NFL Denies Telling Aaron Rodgers Vaccinated People Can’t Get COVID-19

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers (#12) of the Green Bay Packers looking on from the sidelines in the second half against the Washington Redskins at FedExField in Landover, Md., on Sept. 23, 2018. Rob Carr/Getty Images

The National Football League (NFL) has denied a comment from Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers that he was told by a league doctor that people who take a vaccine for COVID-19 will not catch or spread the disease.

NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy told news outlets in an emailed statement, “No doctor from the league or the joint NFL-NFLPA infectious disease consultants communicated with the player. If they had, they certainly would have never said anything like that.”