Financial publication Forbes has released a hit list of top professional athletes who have actually declined to flex to the left’s demands to publicly expose their vaccination status.
The publication released a Friday short article on 13 of the 50 highest-paid athletes that have actually avoided flexing to the publication’s will on stating vaccine status. The list consists of stars such as Kyrie Irving, Connor McGregor, and Tiger Woods.
Forbes notes that 74 percent of the professional athletes on its highest-paid professional athletes’ list have actually freely told fans that they have taken the vaccine but a handful have not.
Tellingly, the publication’s story breaks its own internal logic by including Aaron Rodgers on the scold list even though “he directly missed Forbes’ ‘Highest-Paid Athletes’ list,” showing that this story is about shaming professional athletes, not about people on any highest-paid list.
GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN– DECEMBER 25: Aaron Rodgers # 12 of the Green Bay Packers drops back to pass during a video game versus the Cleveland Browns at Lambeau Field on December 25, 2021 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Picture by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)The athletes the short article labels as either being unvaxed, or not talking about their vaccination status, consist of tennis star Novak Djokovic, UFC fighter Conor McGregor, Los Angeles Chargers defensive end Joey Bosa, and Nets secure Kyrie Irving.
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA– NOVEMBER 07: Joey Bosa # 97 of the Los Angeles Chargers searches throughout the third quarter versus the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field on November 07, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Picture by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images)
As Forbes reports, “The other highest-paid athletes who have not discussed their status and did not respond to Forbes‘request for comment: Tiger Woods (No. 12), David Bakhtiari (No. 17), Ronnie Stanley (No. 18), Trent Williams (No. 24), Aaron Donald (No. 40), Paul Pogba (No. 43), Deshaun Watson (No. 43), Canelo Alvarez (No. 48), Andres Iniesta (No. 48).”
At this point, though, the vaccination status of professional athletes ought to make no distinction whatever.
After all, every significant sports league claims to be almost one hundred percent vaxed at this moment.
The NBA declares to be 97 percent vaxed, and the NFL says it is almost 95 percent vaccinated. Hockey even claims to be 100 percent vaxed. Yet, every one of those leagues has actually had lots, if not numerous players test favorable for the virus in current weeks, leading to a slew of canceled or postponed games. The NHL even felt it needed to suspend their season for almost a week.
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If the vaccines were so reliable, how could this be taking place? Why would it matter if 13 athletes may not be vaxed?
Even more, due to the NFL’s abrupt about-face on the transmission of the infection and its brand-new position that asymptomatic players aren’t spreading out the virus, the vax status of less than two percent of the league ought to no longer matter.
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