Chiefs Lead Up - Rodgers tests positive for COVID; Love to start

[midranger]

Rodgers definitely did the worst thing an NFL player did last week. It should definitely be discussed as much as it has been, and he fully deserves more platforms to spread his well informed expertise.

[glenn]

Yes, I can’t for the life of me understand why dangerous misinformation being spewed by one of the most famous people alive regarding the most topical event in a generation would be something people want to discuss. Especially when someone almost no one has heard of did something bad the same week!

[skones]

If he doesn't want the Vax, fine, great, I think you're a moron but you do you. It's the misdirection and peddling of pseudoscience while you talk about the science of covid and social distancing during your press conferences that absolutely grinds my gears. Talk out of both sides of your mouth man. I don't buy for one second that he's allergic to anything.

I defended this dude during the offseason, and understood where he was coming from, but this is some Kyrie level BS.

[midranger]

Yes, I can’t for the life of me understand why dangerous misinformation being spewed by one of the most famous people alive regarding the most topical event in a generation would be something people want to discuss. Especially when someone almost no one has heard of did something bad the same week!

Dude. It’s the same disinformation the actual President of the United States was spewing 18 months ago. I’m pretty sure no one was hearing it for the first time on Pat McAfee’s show. Everyone made up their mind on this topic long ago.

There’s definitely degrees to awfulness. Rodgers is the typical easily swayed but incredibly self-righteous awful that 98% of us Americans fall into everyday. Ruggs literally killed a person because he drank 18 shots and decided it’d be cool to drive 150 mph through LV. Who is worse? What should get more outrage? People outraged that he paraphrased Martin Luther King Jr. Turns out, MLK was offering advice to a buddy on how to rape a chick while he watched back in the day. So again, what’s worse? What deserves more outrage?

We all do dumb/selfish things. I can’t muster much outrage over this nonsense that I’ve heard a million times before over the past two years.

[Ayt]

Yes, I can’t for the life of me understand why dangerous misinformation being spewed by one of the most famous people alive regarding the most topical event in a generation would be something people want to discuss. Especially when someone almost no one has heard of did something bad the same week!

Dude. It’s the same disinformation the actual President of the United States was spewing 18 months ago. I’m pretty sure no one was hearing it for the first time on Pat McAfee’s show. Everyone made up their mind on this topic long ago.

There’s definitely degrees to awfulness. Rodgers is the typical easily swayed but incredibly self-righteous awful that 98% of us Americans fall into everyday. Ruggs literally killed a person because he drank 18 shots and decided it’d be cool to drive 150 mph through LV. Who is worse? What should get more outrage? People outraged that he paraphrased Martin Luther King Jr. Turns out, MLK was offering advice to a buddy on how to rape a chick while he watched back in the day. So again, what’s worse? What deserves more outrage?

We all do dumb/selfish things. I can’t muster much outrage over this nonsense that I’ve heard a million times before over the past two years.

Why are you arguing about millionaire athletes when there are people dying of starvation? What should get more outrage?

[Iheartfootball]

Yes, I can’t for the life of me understand why dangerous misinformation being spewed by one of the most famous people alive regarding the most topical event in a generation would be something people want to discuss. Especially when someone almost no one has heard of did something bad the same week!

Dude. It’s the same disinformation the actual President of the United States was spewing 18 months ago. I’m pretty sure no one was hearing it for the first time on Pat McAfee’s show. Everyone made up their mind on this topic long ago.

There’s definitely degrees to awfulness. Rodgers is the typical easily swayed but incredibly self-righteous awful that 98% of us Americans fall into everyday. Ruggs literally killed a person because he drank 18 shots and decided it’d be cool to drive 150 mph through LV. Who is worse? What should get more outrage? People outraged that he paraphrased Martin Luther King Jr. Turns out, MLK was offering advice to a buddy on how to rape a chick while he watched back in the day. So again, what’s worse? What deserves more outrage?

We all do dumb/selfish things. I can’t muster much outrage over this nonsense that I’ve heard a million times before over the past two years.

And that’s the problem with misinformation, it becomes normalized.

[LUKE23]

Does AR still need two negative tests within 24 hours to return, or does he just need to be out at least 10 days and be asymptomatic when he returns? Seen different things different places.

[MickeyDavis]

Does AR still need two negative tests within 24 hours to return, or does he just need to be out at least 10 days and be asymptomatic when he returns? Seen different things different places.

I’ve seen different things as well. All I know for sure is the earliest he can come back is Saturday. And he won’t need to get tested for 90 days.

