Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not play against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, a source confirmed to ESPN. The NFL has considered Rodgers as unvaccinated since the start of the season, sources confirmed to ESPN and as first reported by NFL Network. Under league protocol, if Rodgers tests positive and is unvaccinated, he must quarantine for a minimum of 10 days and cannot return until Nov. 13 at the earliest, if he remains asymptomatic. Rodgers, 37, petitioned the NFL to have an alternate treatment that he underwent before he returned to the Packers that would allow him to be considered the same as someone who received one of the approved vaccinations, sources told ESPN. After a lengthy back-and-forth, the league ruled that Rodgers would not get the same consideration and would be considered unvaccinated. Sources said Rodgers follows masking protocols while interacting with players and coaches inside the team's headquarters at Lambeau Field. However, Rodgers does not wear a mask while in the media auditorium during his weekly and postgame news conferences. The Packers have put other unvaccinated players on Zoom instead of at in-person media sessions. The reigning NFL MVP said this past August that he was "immunized" when asked about his vaccination status. "You know, there's a lot of conversation around it, around the league, and a lot of guys who have made statements and not made statements, owners who have made statements," Rodgers said at the time. "There's guys on the team that haven't been vaccinated. I think it's a personal decision. I'm not going to judge those guys. There are guys that've been vaccinated that have contracted COVID. It's an interesting issue that I think we're going to see played out the entire season." He later added: "I think I like to learn about everything that I'm doing, and there was a lot of research that even went into that. But like I said, there's been people that have tested positive, and I think it's only vaccinated people here. It's going to be interesting to see how things work moving forward. Obviously there could be some issues with vaccinated people only testing every couple weeks and then non-vaccinated testing every day."
Not saying this is at all true, but these are th type of allegations that would be bad for WSU. Again, if true
This seems like a typical tactic in which plaintiffs conflate different parts of a process to allege that the process wasn’t followed. I don’t see how you could assess sincerity of a purported religious belief or whether accommodation would constitute an undue hardship without some person-specific input.
Yeah I seriously doubt Washington State fouled this up with months to prepare for just this situation
then whats the value of bringing it here other than laughing at it? just weird to present it as "BIG if true" energy
Between Malone being a rapist POS, and Stockton being an anti vax POS, those 90s jazz teams are turning out to be absolute garbage wonder what is going to come out about hornacek
would think theyd go with more similar approach to EFL than do that I doubt they bought pandemic coverage (or even could buy it), so they likely have to barrell on unless NHS hits critical mass
Have any of these leagues been pushing players to get boosted? Seems like they all just pushed for the two shots and then called it a day about anything else.
We need to go the route of Germany. Haven’t got a shot in the past 9 months? You’re no longer considered vaccinated.
I went to uga / Clemson at the height of delta. Stadium and Bars were packed. I was in Athens the week before. Bars were packed. I enjoyed both trips.
Impressive memory! Haven’t been outside the Bama / Crypto threads in six months, surprised to be tagged here. Don’t really follow the ‘Rona anymore but without knowing much hard to think we go back to no games unless Omicron starts killing a bunch of people. Will probably go the Natty unless we’re sheltering in place. Getting the booster tomorrow so feeling good. How you doing? Still being a superspreader?
Really wonder if this is Omicron or still the Delta wave. The college football playoff teams better be in a bubble or things could really suck.
would seem to be a pretty big coincidence that leagues manage minimal disruption for a few months but all go to shit right now (and not just here). I guess it’s possible that it’s just cold weather but leagues with really high vaccination rates are still getting crushed.
We knew Delta broke through non boosted people like crazy and anecdotally there's people in the other covid threads saying they're testing positive but are completely asymptomatic or feeling barely ill at all. I guess there's so many people have this now and really don't realize it or not stick enough to think they should get tested, and those that are we're finding their positive at a high clip.