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Allen Sills, the NFL's chief medical officer, pushed back on the notion put forth by Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers that the league's COVID-19 protocols, established in conjunction with the NFL Players Association, are based on anything other than science and data.
We've been very consistent, Sills told reporters during a conference call on Wednesday. First of all, these are things that we decided collectively with the players association (NFLPA). They're always based on science. The science that at best we understand for public health, but also our own data. We are constantly looking at our own data in every way possible, to see where we might still be vulnerable and what parts of our protocols we think are particularly effective. So, we're very comfortable with what we've put in place being driven by our data and is working.
Sills didnt mention Rodgers by name but responded to a question from USA TODAY Sports stemming from comments by the Packers quarterback.
Rodgers said during a Nov. 5 appearance on "The Pat McAfee Show" that he didnt believe the NFL's COVID-19 rules were based on science.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/nfl-chief-medical-officer-pushes-back-on-aaron-rodgers-claim-that-some-covid-19-protocols-are-not-based-in-science/ar-AAQPfU3
And your medical credentials are what Rodgers?
TwilightZone
(28,833 posts)This should surprise no one. Rodgers is either a gullible idiot or he's lying or some of each.
What does occasionally surprise me is when people like Aaron go public with their utter ignorance and then double down on it. By now, someone has surely told him that he's clueless. Or perhaps not.
rurallib
(63,198 posts)You gotta be some kind of special to do that.
LakeArenal
(29,797 posts)He was fined pocket change. NFL lost what, a 5 second commercials worth at half time?
Rodgers isnt suspended. He won the last game. He lost one endorsement. Kept the other.
So life and business as usual for him.
Dave in VA
(2,182 posts)Well, he knows that Rogan can suck his own dick?*
*https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/joe-rogan-claims-he-can-perform-oral-sex-on-himself/
rzemanfl
(30,288 posts)So he is good on that front.