Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has finally addressed his COVID-19 vaccination status after it was believed he misled people from thinking he was vaccinated.
Rodgers, who tested positive for COVID-19 recently, made his weekly appearance at The Pat McAfee Show to speak out about the wave of criticisms he has received after it was revealed he's not vaccinated–despite earlier saying he's immunized (which people thought he meant vaccinated). While he did say a lot of things, one that particularly stood out was his statement where he flipped the table to the NFL and claimed that a league doctor told him vaccinated individuals can't get and won't spread the dreaded virus.
“It's impossible for a vaccinated person to get COVID or spread COVID,” Rodgers said of what a league doctor claimed when he made an appeal to be considered vaccinated with his treatment plans, per ABC.
“At that point, I knew that I was definitely not going to win the appeal, and it was very shortly thereafter denied. And we know now that information is totally false that was given to me.”
Everyone knows that it is not true vaccinated people are immune from getting and spreading the disease. They are just less likely to suffer from severe symptoms and die from it. However, as a Yahoo report noted, most anti-vaccine people (or what they like to call pro-choice individuals) use the said argument to mislead.
In response to the claim of the Packers star, the NFL denied Rodgers' claims about a league doctor making the false statement about vaccinated individuals.
“No doctor from the league or the joint NFL-NFLPA infectious disease consultants communicated with the player. If they had, they certainly would have never said anything like that,” the league said, per Pro Football Talk.
Unsurprisingly, the issue has now led to a blame game and a matter of “he said, she said.”
At the end of the day, however, the fact remains that Aaron Rodgers is out for more than a week due to COVID-19, which should be a big blow to the Packers.
There could also be repercussions with his recent actions if he is found to have violated the NFL's COVID-19 protocols.
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