Buffalo Bills wide receiver Cole Beasley sent out a tweet Thursday that's already received quite a bit of pushback regarding his views on getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
Beasley - who is entering his third season with the Bills - seems upset that the NFL Players Association is encouraging players to take one of the available vaccines for the virus:
The players association is a joke. Call it something different. It’s not for the players. Everyone gives me the 98 percent of people who are vaccinated don’t get covid again. The odds of me getting in the NFL and playing for 10 years are lower than that and I’m here.
— Cole Beasley (@Bease11) June 17, 2021
It's not immediately clear what Beasley overcoming the odds to make it to the NFL has to do with his decision not to get vaccinated for a virus that the CDC says has contributed to the deaths of over 590,000 people in the United States alone.
The three COVID-19 vaccines currently approved in the United States - Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson - have varying rates of effectiveness, but all drastically decrease your chances of contracting the virus. None of the vaccines will give you 100% certainty that you won't acquire COVID-19, but if a vaccine is 94% effective - which studies suggest that the Pfizer vaccine is - that's a whole lot more protection than 0%.
However, Beasley's comments are a reminder that while the Miami Dolphins and New Orleans Saints have cleared the 85% vaccinated hurdle, quite a bit of work may need to be done to get all 32 teams to that point.
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