The ESPN journalist further commented that he would like to see all athletes with a platform consider endorsing the vaccine and voiced that the risk of not taking the vaccine outweigh the risk of getting the shot.
“So we get back to LeBron James, and I say this to LeBron James, my brother, all of our brothers, who’s an incredibly, incredibly influential figure, I would say to him, he has taken positions on many, many, many things of incredible importance to our community,” Smith added.
“One could easily argue when you see the [number] of deaths that have become associated with COVID-19, there’s very little that he has encountered that is more challenging or daunting than this, and if you could speak up about those things, you just might want to think about speaking up about this.”
Watch the discussion with Smith below on ESPN as he discusses taking the shot and the pros and cons of people’s apprehension.
https://youtu.be/7ObuVAk96xU
