we do have less than 10 i.u. beds open. reporter: and n.f.l. star quarterback aaron rodgers, who recently tested positive for covid, lost a sponsorship with a healthcare company after comments he made about the vaccine. originally, rogers said he was immunized. yeah, i ve been immunized. reporter: but it was later revealed he received alternative treatments and refuses to get the shot due to an allergy and over an unfounded fear it could cause infertility. the great m.l.k. said you have a moral obligation to object to unjust rules and rules that make no sense. reporter: and there s some potentially encouraging news about covid treatments. pfizer says its new antiviral pill prevented death and hospitalization rates by 90%. they re asking the f.d.a. for approval. jamie. yuccas: wow, that s a big number. michael george, thank you. overseas now, and a disaster in west africa. at least 98 people were killed when a fuel truck exploded near
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he said it was a lot like the study he put into hosting jeopardy!. he also said he had concerns about convenience ander is rillty and he couldn t get the pfizer or moderna vaccines because of the al erlergens and ingredients in it. he quoted dr. martin luther king jr. as an aside, the great mlk said you have a moral obligation to object to unjust rules and rules that make no sense. well, joining me to talk about this, retired nfl player and global neurosurgery fellow, thank you for joining us. this has shocked a lot of people. he s a huge role model. first, what s your reaction to his comments both as a former nfl player and as someone in the
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it is an aside but the great mlk said that you have a moral obligation to object to unjust rules. and rules that make no sense. joined now by dr. peter hotez, co-director of the september for vaccine development at texas children s hospital, that you ever of preventing the next pandemic, vaccine diplomacy in a time of anti-science. so, dr. hotez, you have been very outspoken about misinformation. i am wondering when you hear aaron rodgers, who obviously a lot of kids and adults look up to and admire. what goes through your mind? you know, anderson, it s the context of this. let s remember what s happened this past summer and into the fall. 100,000 americans 100,000 unvaccinated americans lost their lives to covid-19, despite the widespread availability of safe and effective vaccines. these are individuals. 100,000 americans who unnecessarily lost their lives because of what some call
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attacks the nfl covid protocol saying they re not based on science and goes on to make a bunch of claims that are also totally not based in science. that homeopathic treatment he says, he wouldn t get into the details, but experts say there is no proof that that would work. he also says that, you know, his infection now gives him the best protection possible. that s also not backed by the science. he also says he s taking ivermectin and other drugs that also have not been proven to treat covid-19. bottom line, he is now okay. a couple of days didn t feel well and is now okay and strangely invokes who he calls the great mlk in terms of moral obligation to defy unjust rules. slightly different context. oh, boy. all right. so he says he may be okay, but the questions are going to continue to come his way. he still has to respond to a
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