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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(115,282 posts)
Thu Nov 18, 2021, 03:57 PM Nov 2021

NFL chief medical officer pushes back on Aaron Rodgers' claim that some COVID-19 protocols are 'not

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 didn’t 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 didn’t 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?

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NFL chief medical officer pushes back on Aaron Rodgers' claim that some COVID-19 protocols are 'not (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2021 OP
Rodgers has no idea what he's talking about. TwilightZone Nov 2021 #1
Rodgers flushes years of good graces down the toilet in 2 weeks rurallib Nov 2021 #2
Does it matter at this point? LakeArenal Nov 2021 #3
"And your medical credentials are what Rodgers?" Dave in VA Nov 2021 #4
No NFL quarterback with worms has ever won a game. rzemanfl Nov 2021 #5

TwilightZone

(28,833 posts)
1. Rodgers has no idea what he's talking about.
Thu Nov 18, 2021, 04:03 PM
Nov 2021

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)
2. Rodgers flushes years of good graces down the toilet in 2 weeks
Thu Nov 18, 2021, 04:12 PM
Nov 2021

You gotta be some kind of special to do that.

LakeArenal

(29,797 posts)
3. Does it matter at this point?
Thu Nov 18, 2021, 04:20 PM
Nov 2021

He was fined pocket change. NFL lost what, a 5 second commercial’s worth at half time?

Rodgers isn’t suspended. He won the last game. He lost one endorsement. Kept the other.

So life and business as usual for him.

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