a “I’m smarter than everybody else” smirk on his face and now we see the truth Rodgers. Another self absorbed stupid athlete who only cares a about himself. Maybe this will help people realize all he does is throw a football.
Thank you for this summary and commentary. I watched this unfold with disbelief and total chagrin. As a Cal grad/fan I was so happy to see him succeed. Watching him utter and repeat complete untruths and ignorant statements that are not backed by science or data is difficult. To hear him use buzzwords such as "woke mob" pretty much sealed it for me. And to think I was rooting for him to succeed Alex Trebek.
Respectfully, Mr. Abdul-Jabbar, a commenter has spammed this post with dangerous disinformation about COVID vaccines. When you have a moment, please remove it or ask Substack to do so? Thank you for this piece; I'm not sure whether you're a better writer than you were a basketball player, but it's damn close.
Now THERE are the thoughtful comments of a true sports hero. Someone who doesn't boast of being an intellectual and critical thinker, just is one. Thank you Kareem. From the 14-year-old fan in the stands of the Milwaukee Arena, who grew up to be a journalist in LA.
Half these comments only saw a black man using full, articulate, sentences and instantly went ape shit. If kneeling during the anthem is so ungodly unpatriotic, and un American. Then spreading misinformation, refusing to wear a mask to help prevent a virus, and consistently lying about scientifically backed health information is equally, if not as un American. Lastly, the "woke" agenda isn't destroying America. White republicans are extremely uncomfortable with POC getting the same platform, rights, and respects that whites were afforded since the birth of this country. If you're more angry over an athlete kneeling during the anthem at some bullshit sports game than you are over POC getting murdered in the streets then I'm sorry to inform you that you are the reason this country is going down.
Someone I work with exercised his personal choice to not wear a mask and galavanted around as if nothing was going on and got Covid. That meant shutting down our workplace for two weeks of quarantine and the only reason I didn’t lose two weeks pay was my company got money from the evil government that is trying to take away our freedom so they could pay me to sit home.
So much for”it doesn’t effect anyone else.”
Some Covid denying antivax loudmouth recently got his just deserts and died of it leaving a widow and four children who will likely need assistance from the evil government too. But his personal choice didn’t effect anyone else?
Hard to believe the number of anti-vaxx yahoos and Rodgers sycophants replying here, slingin' shit at someone who is so far above them in both humanity and wisdom - not to mention credibility - that it's like earthworms ragging on a lion. Rodgers is wrong, you are wrong, and your empty insults and scorn have no meaning at all.
I had no idea the greatest basketball player of all time, and one of sports' moral authorities, was also such a forceful writer. Magnificent!
Thank you so much for this. As a doctor from the front line (I practice both ICU and emergency medicine in the NYC area) I cannot even begin to tell you frustrating it is to continue to hear such gross and dangerous misinformation being spread by celebrities such as Rodgers. Thank you for speaking out.
Totally agree with you Kareem. I'm a Packer owner and wouldn't care if they just went ahead and benched him for the rest of the season. Aaron, your pants are on fire!
Kareem I knew you were one of the greatest basketball players of all time but now I have another reason to be a fan. This was an excellent and succinct takedown and I wish some of these sports talk shows had your depth of analysis.
Thank you. As a physician, it pains me to hear so much selfish pseudoscience nonsense from public figures like Aaron Rodgers, who should know better.
Kareem that was fantastic. Your summary about vaccine efficacy was cogent, concise and very helpful. The analogy of the $50,000 dollar debt is something the CDC should have thought of months ago. Keep writing and calling “them as you see them”. Michael Keslin, MD
Amen Kareem!
Thank you Kareem. This is just another example of what a great human being are!
Rodgers was running around all summer like some renaissance man with a “I’m smarter than everybody else” smirk on his face and now we see the truth Rodgers. Another self absorbed stupid athlete who only cares a about himself. Maybe this will help people realize all he does is throw a football.
Thank you for this summary and commentary. I watched this unfold with disbelief and total chagrin. As a Cal grad/fan I was so happy to see him succeed. Watching him utter and repeat complete untruths and ignorant statements that are not backed by science or data is difficult. To hear him use buzzwords such as "woke mob" pretty much sealed it for me. And to think I was rooting for him to succeed Alex Trebek.
Respectfully, Mr. Abdul-Jabbar, a commenter has spammed this post with dangerous disinformation about COVID vaccines. When you have a moment, please remove it or ask Substack to do so? Thank you for this piece; I'm not sure whether you're a better writer than you were a basketball player, but it's damn close.
Excellently written article by an intelligent, informed, quality human being about someone who isn't.
Now THERE are the thoughtful comments of a true sports hero. Someone who doesn't boast of being an intellectual and critical thinker, just is one. Thank you Kareem. From the 14-year-old fan in the stands of the Milwaukee Arena, who grew up to be a journalist in LA.
Half these comments only saw a black man using full, articulate, sentences and instantly went ape shit. If kneeling during the anthem is so ungodly unpatriotic, and un American. Then spreading misinformation, refusing to wear a mask to help prevent a virus, and consistently lying about scientifically backed health information is equally, if not as un American. Lastly, the "woke" agenda isn't destroying America. White republicans are extremely uncomfortable with POC getting the same platform, rights, and respects that whites were afforded since the birth of this country. If you're more angry over an athlete kneeling during the anthem at some bullshit sports game than you are over POC getting murdered in the streets then I'm sorry to inform you that you are the reason this country is going down.
Someone I work with exercised his personal choice to not wear a mask and galavanted around as if nothing was going on and got Covid. That meant shutting down our workplace for two weeks of quarantine and the only reason I didn’t lose two weeks pay was my company got money from the evil government that is trying to take away our freedom so they could pay me to sit home.
So much for”it doesn’t effect anyone else.”
Some Covid denying antivax loudmouth recently got his just deserts and died of it leaving a widow and four children who will likely need assistance from the evil government too. But his personal choice didn’t effect anyone else?