4-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers is the topic of an upcoming biography that can contact on his dealing with of his COVID-19 immunization.
Rodgers was taking part in for the Green Bay Packers in 2021 when he said that he had been “immunized” in opposition to the virus. However a couple of months after he instructed reporters about his immunization standing, Rodgers examined constructive for COVID-19.
The quarterback’s constructive check outcome in the end compelled him to be sidelined for 10 days. The yet-to-be published book is anticipated to focus on Rodgers’ remorse about his immunization comment.
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Aaron Rodgers of the New York Jets is proven through the preseason recreation in opposition to the Washington Commanders at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., on Aug. 10, 2024. (Mitchell Leff/Getty Photographs)
Rodgers did file an enchantment, arguing that his homeopathic therapy routine ought to qualify him as vaccinated. However the enchantment was in the end 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 totally different, it’s that, as a result of that’s the one factor [critics] might hit me with,” Rodgers instructed creator Ian O’Connor for the biography.
New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers is proven throughout a apply on the workforce’s coaching facility in Florham Park, N.J., on Might 21, 2024. (AP Picture/Seth Wenig)
Rodgers’ main cause for claiming he was “immunized” centered round his perception that the assertion represented “the crux of my enchantment,” the NFL star stated within the ebook, per ESPN.
Rodgers stated on the time that he was allergic to an ingredient within the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines – polyethylene glycol – and was involved about potential adversarial reactions to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Aaron Rodgers of the New York Jets speaks to the media on Might 21, 2024. (Sarah Stier/Getty Photographs)
“But when I might do it once more, I might have stated, (neglect) the enchantment. I’m simply going to inform them I’m allergic to PEG,” Rodgers says within the ebook. “I’m not getting Johnson & Johnson. I’m not going to be vaxxed.”
The ebook relies on interviews with 250 folks, together with Rodgers. It touches on a variety of matters, 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 by faculty 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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