At the Nets’ media day in September, Irving answered reporters’ questions via
Zoom but asked for privacy when asked if he would get vaccinated. Among Irving’
s circle, the general consensus is that he is not anti-vaccination and believes
everyone has the right to make their own decision. His apprehension about the CO
VID vaccine stems from his concerns about the possibility of long-term side effe
cts, which, according to theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, are “e
xtremely unlikely.”
在籃網新賽季的媒體日上，KI通過線上採訪回答了一些問題，但他以個人隱私為由拒絕透露
自己不接種疫苗的原因，而且也沒說自己未來是否會打疫苗。KI圈子裡的人普遍認為他不是
反疫苗者，他只是相信每個人都有權做出自己的選擇。 他對疫苗的長遠副作用還是感到擔
憂，儘管各種官方健康和安全機構都表示疫苗不存在那些副作用。
Those closest to him also have shared that Irving knows anything he says will be
magnified and scrutinized and he doesn’t want to be viewed as an anti-vaxxer.
He’s not taking this stance to be a voice for the voiceless. He’s just not tru
sting of the available vaccines, according to sources.
親近KI的人提到，KI知道無論自己說什麼，都會被外界擺在聚光燈和放大鏡下，他本人不想
被視為反疫苗者，也不想利用自己的聲音替那些聲量小的人發聲。 據知情人士透露，他只
是不相信現有的疫苗。
Irving also does not want to get vaccinated because of bad experiences with his
health due to basketball injuries over the years.
Since his freshman year at Duke, Irving has missed 261 out of 950 games, includi
ng the last five of the 2015 NBA Finals when a fractured kneecap required surger
y and forced him to miss 29 games the following season. His 2018 knee surgery in
Boston was a corrective procedure because the screws from his 2015 surgery caus
ed an infection in his knee. Moreover, a 2019 shoulder injury became difficult t
o diagnose and ultimately forced him to have surgery in 2020.
有另一個種說法是，KI不想接種疫苗的原因是他在過往的職業生涯裡經歷了糟糕且頻繁的傷
病。 從大一披上杜克大學戰袍開始，Ki在950場比賽中錯過了261場，包括2015年總決賽膝
蓋受傷接受手術，2018年則是因為15年手術後留下的一顆螺絲釘而引發感染再度手術，2019
年則是遭遇難以診斷和治療的肩傷。
“Based on his last three or four years, I can see why he’d be apprehensive,”
a source shared.
基於他過去3、4年的經歷，我能理解他為什麼對疫苗持懷疑態度。
Irving has adopted a 100-percent plant-based diet, so he could wait until a plan
t-based version of the vaccine has been completed and approved. One such vaccine
isundergoing clinical trialswith more than 30,000 people taking part, accordi
ng to a report in August.
歐文是100%素食主義者，他可以等到植物性的疫苗被批准。 據8月的一份報告稱，一種植物
性疫苗已經進入臨床試驗階段，有3萬人參與。
He also could wait and see if incoming New York City Mayor Eric Adams will chang
e his mind on the city’s mandates, although that appears to be unlikely. In an
interview with CNN, Adams said New York City would not change the rule that proh
ibits him from playing at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
另外KI還可以期待紐約新市長Eric Adams明年1月上任後改變強制疫苗令，不過從當下紐約
州的疫情形勢和之前Eric Adams接受採訪說的話來看，發生的概率相當低。
I think the NBA and Kyrie (are) going to come to a conclusion on this,” the May
or-elect said. "I'm a Nets fan, and I love Kyrie. I think he's a piece that we n
eed for a championship.
紐約市長曾表示：回到賽場是他自己和NBA需要解決的問題。我是籃網球迷，也愛KI，籃網
想要爭冠他是重要的拼圖