Aaron Rodgers Makes COVID-19 Comments Sure to Cause Wailing and Gnashing of Teeth – Opinion

Aaron Rodgers is perhaps the NFL’s most controversial player. Green Bay Packers’ quarterback for the Green Bay Packers was first arrested on suspicion of violating protocol in the opening game. The Green Bay Packers remain unvaccinated.

But instead of shutting up as I’m sure his bosses wanted him to, he’s continued to speak common sense into the conversation around the coronavirus. While speaking with Pat McAfee, an ex-Colts punter and now a podcaster specializing in sports, he repeated the feat.

When asked about his frustrations with the NFL’s COVID policies (which they recently changed when it became clear they’d have to cancel multiple games), here’s what Rodgers had to say.

“The only thing that frustrates me is the lack of any discussion about my health throughout this whole process. I don’t understand why society & the NFL hasn’t talked about legitimate Covid treatment options” ~@AaronRodgers12#PatMcAfeeShowLIVE pic.twitter.com/QtLaERUtn4

— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) December 21, 2021

Rodgers: My only frustration in this whole mess is that I don’t know what to do with it.hroughout this entire time, there hasn’t been real conversations around healh. It’s important to remember that people have different needs and priorities when it comes health. How to be healthier…as far as your diet, vitamins, and exercise and those type of things.

But the other thing that hasn’t been talked about is treatments, alright…I don’t understand why society and the NFL hasn’t talked about legitimate treatment options.

While I understand some people reading this have booted football over last year’s woke tilt in sports, I just enjoy the game too much to stop watching. That’s my choice, and as an NFL fan, I’m not a Rodgers fan at all. But he’s absolutely right here, and like with Tom Brady, his willingness to speak plainly about these hot topics certainly makes him more likable.

RedState has been repeating this sentiment since the outbreak of the pandemic. COVID-19 has identified obesity as a major co-morbidity. That’s because prior variants targeted the lungs (data shows Omicron tends to stay in the throat, i.e. why it’s presenting itself as milder than Delta). Your body will be more resistant to the virus if you’re in good physical condition. This applies to everything from your lungs and immune system. And that’s not newly discovered information. We’ve known since the beginning of the pandemic that obesity greatly increases one’s chances of severe illness and death.

In the context of the NFL, that’s why not a single player has had a severe outcome (death, ventilator, extended hospital stay, etc.) COVID-19 was found to be in high numbers despite no vaccines being available during 2020.

At the same time, people are being ridiculed for mentioning that they shouldn’t be so focused on vaccinations but should instead look after their health. From claims of being “fat-phobic” to people being called “anti-vax” for just suggesting people need to take care of themselves, the gnashing of teeth has been painfully loud. The American Medical Association even made the ridiculous move this year to cancel the term “morbidly obese.”

The same fury has been shown for those who advocate that treatment should be prioritized. All of us remember the outrage that a doctor using hydroxychloroquine evoked in the media. Later, studies found it was actually effective when used in certain situations, but again, anything conversation that isn’t “vaccines, vaccines, vaccines” sends the left into fits of rage.

In summary, what Rodgers is saying shouldn’t make people upset…because it’s true. It is almost certain that the insufficient depth of our discussions about COVID have cost many lives. Instead of locking people up and leaving them in their cars, government should have offered everyone a free membership to the gym. It would also encourage more outdoor activities. However, this would be a sign that we must accept that the virus is going to remain and need to learn how to cope with it. It means therapy and training our bodies to fight the viruses.

To even mention such would be blasphemy for the left. For one simple reason, power is what they support: Vaccines and the crushing of liberties.