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Four-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 Green Bay Packers in 2021 when he said that he had been “immunized” towards the virus. But a number of months after he advised reporters about his immunization standing, Rodgers examined optimistic for COVID-19.
The quarterback’s optimistic take a look at outcome in the end pressured him to be sidelined for 10 days. The yet-to-be revealed e-book is predicted to spotlight 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 recreation towards the Washington Commanders at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., on Aug. 10, 2024. (Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
Rodgers did file an attraction, arguing that his homeopathic therapy routine ought to qualify him as vaccinated. But the attraction 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 thing I wish could have gone different, it’s that, because that’s the only thing [critics] could hit me with,” Rodgers advised creator Ian O’Connor for the biography.
New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers is proven throughout a observe on the staff’s coaching facility in Florham Park, N.J., on May 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Rodgers’ main motive for claiming he was “immunized” centered round his perception that the assertion represented “the crux of my appeal,” the NFL star mentioned within the e-book, 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 antagonistic reactions to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Aaron Rodgers of the New York Jets speaks to the media on May 21, 2024. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images)
“But if I could do it again, I would have said, (forget) the appeal. I’m just going to tell them I’m allergic to PEG,” Rodgers says within the e-book. “I’m not getting Johnson & Johnson. I’m not going to be vaxxed.”
The e-book is predicated 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 means of 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 Mystery of Aaron Rodgers,” goes on sale on Aug. 20.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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