IDIOT OF THE YEAR #2: Aaron Rodgers, ‘immunized’ from completely nothing

Welcome to Deadspin’s IDIOT OF THE YEAR festivities! Nos. 50 by way of 11 can be found to your enjoyment here. And our high 10 to date:

10. Thom Brennaman

9. Ted Cruz

8. Rob Manfred

7. Kyrie Irving

6. Sage Steele

5. Urban Meyer

4. Chicago Blackhawks

3. Trevor Bauer

2. Aaron Rodgers

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Aaron Rodgers was actually good as a Jeopardy! guest host this yr, and though he didn’t get the job, the Packers quarterback nonetheless regarded like he may need a future in tv as soon as he’s completed taking part in.

Sadly, John Cena already beat Rodgers to the brand new model of Jeff Foxworthy’s outdated sport present, Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?

After placing all of his teammates in jeopardy, Rodgers it seems, just isn’t smarter than a fifth grader. Or a 3rd grader. Or a primary grader. Even young children know that relating to getting vaccinated towards the novel coronavirus, when you’ve got questions, the particular person to ask is a health care provider and never Joe Rogan.

There may be nothing idiotic about getting contaminated with COVID-19. You will get vaccinated, put on a masks, often wash your arms, and nonetheless get the virus. Not taking these precautions, nevertheless, is idiotic, each due to the improved threat of catching the bug and due to the upper probability of extreme outcomes for the unvaccinated.

Rodgers, fortunately, was in a position to keep away from severe sickness, and solely missed one sport after his “alternative treatment” plan didn’t stop him from getting SARS-CoV-2. Sadly, he discovered nothing from his expertise, and never solely continued to tout horse deworming remedy as a approach to deal with COVID (it isn’t), however whined that the “media is making an attempt to disgrace and cancel us unvaccinated folks.”

He’s partially right about that. The media has tried to shame the unvaccinated by pointing out that it’s a selfish decision that puts everyone around you at a higher risk of catching a deadly virus. And the media has tried to cancel the unvaccinated by getting them to get vaccinated and protect themselves and everyone around them from the deadly virus.

All of this is plenty dumb, but what really makes Rodgers the poster boy of covidiocy is that he’s a big fat liar. Because he thought he could get away with it, Rodgers had answered a question about his vaccination status in August by saying that he was “immunized.” That was a lie. So, all of that point, for 3 months till he examined optimistic and his spot obtained blown up, Rodgers was working round and breaking NFL protocol guidelines, not solely risking his personal well being, however everybody he got here in touch with.

Rodgers’ claims of an allergy to the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines could have been actual. His skepticism of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine could have been not less than considerably legitimate, as the opposite pictures have confirmed more practical. None of that ought to have stopped him from telling the reality as a substitute of making an attempt to play footsie with it by saying he was “immunized,” which he completely was not.

Have you learnt how large of an fool it’s a must to be to make Tom Brady the voice of reason about what to place in your physique? Deadspin’s No. 2 IDIOT OF THE YEAR degree, that’s how large. And that’s what Rodgers is.