Josh Allen debating whether to get COVID-19 vaccine – NBC Sports

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The NFL will not mandate COVID-19 vaccines. Thus, it stands to reason, even with incentives offered to teams and players who are vaccinated, some players arent going to get a shot.

Bills quarterback Josh Allen could be one of those.

In an appearance on The Ringers 10 Questions With Kyle Brandt podcast, Allen said he has not had a vaccine and might not get one.

Im still debating that, Allen said, via Matt Parrino of nyup.com. Im a big statistics and logical guy. So, if statistics show its the right thing for me to do, Id do it. Again, Id lean the other way, too, if thats what it said. I havent been paying attention to it as much as maybe I should have. Ive just been doing my thing and masking up when Im going out and just staying close and hanging around family.

It is unclear what statistics Allen needs to see to convince him to get a shot. The Pfizer vaccine was shown a 95 percent efficacy rate in preventing symptomatic COVID-19, just 1 percentage point more than Modernas. The single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine was shown to have a 72 percent efficacy rate in the United States in preventing symptomatic illness and an 85 percent efficacy rate in preventing the most severe disease 28 days after vaccination.

Allen, 24, made clear hes against any kind of mandate.

I think everybody should have that choice to do it or not to do it, Allen said. You get in this tricky situation now where if you do mandate that thats kind of going against what our constitution says and the freedom to kind of express yourself one way or the other. I think were in a time where thats getting a lot harder to do. Everybody should have that choice.

However, the league expects to amend certain protocols for those who are vaccinated and for teams as a whole if certain vaccination levels are met, which will encourage (pressure?) players to get a COVID-19 shot.

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