Green Bay Packer Star Should
Keep His Thoughts to Himself
I can’t fathom why people give credibility to someone because they can throw a football a 100 yards, hit a baseball 500 feet or sink swish after swish and get all net, after all, those are skills that apply to muscles and not brains.
A case in point is Aaron Rodgers, the star quarterback for the Green Bay Packers and surely one of the all-time greats on the field. But lately Rodgers has been trying to score points in the ignoramus fray by talking about why he doesn’t need to get vaccinated for COVID -19. Can Rodgers really be that stupid not to understand the jeopardy he places himself in, not to mention the dangers he causes teammates by taking saunas and steams, having lockers, meeting the press. The short answer is yes, Rodgers can be that stupid and yes he is utterly irresponsible and selfish by lying about whether he has been vaccinated but he is not alone. By the way, Rodgers won’t be playing this week because he tested positive for COVID -19, and isn’t that just desserts.
Rodgers says he has been the victim of the woke mob, has been a target of cancel culture and maybe that’s so but he’s still stupid and irresponsible and for what it matters, he is a role model to many young people who will follow his actions and not get vaccinated,resulting in many people getting in harm’s way unnecessarily.
Rodgers opened up in grand, uninformed fashion on The Pat McAfee show when he said, “I go back to these two questions for the woke mob. If the vaccine is so great, how come people are still getting covid and spreading covid and unfortunately dying from covid? If the vax is safe, how come the manufacturers of the vaccine have full immunity?” God this quarterback is a genius, only not when it comes to anything important outside of the stadium.
Seeking ways to further expand his developing reputation as the dumbest guy to throw a football, Rodgers also said that he had taken ivermectin, the anti-parasitic used for large animals and dismissed as an effective COVID-19 treatment by the Food and Drug Administration. Rodgers said the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. would have supported his anti-vax posture.
“The great MLK said, ‘You have a moral obligation to object to unjust rules and rules that make no sense,’” Rodgers said. Excuse me, Aaron Rodgers, you are no Martin Luther King.
The Daily Beast reported that Rodgers’ skepticism based on worldly misinformation, pales in lights of Jim Galvin, a star pitcher in the late-19th century. When his skills began to deteriorate, Galvin was desperate to be rejuvenated and the great pitcher tried a concoction of dog and guinea pig testosterone, which was being touted as a hormone replacement therapy. Magically, Galvin got back into playing shape and credited his condition to the pig and dog testosterone, although he did not mention any peer-reviewed studies.
Rodgers is only the latest to attract attention for reasons totally unrelated to what he was talking about. The most famous, intelligence-starved celebrity who ran and won office of course is trump. Reagan isn’t far behind. But someone you’ve probably not thought of for a while and for good reason, a former pro athlete who dove into the arena of international relations much like he would dive onto the hard court to retrieve a rebound, is Dennis Rodman. If you don’t recall, Rodman, a star for the champion Detroit Pistons, ventured far away in 2013 when he met with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, to improve relations with the U.S., in an event dubbed “basketball diplomacy.” Rodman later declared that the dictator was his “friend for life” and a “great guy,” something like the rather odd moment when trump said he and Kim had exchanged “love letters.” It would seem that Rodman’s meeting with Kim, just like trump’s love letters, had no impact on international relations.
Celebrity anti-vaxxers are everywhere, not just in the Packers locker room. Rapper Nicki Minaj expressed skepticism of the vaccine over misinformation concerning her cousin’s friend’s balls. Supermodel Doutzen Kroes, was not concerned with balls, but she posted a photo of herself in sepia with a lengthy caption defending her right to forgo the shot.
Another supermodel, Gisele Bündchen, who feeds her children dehydrated spirulina fruit rolls, came to Kroes’ defense and said, “I know Doutzen and she is a kind and loving person. I can’t believe the hate being directed at her because she expressed her feelings.” Spirulina is a type of blue-green algae that when harvested in the wild may be contaminated with heavy metals and bacteria.
Others noted by The Hollywood Reporter to have criticized the COVID-19 vaccine, include Letitia Wright who dissed vaccinations while filming “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” Others on the anti-vaccination bandwagon include comedian Rob Schneider, rapper Offset, model Anwar Hadid, actor and rapper LaKeith Stanfield, and Chet Hanks, son of Tom Hanks, who declared in an Instagram video that this summer would be “white boy summer.” Tom, can’t you control your own son?
A few other athletes who have come out against the vaccines, include the world No. 3 men’s tennis player, Stefanos Tsitsipas, who said, “the vaccine has not been tested enough, it is new, it has some side-effects. For us young people, I think it is good to pass the virus, because we will build immunity.” Tsitsipas should stick with his overpowering serve and leave the scientific reporting to scientists.
The top ranked player in the world, Novak Djokovic, has opposed the vaccination even though he caught the virus last summer. Top-10 women’s player Elina Svitolina said her friends warned her against the vaccine, which is a very sound reason, and another top-10 women player, Aryna Sabalenka, explained how “they made it really quick, not enough time to make a good one.” Thank you doctor Sabalenka.
English football, which we correctly call soccer, also has its share of anti-vaxxers, as Newcastle manager Steve Bruce said many players have refused the vaccine because of “conspiracy theories.”
Then there was the much publicized classic rocker, Eric Clapton, who said he would not perform at any concert venues that require audiences to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Rob Schneider, a star of “The Deuce Bigalow,” has tweeted anti-vaccine memes, calling the vaccine “experimental gene therapy” with the hashtag “2ndAmendmentIsForThis.” Migos rapper, Offset, said he doesn’t trust the vaccine just as he doesn’t trust the government in general. It is wonderful how famous people open their mouths before thinking.