[LUKE23]

Found it:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/11/06/aaron-rodgers-gets-a-90-day-break-from-covid-testing-close-contact-rules/amp/

[LittleRooster]

Yes, I can’t for the life of me understand why dangerous misinformation being spewed by one of the most famous people alive regarding the most topical event in a generation would be something people want to discuss. Especially when someone almost no one has heard of did something bad the same week!

Dude. It’s the same disinformation the actual President of the United States was spewing 18 months ago. I’m pretty sure no one was hearing it for the first time on Pat McAfee’s show. Everyone made up their mind on this topic long ago.

There’s definitely degrees to awfulness. Rodgers is the typical easily swayed but incredibly self-righteous awful that 98% of us Americans fall into everyday. Ruggs literally killed a person because he drank 18 shots and decided it’d be cool to drive 150 mph through LV. Who is worse? What should get more outrage? People outraged that he paraphrased Martin Luther King Jr. Turns out, MLK was offering advice to a buddy on how to rape a chick while he watched back in the day. So again, what’s worse? What deserves more outrage?

We all do dumb/selfish things. I can’t muster much outrage over this nonsense that I’ve heard a million times before over the past two years.

And that’s the problem with misinformation, it becomes normalized.

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[coolhandluke121]

I think we can all agree that the real bad guys here aren't Ruggs and Rodgers, but rather all the people talking about the WRONG THING on the internet.

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[midranger]

Feel free to be outraged about what you want.

A guy passing on a Covid vaccine and not being honest about it? Be prepared to be outraged at 30% of the humans you meet.

[Finn]

As for being a bad human, I know he makes a tremendous salary, but I'd bet a paycheck he has donated a higher percentage of his earnings to charity than anyone in this thread.

Rodgers' salary this year is $22.4M. Say he donates 25%, leaves him with a paltry $16.8M. Joe Sixpack makes $100k & donates 10% - Joe has $90k leftover. Not surprised AR12 can donate a higher percentage than anyone here.

How many Joe's are donating 10%

No clue what your logic is? My point - Rodgers is very rich. Of course he likely donates a greater percentage of his salary, & when he does he still has a lot of money left over. Unlike Joe.

[steger_3434]

I think what's the most frustrating thing with all of this for me, is the ignorance. I started working in healthcare in 2018, just before the pandemic hit. I walk by all the scientists and doctors on a daily basis, working in the lab on different research, medicines and things way over my head that I'll never fully understand. Why do people think their "research" is going to be anywhere near what I see daily from people who dedicate their lives to fighting infectious diseases? It truly boggles my mind.

The same reason you question coach bud, football coaches, cops, politicians, Wall Street heads, etc. if your only to have an opinion on what you do for a job are you saying a burger flipper at McDonald’s isn’t allowed to have one?


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[DrWood]

Joe Sixpack makes $100k & donates 10%

If he makes that much, he can afford a case of the good stuff, not a 6-pack.

Right, 100k a year is almost double what the average person makes.

In Wisconsin in 2019, median income was $32K per year. Median household income was $62K per year.

[TroyD92]

Rodgers' salary this year is $22.4M. Say he donates 25%, leaves him with a paltry $16.8M. Joe Sixpack makes $100k & donates 10% - Joe has $90k leftover. Not surprised AR12 can donate a higher percentage than anyone here.

How many Joe's are donating 10%

No clue what your logic is? My point - Rodgers is very rich. Of course he likely donates a greater percentage of his salary, & when he does he still has a lot of money left over. Unlike Joe.

Joe doesn't donate anything. Is the point.

[th87]

I think what's the most frustrating thing with all of this for me, is the ignorance. I started working in healthcare in 2018, just before the pandemic hit. I walk by all the scientists and doctors on a daily basis, working in the lab on different research, medicines and things way over my head that I'll never fully understand. Why do people think their "research" is going to be anywhere near what I see daily from people who dedicate their lives to fighting infectious diseases? It truly boggles my mind.

The same reason you question coach bud, football coaches, cops, politicians, Wall Street heads, etc. if your only to have an opinion on what you do for a job are you saying a burger flipper at McDonald’s isn’t allowed to have one?


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One can have high level opinions on outcomes, but not on in-depth inner workings that cause those outcomes. Rodgers thinks he has answers to the latter, and he doesn't.

