{"id":1431112,"date":"2022-04-11T13:15:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T17:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1431112"},"modified":"2022-04-11T13:15:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T17:15:40","slug":"idiocy-at-its-height-espns-stephen-a-smith-mocks-sixers-guard-for-refusing-to-get-another-covid-19-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/idiocy-at-its-height-espns-stephen-a-smith-mocks-sixers-guard-for-refusing-to-get-another-covid-19-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Idiocy At Its Height\u2019: ESPN\u2019s Stephen A. Smith Mocks Sixers Guard For Refusing To Get Another COVID-19 Shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fidiocy-at-its-height-espns-stephen-a-smith-mocks-sixers-guard-for-refusing-to-get-another-covid-19-shot%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1431112&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1387846177.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>ESPN\u2019s Stephen A. Smith was screaming and yelling Monday morning, calling Philadelphia 76ers guard Matisse Thybulle \u201cdumb\u201d for his refusal to take the second <\/span><span>Pfizer COVID-19 shot, which would have made him fully vaccinated and eligible to play in Philadelphia\u2019s playoff road games in Toronto.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Sunday, Philadelphia 76ers guard Matisse Thybulle announced that he is not \u201cfully vaccinated\u201d against COVID-19 \u2014 something that was rumored to be the case for many weeks \u2014 and will not be able to play in his team\u2019s road games against the Toronto Raptors in the first round of the NBA Playoffs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In November, Canadian Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino announced the end of vaccine exemptions for professional athletes starting January 15.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAs of January 15th, there will no longer be an exemption in place for professional and amateur athletes,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/11\/20\/canada-to-bar-entry-to-unvaccinated-pro-athletes-in-january\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> Mendicino, a member of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau\u2019s governing Liberal Party.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Thybulle told reporters that he did receive the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine last year, saying that the \u201cgreater good held a lot of weight for me.\u201d After seeing that fully vaccinated individuals could still contract and spread the virus, Thybulle opted against receiving his second dose of the Pfizer vaccine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Smith found this fact shocking, and went about his morning ranting and raving on ESPN\u2019s airwaves.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhat the hell am I supposed to call somebody who takes the vaccine shot and takes the first shot and forgets to take the second shot? Dumb! That\u2019s what you call them,\u201d Smith said on ESPN\u2019s \u201cFirst Take\u201d on Monday. \u201cWhat the hell is going on? Kyrie [Irving] was principled. I disagree with him because I felt he owed it to the team but dammit, he took his position and he was clear. \u2018I ain\u2019t taking the vaccine.\u2019 <\/span><span>Jaylen Brown <\/span><span>reportedly, guess what, he might not have taken the vaccine. Okay? Thybulle took it, He just forgot to take the second shot. You got to be kidding me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHow in the hell do you take the Pfizer \u2026 everybody and their mama, not just in the United States of America but globally,\u201d Smith continued. \u201cI mean, in Istanbul for crying out loud. Everybody knows the vaccine with the Pfizer and the Moderna, they\u2019re two shots. Johnson &#038; Johnson is one. What are we gonna say that Thybulle confused Johnson &#038; Johnson with Pfizer or Moderna? That\u2019s what we\u2019re gonna do? We\u2019ll use that as an excuse and if he has that excuse, we\u2019re gonna say the whole Sixers organization had that excuse. I mean, just idiocy! I mean, idiocy at its height!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ESPN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephenasmith?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@stephenasmith<\/a> sounds OFF on 76ers player Matisse Thybulle\u2019s decision not get fully vaccinated for COVID-19:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, just idiocy! I mean, idiocy at its height!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/00YxkCen85\">pic.twitter.com\/00YxkCen85<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Recount Alt (@therecountalt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therecountalt\/status\/1513538020783366145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>On Sunday, Thybulle explained why he decided against becoming fully vaccinated against COVID-19.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAs things progressed and this virus has changed in many different ways, it just showed to the science that that wasn\u2019t the case anymore, that even while being vaccinated, you can still spread the disease.,\u201d Thybulle <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DerekBodnerNBA\/status\/1513344217879351302?s=20&#038;t=9KXpLj78laMPkiMBuB9mUQ\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cSo for me, in my reasoning, it felt like getting vaccinated was not something I need to do to protect other people, and it was something that I would have to do to then protect myself and with that being considered and the holistic background of my upbringing and just the way I view medicine in general, I felt like I was secure in going to the doctors that I have to treat COVID if I did get it and in the case that I did, I was able to go about it in my holistic way and I\u2019m able to sit here today healthy and be OK because of it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s a tough blow for the Sixers, who will miss Thybulle\u2019s defensive presence. Last year, Thybulle was selected to the NBA\u2019s All-Defensive Second Team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Smith is not new to dishing on unvaccinated NBA players. Even though he stated that Irving\u2019s decision to remain unvaccinated was \u201cprincipled\u201d on Monday, he was singing a different tune in December.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI think it\u2019s a horrible move. I think it\u2019s a disgraceful move,\u201d Smith <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephenasmith\/status\/1473372916800651270?lang=en\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> in December when asked if this was the best move for the Nets\u2019 organization. \u201cI think that Nets ownership is incredibly disappointing and I think that the league should intervene.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m open to the league invoking its \u2018best interest of the game\u2019 clause and mandating that everybody be vaccinated in some capacity,\u201d Smith <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5YJpMEL-q3Y\"><span>continued<\/span><\/a><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Sixers begin their playoff series against the Raptors on Saturday, April 16, in Philadelphia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. 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