Aaron Rodgers walks off the sector following in Glendale, Arizona on Oct. 28. Rodgers missed the Packers’ 13-7 loss to the Chiefs on Sunday after being positioned on the league’s reserve/COVID-19 checklist.
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Aaron Rodgers walks off the sector following in Glendale, Arizona on Oct. 28. Rodgers missed the Packers’ 13-7 loss to the Chiefs on Sunday after being positioned on the league’s reserve/COVID-19 checklist.
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The NFL is batting away a declare by Inexperienced Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers {that a} league physician informed him folks vaccinated towards COVID-19 could not contract or unfold the virus.
Rodgers made the declare in an appearance Friday on “The Pat McAfee Present” on Friday, defending his choice to not get vaccinated and criticizing the league for the way it’s handled unvaccinated gamers.
“One of many essential docs mentioned it is inconceivable for a vaccinated particular person to get COVID or unfold COVID,” Rodgers mentioned through the interview. “We all know now that data is completely false.”
The NFL says Rodgers account is unfaithful
In an emailed assertion, NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy denied Rodger’s model of occasions.
“No, it is not true,” McCarthy mentioned. “No physician from the league or the joint NFL-NFLPA infectious illness consultants communicated with the participant. If they’d, they definitely would have by no means mentioned something like that.”
Public well being consultants say the three coronavirus vaccines are proven to vastly scale back the probability of extreme sickness and demise from COVID-19, however they aren’t 100% efficient in blocking infection or stopping folks from spreading the illness.
Rodgers missed Sunday’s sport attributable to his COVID standing
Rodgers missed the Packers’ 13-7 loss to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs on Sunday after being positioned on the league’s reserve/COVID-19 checklist final week following a optimistic check. He’s not vaccinated however beforehand mentioned he was “immunized,” which he clarified within the interview meant that he is following a separate protocol really useful by his private medical staff.
Rodgers mentioned he could not get the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines as a result of he is allergic to an ingredient in them. He additionally mentioned that the Johnson & Johnson shot was “not even an choice” for him within the spring after it was briefly shelved over blood clotting considerations, and mentioned he’d heard of a number of individuals who’d had “hostile occasions” after getting the jab.
Rodgers mentioned he requested the league to just accept his immunization plan in lieu of getting vaccinated, however the league denied his request.