[Marley2Hendrix]

Rodgers' salary this year is $22.4M. Say he donates 25%, leaves him with a paltry $16.8M. Joe Sixpack makes $100k & donates 10% - Joe has $90k leftover. Not surprised AR12 can donate a higher percentage than anyone here.

How many Joe's are donating 10%

No clue what your logic is? My point - Rodgers is very rich. Of course he likely donates a greater percentage of his salary, & when he does he still has a lot of money left over. Unlike Joe.

Last reply as I don't see the point in responding with emotions on him continuing to run high. My initial post was to respond to posters saying he's a bad guy and stupid. My response is I'm quite confident he's an intelligent dude; I qualified that by noting one can be intelligent and still make poor/questionable choices. Many who responded might've stopped reading after I claimed he was intelligent and missed the qualifying part. On the charity front, it's to highlight a person's character is complex. It's clear most posting here (which I wouldn't necessarily call a representative sample of packer fandom - strangers I've encountered in Woodbury, MN, Minneapolis, MN, and Hudson, WI were about 80% supportive of him and/or don't care) are pretty triggered with what he said, and that's cool. That said, I'd wager there's far more evidence Rodgers is a good dude than someone who ought to be socially flogged. These are weird times, especially on the internet where things have become decidedly dichotomous.

Spread love, not covid, fam.

[Marley2Hendrix]

I think what's the most frustrating thing with all of this for me, is the ignorance. I started working in healthcare in 2018, just before the pandemic hit. I walk by all the scientists and doctors on a daily basis, working in the lab on different research, medicines and things way over my head that I'll never fully understand. Why do people think their "research" is going to be anywhere near what I see daily from people who dedicate their lives to fighting infectious diseases? It truly boggles my mind.

The same reason you question coach bud, football coaches, cops, politicians, Wall Street heads, etc. if your only to have an opinion on what you do for a job are you saying a burger flipper at McDonald’s isn’t allowed to have one?


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One can have high level opinions on outcomes, but not on in-depth inner workings that cause those outcomes. Rodgers thinks he has answers to the latter, and he doesn't.

Maybe we watched different interviews, but he repeatedly said, talk to your doctor, and he's not against anyone getting vaccinated. Then, given his atypical choice, he offered context for it rather than people/media running with wild assumptions (note, some may label what he said as wild, and that's fine). He also was pretty clear he doesn't want to be thought of as some sort of champion of the antivax movement.

Not to be overly triggering, but the guy played last season unvaccinated, as did the rest of the league. Now, he did so again, caught covid, and, as he said, he could've played Sunday as he recovered from it in a few days. It sounds like he has been maintaining a pretty conservative day to day life to minimize exposure, and he probably did catch it from someone who was vaxxed. Big whoop, and I'm not saying that to be antivax. As he said, 50+ and anyone with comorbidities, it's probably a good idea to get vaccinated. It's over, he gets a break from daily testing, and there is now a very, very small probability he misses any more time this season to covid. That's a good thing.

[Matches Malone]

The same reason you question coach bud, football coaches, cops, politicians, Wall Street heads, etc. if your only to have an opinion on what you do for a job are you saying a burger flipper at McDonald’s isn’t allowed to have one?


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One can have high level opinions on outcomes, but not on in-depth inner workings that cause those outcomes. Rodgers thinks he has answers to the latter, and he doesn't.

Maybe we watched different interviews, but he repeatedly said, talk to your doctor, and he's not against anyone getting vaccinated. Then, given his atypical choice, he offered context for it rather than people/media running with wild assumptions (note, some may label what he said as wild, and that's fine). He also was pretty clear he doesn't want to be thought of as some sort of champion of the antivax movement.

Not to be overly triggering, but the guy played last season unvaccinated, as did the rest of the league. Now, he did so again, caught covid, and, as he said, he could've played Sunday as he recovered from it in a few days. It sounds like he has been maintaining a pretty conservative day to day life to minimize exposure, and he probably did catch it from someone who was vaxxed. Big whoop, and I'm not saying that to be antivax. As he said, 50+ and anyone with comorbidities, it's probably a good idea to get vaccinated. It's over, he gets a break from daily testing, and there is now a very, very small probability he misses any more time this season to covid. That's a good thing.

We clearly didn't watch the same interview because I saw a guy still throwing out old vaccine talking points that have already been disproven, such as the vaccine making you sterile or saying billions are using Ivermectin in India when it's already been removed from their COVID-19 protocols. The more he claimed to know, the more he was wrong. It's reckless. You don't see an issue with him speaking out and misrepresenting information to a large audience?