4-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers is the topic of an upcoming biography that may contact on his dealing with of his COVID-19 immunization.
Rodgers was taking part in for the Inexperienced Bay Packers in 2021 when he said that he had been “immunized” in opposition to the virus. However a couple of months after he advised reporters about his immunization standing, Rodgers examined constructive for COVID-19.
The quarterback’s constructive check end result finally pressured him to be sidelined for 10 days. The yet-to-be printed guide is predicted to focus on Rodgers’ remorse about his immunization comment.
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Aaron Rodgers of the New York Jets is proven in the course of the preseason sport in opposition to the Washington Commanders at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., on Aug. 10, 2024. (Mitchell Leff/Getty Pictures)
Rodgers did file an enchantment, arguing that his homeopathic remedy routine ought to qualify him as vaccinated. However the enchantment was finally unsuccessful.
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Rodgers obtained some backlash on the time, with some critics asserting that he was not being utterly honest about his standing.
“If there’s one factor I want might have gone completely different, it’s that, as a result of that’s the one factor [critics] might hit me with,” Rodgers advised writer Ian O’Connor for the biography.
New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers is proven throughout a observe on the workforce’s coaching facility in Florham Park, N.J., on Might 21, 2024. (AP Picture/Seth Wenig)
Rodgers’ main motive for claiming he was “immunized” centered round his perception that the assertion represented “the crux of my enchantment,” the NFL star mentioned within the guide, per ESPN.
Rodgers mentioned on the time that he was allergic to an ingredient within the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines – polyethylene glycol – and was involved about potential opposed reactions to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Aaron Rodgers of the New York Jets speaks to the media on Might 21, 2024. (Sarah Stier/Getty Pictures)
“But when I might do it once more, I’d have mentioned, (overlook) the enchantment. I’m simply going to inform them I’m allergic to PEG,” Rodgers says within the guide. “I’m not getting Johnson & Johnson. I’m not going to be vaxxed.”
The guide is predicated on interviews with 250 individuals, together with Rodgers. It touches on a variety of subjects, together with Rodgers’ restoration from a torn Achilles tendon after 4 snaps in his debut with the Jets in 2023, his lengthy estrangement from his household, his introduction to utilizing ayahuasca, and particulars of his soccer taking part in profession via school at Cal, his draft-day plunge within the first spherical in 2005 and his prolonged run with the Packers.
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“Out of the Darkness: The Thriller of Aaron Rodgers,” goes on sale on Aug. 20.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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