Inexperienced Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) warms up previous to the beginning of a recreation in opposition to the Minnesota Vikings, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022, in Minneapolis. Rodgers has weighed in on COVID-19 vaccine guidelines adjustments within the NFL. Stacy Bengs, Related Press
Inexperienced Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers might have misplaced his favourite receiver, Davante Adams, to the Las Vegas Raiders in the course of the offseason, however he gained a way more lenient set of COVID-19 guidelines.
Rodgers and different unvaccinated gamers are now not topic to necessary testing. Moreover, the isolation interval after a optimistic take a look at is now lower than one week lengthy.
“Gamers, nevertheless, should self-report signs and present a adverse take a look at earlier than coming into staff amenities. In the event that they take a look at optimistic ... they need to self-isolate for 5 days,” Sporting Information reported in August.
Rodgers praised these adjustments and others throughout his Sept. 2 look on “The Pat McAfee Present,” whereas additionally criticizing the NFL’s previous strategy to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Us non-vax guys went by hell final 12 months,” he mentioned.
Rodgers’ unvaccinated standing fueled one of many main scandals of the 2021 NFL season. After he contracted COVID-19 in early November and confronted a compulsory absence from staff actions, reporters realized that his statements from earlier within the season about being “immunized” had been deliberately deceptive.
“Rodgers (had) pursued an alternate therapy after which petitioned the NFL to acknowledge him as vaccinated. The NFL refused,” ESPN reported in November 2021.
Throughout an look on Joe Rogan’s podcast this summer season, Rodgers reiterated that he would have mentioned extra about what he meant by “immunized” in August 2021 if reporters had thought to ask. (He was utilizing the phrase to seek advice from a homeopathic therapy.)
The quarterback additionally mentioned that an allergy to polyethylene glycol prevented him from receiving the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, because the SB Nation web site Acme Packing Co. reported in its abstract of Rodgers’ Rogan look.
That article famous that the NFL seemingly rejected Rodgers’ effort to sidestep its vaccination since he nonetheless might have gotten the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
The NFL and NFL Gamers Affiliation collectively agreed to eliminate most COVID-19 security guidelines in March, based on NFL.com.