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      Photo Of Draymond Green Wearing Vaccine Themed Shirt Is Doctored

      The picture has been digitally altered, and the original version was shared in 2017, years before COVID-19.

      By - AFP |
      Published -  7 Oct 2021 4:20 PM IST
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      Photo Of Draymond Green Wearing Vaccine Themed Shirt Is Doctored

      Social media posts feature an image of NBA player Draymond Green wearing a white T-shirt emblazoned with a cartoon syringe and strong language, as the league pushes for players to be vaccinated. But the picture has been digitally altered, and the original version was shared in 2017, years before COVID-19 swept through the United States.

      "Draymond Green with no chill," reads a Facebook post with a photo of the Golden State Warriors player wearing the T-shirt with the cartoon syringe shrugging, next to a speech bubble that says: "Fuck it, die then."

      Also Read: Study Cited To Claim COVID-19 Shots Are Dangerous Is Flawed

      The September 28, 2021 post was shared more than 4,500 times and liked more than 30,000 times.

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      Screenshot of a Facebook post, taken on October 5, 2021

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      More examples of the image are available on Facebook here and on Instagram here.

      Amid the current NBA push for mandatory vaccination of players, Green refused to convince a teammate to get the shot, calling the decision to get vaccinated "personal." Unvaccinated players in certain markets — notably San Francisco and New York — will be forced to miss their team's home games because they fall foul of local laws requiring all home team staff to be vaccinated.

      Also Read: Authorities In Kentucky Did Not Use US CDC And Census Data To Identify Unvaccinated

      Syringe shirt

      AFP Fact Check ran a reverse image search using Yandex, which revealed that the social media image predates the pandemic, and Green's shirt actually had a cupcake on it.

      Sports reporter Rachel Nichols tweeted a picture of Green in the cupcake shirt on February 11, 2017 with the message: "Draymond Green in his new t-shirt."

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      He wore it after a win against the Oklahoma City Thunder, whose fans taunted then-Golden State player Kevin Durant by wearing cupcake costumes, indicating Green's teammate was "soft."

      COVID-19 first reached the United States in 2020, and vaccines against the disease were not widely available until 2021 — years after the photo was first posted.

      Also Read: Steve Kirsch's False Testimony On COVID-19 Vaccines Goes Viral

      The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that Covid-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths are more prevalent among unvaccinated versus vaccinated people, and that shots against the disease are safe and effective.

      (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by BOOM staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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      Claim :   NBA players Draymond Green wore a t-shirt featuring a cartoon vaccine.
      Claimed By :  Posts on Facebook and Instagram
      Fact Check :  False
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