Aaron Rodgers is not a doctor. But he is a liar.
Aaron Rodgers is not “in the crosshairs of the woke mob”, and he is certainly not in the “cancel culture casket” he claimed to be in on the Pat McAfee show this week. In fact, many Packers fans have defended Rodgers across social media. So why is what he said about his vaccine status so dangerous?
Back in August, Rodgers stated that he was “immunized” when asked if he had received the Covid-19 vaccine. He continued, saying “ There’s guys on the team that haven’t been vaccinated. I think it’s a personal decision. I’m not gonna judge those guys.”
This is blatantly misleading, because it created the impression that Rodgers was vaccinated. Obviously, we now know that Rodgers himself is in this group of unvaccinated Packers players. I won’t go into the specifics of the NFL and the Packers organization having their MVP quarterback face virtually no consequences for flat-out lying to the league on vaccination status, but this by itself is unacceptable. Sure, Rodgers can claim that he got his wording exactly correct, replacing “vaccinated” with “immunized”, but what he said was misleading. He didn’t correct any reporter to acknowledge he was unvaccinated—he lied.
On the McAfee show this week, Rodgers claimed that “personal health decisions in my opinion should be private”. That’s a great point if you’re referring to most treatment conversations with your doctor. But with a deadly virus, it simply can’t be; you’re putting the health of others in jeopardy.
My grandparents can’t afford for people not to protect them. Your immunocompromised neighbor can’t afford for people not to protect them. Children that aren’t allowed to be vaccinated yet can’t afford for people not to protect them. And that is why it is so important for vaccines to be easily available and required for everyone. You may be the GOAT of football or the GOAT of immune systems, but it’s about protecting those around you.
Rodgers even goes on to mention that the best boost to immunity is instead getting the virus and recovering, but a study from the CDC shows the vaccine provides better protection than previous infection.
Note: I don’t want to hear anything about “doing your own research” on this CDC data when there are thousands of doctors and scientists that work for this organization who have done study upon study of peer-reviewed experiments. Once someone finds several other peer-reviewed studies suggesting otherwise, let me know. Facebook groups/articles and youtube videos just aren’t gonna cut it.
I could go on responding to Rodgers to talk about how Ivermectin literally has no evidence of immunizing people to Covid, the vaccine does not make males sterile, the vaccine has nothing to do with the president (Trump was president when it was made, for crying out loud!), there are no widespread long-term side-effects for the vaccine, and the vaccine does not change your DNA. Don’t believe me? Let the research speak for me:
The Covid-19 vaccine is safe, tested, has full FDA approval, and is effective at decreasing spread and symptoms of the virus. Anyone—even the MVP of the NFL—telling you otherwise is lying or is seriously misinformed. Get vaccinated.
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