Cole Beasley, broad receiver with the Buffalo Payments, precipitated a stir on Friday when he shared a press release on Twitter by which he asserted that he wouldn’t be getting the Covid vaccine. “Hello, I am Cole Beasley and I am not vaccinated!,” he wrote. “I might be exterior doing what I do. I will be out within the public. In case your afraid of me then steer clear, or get vaccinated. Level. Clean. Interval. I could die of covid, however I might fairly die really residing.”
Beasley’s stance contradicts the NFL’s present pre-season protocol concerning unvaccinated gamers, which means his capacity to take part in future organized group actions will seemingly be affected—however he even claimed that he would fairly retire early than be moved on this problem.
“I am not going to take meds for a leg that is not damaged,” he continued. “I might fairly take my probabilities with Covid and construct up my immunity that approach. Eat higher. Drink water. Train and do what I believe is important to be a wholesome particular person. That’s MY CHOICE primarily based on MY experiences and what I believe is finest… If I am compelled into retirement, so be it.”
In a brand new video on his YouTube channel, pulmonary medication specialist Dr. Mike Hansen (who has spent the final 12 months creating content material dispelling misinformation surrounding the pandemic and the vaccine) gave his skilled opinion on Beasley’s assertion. “There is a distinction between preventative medication and therapeutic medication, or therapy,” he mentioned, declaring the failings in Beasley’s “damaged leg” analogy. “That is what this vaccine is all about; stopping the dangerous end result from taking place within the first place.”
