Prepared to be triggered if you’re an anti-vaxxer. Mike Zimmer is an American hero for his stance on COVID-19 vaccinations. He didn’t politicize his take and the Minnesota Vikings Head Coach is certainly no bleeding-heart liberal.
This is a dude who built a hunting lodge in Kentucky after all. But Zimmer is a man who won’t tolerate bs. His press conferences are straightforward, and he calls it like he sees it. There is no agenda or hidden messages with him.
Which makes his take on COVID-19 vaccinations refreshingly honest. Too many people in the NFL are coddling anti-vaxxers despite the fact their decision is both illogical and dangerous. Thankfully, someone in the league spoke up on the subject. Here’s the statement that made Mike Zimmer as an American hero:
“This Delta variant is tough. You can see the cases going up every single day now. That’s why, for the sake of everybody’s health, I think it’s important. But some people don’t understand, I guess. After everything we went through last year, I’m not surprised one bit. I am disappointed that this happened. I’m frustrated, not just with my football players who didn’t get vaccinated, but I’m frustrated with everybody [who didn’t]. We’ll just do the best we can. It’s just disappointing.”
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He’s not wrong. It’s both disappointing and frustrating that people aren’t getting vaccinated. There is really no reason not to. This isn’t even an issue if there wasn’t a group of people in America hellbent on being controlled by right-wing conspiracy theorists who are just using them to get rich.
But what really makes Mike Zimmer an American hero is the fact he is looking after everybody’s health. This isn’t about him, the football team or winning games. It’s about what is best for everyone, a notion many Americans are woefully out of touch with.
Getting vaccinated for COVID-19 has nothing to do with a person’s right to choose, freedom, the constitution or whatever nonsense is being peddled on any given day. It also has nothing to do with morons like Cole Beasley refusing to listen to actual doctors who can provide proper education on the subject.
It’s about doing what is best for everyone. That’s literally why America was founded. If people can’t agree on that then we might as well become a vassal state of England once more. Because at the end of the day, being a colony of the United Kingdom would be a better existence than what the USA is now – a minority of selfish pricks living in butt fuck nowhere trying to impose their backwards views on the rest of the country.
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