A Harvard study is going viral among anti-vaxxers. The author says they're all wrong.

[View in browser]( [Mother Jones Daily Newsletter]( October 12, 2021 Brooklyn Nets superstar Kyrie Irving [won't be allowed on the court]( until he gets vaccinated, according to the team's general manager, Sean Marks. In a statement, Marks said, "Kyrie has made a personal choice, and we respect his individual right to choose." Hmm, where have I heard that phrase before? Co-opting the language of the abortion rights movement has been the latest tack in anti-vaxxers' and devil's advocates' fights against mandatory COVID inoculations. Everyone from libertarians over at [Reason]( to onetime free speech advocates at the [ACLU]( to people in charge at the [White House]( seems to be grappling with the question: How can you support abortion, per the constitutional right to privacy, while mandating that people cede their right to bodily autonomy when it comes to getting vaccinated? I've thought a lot about this conundrum, and I've always come to the conclusion that it's comparing apples and oranges. Pregnancy isn't contagious. An unwanted pregnancy can derail a person's life. When abortion is illegal, people will resort to difficult and dangerous means to end their pregnancies. Women will die. Vaccines are highly effective and, in the case of COVID, miles safer than the disease they prevent. All sorts of vaccines are already mandated for children attending public school. If the vaccine debate didn't exist, [would people even think to refuse them](? Are we all just stuck in a Jenny McCarthy–inspired hellscape for the rest of our lives? I don't know. Maybe I'm wrong. Feel free to try to convince me otherwise. But I don't think that denying basketball fans the opportunity to appreciate his talent is the right choice for Kyrie Irving, who will still be getting paid for the [road games]( he misses. When your salary is upward of [$30 million](, I suppose a few million dollars lost in unplayed home games is a drop in the bucket. —Abigail Weinberg Advertisement [ACLU]( [Top Story] [Top Story]( [A Harvard Study Is Going Viral Among Anti-Vaxxers. The Author Says They Are All Wrong.]( New research backing vaccines is being twisted to smear them. BY ALI BRELAND SPONSORED POST [Sponsored Content]( [Our Climate Faces Catastrophe. But High-Quality Carbon Offsets Are Showing Results.]( Offsets are helping global communities in need. THIS CONTENT WAS PAID FOR AND SPONSORED BY [COOL EFFECT](. [Trending] [Greta Thunberg is "open” to meeting with Biden at UN climate summit]( BY MARK HERTSGAARD [It's shameful Moderna is sending almost all its vaccines to wealthy countries. It's also dangerous.]( BY EDWIN RIOS [What a post-Roe world looks like. (Hint: For some, it's already here.)]( BY MADISON PAULY [What a drying Colorado will mean for Indigenous people who depend on it]( BY MARK ARMAO Advertisement [ACLU]( [Special Feature] [Special Feature]( [Is Sucking Carbon Out of the Air the Solution to Our Climate Crisis?]( Or just another Big Oil boondoggle? BY CLIVE THOMPSON [Get More From David Corn] This Land by David Corn is a new newsletter that's unlike anything else in your inbox. Read why we think [Mother Jones Daily readers will love it](, or just sign up to start getting it with the next issue. [Sign Up]( Did you enjoy this newsletter? Help us out by [forwarding]( it to a friend or sharing it on [Facebook]( and [Twitter](. [Mother Jones]( [Donate]( [Subscribe]( This message was sent to {EMAIL}. To change the messages you receive from us, you can [edit your email preferences]( or [unsubscribe from all mailings.]( For advertising opportunities see our online [media kit.]( Were you forwarded this email? [Sign up for Mother Jones' newsletters today.]( [www.MotherJones.com]( PO Box 8539, Big Sandy, TX 75755