>> In the face of Coronavirus the campaign has mutated into
something that could prove even more deadly. >> This is gonna go away without a vaccine,
it's gonna go away and we're not gonna see it again and hopefully after a period of time.
>> Doubts about a Coronavirus vaccine, have already spread beyond the traditional skeptics.
>> Researchers and lawmakers say anti-vaccination groups and COVID deniers,
are merging with the pro Trump armed groups, whose followers attacked the US Capitol in January.
>> It would go away without the vaccine George. >> People in Idaho rally to stage a public mask
burning ceremony. >> Destroy them.
>> We have a problem here, public trust and government
is at a historic low in part because of Trump. >> I feel about vaccines like I feel about tests,
this is gonna go away without a vaccine. >> More than half of Ohio's nursing home
staff have refused it according to the governor.
>> Yes, vaccines do you harm people.
Explain to me why the key sticks to me. >> The anti-vax movement is at times
beyond parody, while simultaneously pedaling and dangerous conspiracy
theories that whether they like it or not are unquestionably giving society more risks,
than it asked for. Vaccines are seen today as one of the most successful ways to stop
disease and have proven to be an effective way to protect the health of Americans
wrote the sister site to the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice.
The World Health Organization listed the anti-vax movement and its report on the ten greatest risks,
to global health. They said the movement are as dangerous as viruses because they
threaten to reverse the progress made in combating vaccine preventable diseases.
In the National Football League Montez Sweat is the latest name in a growing number of players,
who still refuse to take the vaccine.
Quick backstory is head coach Ron Rivera,
was diagnosed with cancer in August of 2020. Despite the diagnosis,
he continued coaching all while undergoing several weeks of radiation treatment and chemo.
After many gruelling sessions that just took so much out of them,
Rivera was officially cancer free in October.
So with Rivera knowing how important modern medicine is to the safety and
health of everyone, he brought in an immunologist,
who is a leading Coronavirus vaccine researcher to speak to the team. Kizzmekia Corbett answered
questions and provided info about the vaccine via video conference hoping to lessen fears.
>> What do you kinda make up for all that? >> I probably won't get vaccinated until
we got more facts and I type
stuff but I'm not a fan of it at all. >> Unfortunately the do my homework get
more facts sentiment, has been hijacked by people who will do none of the sort.
It is simply a front to force the media in giving them a pass, on a virus that, if not nipped in the
bud through vaccines will fester envy prolonged. As one user wrote Sweat's said he needs more
facts, the team presented the 30 year pro with them, and he still denied it.
Incredibly Sweat's comments get worse, if you can believe it, asking what was causing his hesitancy
the 24 year old said, I haven't caught COVID yet, I don't see me treating COVID until I actually get
COVID. What I'd like to do is just leave this quote up for a moment, take it in, because of
my view, this may be the single worst quote I've ever heard on the COVID front since Donald Trump.
To call COVID anything other than a deadly virus that has wiped out over 600,000 American lives,
and denying the efficacy of vaccines, is absolutely insane to me.
>> So much of the rationale is unreasonable, I find it the people who are resistant to getting
vaccinated, have no real factual scientific, academic evidence to support their stance.
>> The NFL has made it clear, if you get vaccinated, there are rewards like getting
back to a larger degree of normalcy than someone who doesn't. Unvaccinated players
are still subject to a ton of other things the full vax are not, they also will be unable to
interact with other players when traveling or with family and friends on the road.
They can't eat in the cafeteria, and must adhere to capacity limits in the weight room.
Let's stop being coy about this and call it what it is
incredibly selfish, Sweat risks, not only his own health. But the preservation of the team,
if he contracts COVID, spreads to others and from there, potentially kills an innocent person.
The time is now, the gather more facts period has ended,
we know what the hell this is, and we sure as hell know, how to stop it.