As Vikings coach Mike Zimmer pointed out, life during the 2021 NFL season will be harder for players without the vaccine.
“They are going to be wearing masks, they’re going to have to social distance, they’ll have daily testing,” Zimmer said. “They won’t go home for bye week and have to come back here and test every day. When we go on the road, they won’t be able to go out to dinner with anybody. They’ll have to travel on buses differently and travel on planes differently, so a lot of meetings will be virtual like we have here. It’s not only the safety part of being vaccinated, but as far as being a part of a football team.”
Now, Patrick Peterson has weighed in on his podcast, All Things Covered. Peterson said he has received a vaccine and that players who don’t get it will be living in a different world.
“I just think why put yourself at risk of going through that again? Everybody has different views on the shot. No matter which brand it is, everybody has their different views. At the end of the day, if we’re all in this, trying to win a championship, and there’s a very small percentage of those shots affecting people, why not put yourself in the best position possible to win a championship, if that’s what you have a desire of doing?”
Peterson’s wife, Antonique, is a doctor who has been working on the front lines amid the pandemic. You can read more about the Minnesota cornerback in an interview with Vikings Wire here.
