GREEN BAY, Wis. — One day after Aaron Rodgers explained why he was unvaccinated and how he tried to gain fully vaccinated status because he received an alternate treatment to provide him immunity from COVID-19, a Wisconsin-based health care organization announced the end of its partnership with the Packers quarterback.
“Prevea Health and Aaron Rodgers have made the decision to end their partnership effective Nov. 6, 2021,” Prevea Health said in a statement Saturday. “Aaron has been a partner of Prevea Health, serving as a spokesperson and supporting the health care organization’s health and wellness initiatives throughout Wisconsin, since 2012. Prevea Health remains deeply committed to protecting its patients, staff, providers and communities amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes encouraging and helping all eligible populations to become vaccinated against COVID-19 to prevent the virus from further significantly impacting lives and livelihoods.”
The organization said it would have no further comment.
Rodgers tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday and will miss Sunday’s game at the Kansas City Chiefs. On Friday, during a 46-minute appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show,” Rodgers said that an allergy to mRNA vaccines prevented him from getting two of the three approved vaccines and that he did not feel comfortable getting the other because of reactions that he had heard about. That use of that vaccine was briefly suspended earlier this year.
The quarterback petitioned the NFL, the NFL Players Association and a jointly approved infectious disease expert to be considered vaccinated and therefore not have to follow protocols that unvaccinated players do both in team facilities and outside.
In the meantime, Rodgers told reporters in August that he was “immunized.” Shortly thereafter, his petition was denied.
Rodgers has violated at least one of the protocols for unvaccinated players by regularly appearing at his news conferences without a mask. Only…
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