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HIV infected Magic Johnson was allowed NBA, but a HEALTHY Kyrie Irving is banned for his medical choice?

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If given the same sympathy and protections for those whom live with HIV, the un-vaccinated might be considered as merely exercising choice in a free country, rather than seen as evil outcasts.     With Kyree Irving  refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine , the Nets told him he can’t rejoin the team — either for games or practices, home or road — until he does. In essence, get jabbed or you are fired!  The same NBA that let Magic Johnson play with deadly HIV won’t even let Kyrie Irving practice with his team just because he exercised rights to his own body. What happened to "My body my choice?"  The main federal law that protects employees living with HIV is  the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) , which prohibits discrimination against people who are disabled or perceived to be disabled in any workplace with at least 15 employees (not including federal agencies, which are covered by the Rehabilitation Act, ... Discrimination against persons with HIV ...