to stop glorifying fans who are breaking barriers. fans that are injuring security guards and medics trying to get closer to the stage. this can t be the culture moving forward. it simply can t. i completely agree. jess, i want to ask you a quick question on aaron rodgers. let me ask jess really quickly. this controversy over the green bay packers quarterback aaron rodgers is going to be sidelined for tomorrow s game against kansas city chiefs after he tested positive for covid-19. back in august he really misled reporters about his vaccination status when he said that he was immunized, now he s saying the victim of a quote, woke mob. had there been a follow-up to my statement that i ve been immunized, i would have responded with this. i would have said, look, i m not, you know, some sort of anti-vaxx flat earther. i am somebody who s a critical
eight people dead amid a crush at a music festival in houston. how could this have happened? these events tend to be aggressive. that s how they are. and as for cops at the site it felt like resources were limited. there wasn t enough to manage the crowd there. and also, breaking, biden s big win. the bipartisan infrastructure bill finally headed to the president s desk for signing. and his even bigger social spending package clears a major hurdle after a house vote that went late into the night. unvaccinated and taking advice of joe rogan, aaron rodgers speaking out amid controversy that has him sidelined tomorrow. i would have said, look, i m not, you know, some sort of anti-vax flat earther. i am somebody who s a critical
you know, some sort of anti-vaxx flat earther. i am somebody who s a critical thinker. okay. joining me now, cnn sports analyst christine brennan and cnn medical analyst dr. leana wen. hello to both of you. it s good to see you. christine, this is the whole cancel culture, woke mob sort of victim thing has become such a fallback for people not wanting responsibility, to take responsibility or consequences. i mean, he claimed he was immunized even though he was not vaccinated. it is misleading at best, really an outright lie at worse. does he have anyone to blame here but himself? i can t see it any other way. no. no. it s all on him. and he did, by the way, get a follow-up question but the reporter was asking based on him saying he was immunized. he could have immediately corrected the record back then.
he s tested positive for covid, despite saying in august he was, quote, immunized. but he now admits he is unvaccinated, and didn t get a shot because of an allergy. rogers denied he is anti-vaccine, and said that the nfl knew he was unvaccinated. rogers said that his decision was to seek alternative treatments. i realize i m in the crosshairs of the woke mob right now. so before my final nail gets put in my cancel-culture casket, i think i d like to set the record straight on so many of the blatant lies that are out there about myself right now. i m not, you know, some sort of anti-vax, flat earther. i am somebody who is a critical thinker. you guys know me. i march to the beat of my own drum. rogers claims a league doctor told him it is, quote, impossible for a vaccinated person to get covid or spread
of the vaccine have full immunity? will: that is insightful. that is correct. rodgers did not stop there. he spoke also to mcafee about the importance of bodily autonomy. i am not, you know, some sort of anti-vax, flat-earther. i am somebody who is a critical thinker. you guys know me, i marched to the beat of my own drum. i believe strongly in bodily autonomy and the ability to make choices for your body, not to have to acquiesce to some woke culture or crazed, you know, group of individuals who say you have to do something. health is not a one-size-fits-all for everybody. will: you know in 2021, sanity is treated as conspiracy, and now the nfl is reviewing whether aaron rodgers has violated any of its covid protocols, but rodgers points out those protocols, they are