It’s been half a year since Golden State Warriors forward Andrew Wiggins — and his then teammate Kent Bazemore — publicly stated that he had not been vaccinated, had no plans to get vaccinated, and didn’t envision getting vaccinated unless “forced” to.
It was a frustrating sentiment for those invested in science or public health, but it seemed mostly inconsequential. A popular figure publicly espousing an anti-vaccination stance is certainly not a good thing, but not a new thing, either. And it didn’t really seem to impact the Warriors.
And then we all realized that wait .