Just to clarify Aaron Rodgers was honest with his team and the NFL regarding his unvaccinated status the entire time. He was never considered "vaccinated" by NFL/NFLPA and never claimed to be.13F11B wrote: ↑Wed Jan 05, 2022 10:07 pmI do not care what his reason is for not getting the vaccine. The issue is that he was not honest about it and he did not follow protocols. If he had just said that he did not want to be vaccinated and followed the protocols for not being vaccinated I would respect his decision.Dread wrote: ↑Wed Jan 05, 2022 9:48 pm
Rodgers was certainly misleading with his comments. But if you can't understand why (even if you disagree) he would be then you aren't paying attention.
If someone doesn't have an allergy to the Covid vaccines, or some other reason that meets your acceptance standard, do you feel it justifies demeaning them? As if they are some kind of "other" based on a decision they make for themselves?
Or are you one of those that still thinks unvaccinated people are affecting you?
Do I think unvaccinated people affect other people? Yes, I do. In the same way, a person who chooses to smoke does. In the same way, a person who drives while drunk does. In the same way, a conscientious objector affects the war effort. It is not a direct effect. It is an indirect effect. There are people who are unable to get surgeries right now due to unvaccinated covid patients taking up bed space and the strain on medical professionals.
His intentionally misleading comment to the media back in training camp that has you panties in a twist came at a time when he was petitioning the NFL for an exception citing his allergy to an mRNA ingredient combined with some alternative remedy he was doing. But we all agree it was a misleading comment for him to say "I'm immunized" back in August. But he doesn't owe the media or fans an explanation or answer as to his vaccination status. We've somehow got to a weird place in society where people feel entitled to such information, seemingly so they can judge that person one way or another.
It's pretty crazy that you (and many others) equate a healthy person (like Rodgers) choosing to not take experimental, emergency use vaccine with known side effects with a smoker or drunk driver.
You want to get a jab and however many multiple boosters that will be coming, go for it. But the idea it should be mandated for all people and that those who don't are a threat to society is a dangerous lie too many people have been convinced of.
Just look at where we are in society today, most adult Americans have been vaccinated and many of them boosted. Yet all 50 states are hitting record highs 2 years into this. Yet somehow people are still convinced it's the small % of unvaccinated people who are a threat.
On top of that we're now seeing a push to give to children and parents not having a say in the matter, of which there is zero data or science that they are at risk of death unless they already have some underlying condition (as with most people). Those people were already at risk of death/serious illness from respiratory viruses in a pre-Covid world though.
