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3) NBA pushing hard for players to get vaccine booster

After Thanksgiving, the NBA ramped up its testing of players for the coronavirus, including more game day testing. The concern is – and a new study by the league suggests – the vaccine’s effectiveness is fading and a booster is needed December 1, 2021

Now the NBA is adding an “Incentive” for players who get the booster, less game-day testing.

Sources: Beginning Dec. 17, NBA players who have not received booster COVID-19 dose will be subject to game day testing.

This is from the same playbook the NBA used to get players to take the jab in the first place: unvaccinated players faced game-day testing, could not leave their hotel while on the road, have lockers spaced apart from other players, and have other restrictions.

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