‘Immunized’ But Not Immune: The Aaron Rodgers Covid Fallout
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🗓️ 4 November 2021
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
The Green Bay Packers and quarterback Aaron Rodgers got caught up in a media firestorm on Wednesday. After it was announced that Rodgers would miss Sunday's game against the Kansas City Chiefs due to Covid protocols, media outlets deduced that Rodgers must not, in fact, be vaccinated -- despite his earlier assertion that he is "immunized." The Athletic's Matt Schneidman, who covers the Packers, joins us to unpack the messy controversy, including what both the NFL and the Packers knew (and when they knew it), and what to expect moving forward.
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| 0:46.0 | I feel misled. If not downright lied to by Rogers in this situation, the word I'm seeing thrown his way is selfish. |
| 1:04.0 | On Wednesday, the Green Bay Packers found themselves in a media frenzy after Aaron Rogers reportedly tested positive for COVID. |
| 1:11.0 | And then things got even messier. |
| 1:13.0 | They knew that Aaron Rogers was unvaccinated. They knew that they were giving him leeway |
| 1:18.0 | and certain aspects of the game and outside activities. And they kind of looked the other direction. |
| 1:24.0 | Today, Matt Schneedman, who covers the Packers for the Athletic, takes us inside the controversy, |
| 1:29.0 | explains what the Packers in the NFL did and didn't know and how all sides planned move forward. |
| 1:35.0 | From Wondry in the Athletic, I'm Anders Keltow. It's Thursday, November 4th, and this is the lead. |
| 1:43.0 | Hey, Matt, welcome back to the show. |
| 1:45.0 | How are you? Thanks for having me. So where are you right now? |
| 1:48.0 | I'm at Lambo Field right now. I've been here since about 10 this morning when I had to come get my own COVID test. |
| 1:55.0 | It's about five, a little after five PM central time. So not too long of a day, but definitely one jam packed with some important news that will dig into the world. |
| 2:04.0 | That will dig into here for this weekend's game. |
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