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Former NBA star on vaccine mandates: People shouldn’t be ‘forced’ to take something they don’t want

Updated: February 9, 2022 at 11:57 am EST  See Comments

Wed Feb 9, 2022 – 10:03 am EST

(LifeSiteNews) — Former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal has changed his tune on jab mandates.

“[T]here’s still some people that don’t wanna take it,” the former NBA center who is known by “Shaq,” said on the February 3 episode of his podcast. “And you shouldn’t … have to be forced to take something you don’t want.”

O’Neal often led the league in points scored and won Most Valuable Player titles for the season, All-Star Game, and NBA Finals.

One of his co-hosts, Nischelle Turner, initially denied that people were being forced to take the jabs. “I don’t think people … are being forced to take … Well there are some … There are, I mean, listen, we have a mandate at CBS.”

“That’s forced,” Shaq said. He kept reminding Turner that a mandate is forced.

“No, it’s not forced,” Turner said.

“It is forced, because if the man don’t take it, the man gonna get fired,” Shaq said. Turner also ignored the Biden administration’s vaccine mandates, like the one covering health facilities receiving Medicaid and Medicare dollars.

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