Kirk Cousins got absolutely destroyed by the sports media for multiple days for refusing to get the covid vaccine. Lamar Jackson refused to get the covid vaccine & has now tested positive twice. He came back to practice today and I’ve seen almost no blue checks rip him at all.
I think the NFL’s covid policy is nonsensical. And that every player should make his own health choice. But why did Kirk Cousins, who didn’t even test positive, get destroyed for multiple days over covid & Lamar Jackson gets essentially ignored?
It’s similar to the way the media is covering vaccinations. The lowest vaccine percentages in the country are black & Hispanic people by far. Yet the media consistently rips the unvaccinated as if they are all red state Trump voters. Do facts matter or not?
The reason Southern states have low vaccination percentages is because they have many Trump voters, who tend to be white, and also many Biden voters, who tend to be black. The percentage of black Biden voters who are unvacced is the highest in the country. Yet media ignores it.
The media, consistently, picks easy and convenient villains over factual analysis or evenhanded application of standards and precedents. Kirk Cousins and Lamar Jackson are a glaring current example in sports that reflects the larger issue with covid vaccination coverage at large.
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