© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Jan 22, 2017; Atlanta, GA, USA; Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) warms up previous to the 2017 NFC Championship Game in opposition to the Atlanta Falcons on the Georgia Dome. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports
(Reuters) – Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was removed from the National Football League’s reserve/COVID-19 list on Saturday, clearing the best way for the three-time most beneficial participant to play in opposition to the Seattle Seahawks.
Rodgers, who’s unvaccinated, examined constructive for COVID-19 final week and obtained widespread criticism for telling reporters in August that he was “immunized” when he was requested if he had been vaccinated.
The 37-year-old quarterback sat out the Packers’ loss to the Kansas City Chiefs final Sunday as a result of league COVID-19 protocols, which name for a compulsory 10-day quarantine interval for unvaccinated gamers who check constructive.
Green Bay (7-2) are scheduled to host the Seahawks (3-5) on Sunday.
The Packers didn’t say whether or not Rodgers can be the beginning quarterback, solely that he had been activated off the reserve/COVID-19 list.
Rodgers mentioned he has an allergy to an ingredient within the mRNA vaccines produced by Pfizer (NYSE:) BioNTech and Moderna (NASDAQ:) Inc and so he declined to take these.
He didn’t take the Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:) vaccine as a result of considerations about unintended effects, he mentioned.
The NFL on Wednesday fined the Packers $300,000 and two gamers, together with Rodgers, $14,650 every for violating COVID-19 protocols.
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