Twins’ Andrelton Simmons tests positive for COVID-19 after declining vaccine offered to team – Yahoo Sports

Minnesota Twins shortstop Andrelton Simmons tested positive for COVID-19 and was placed on the COVID-19 injured list on Wednesday.

Twins president of baseball operations Derek Falvey told reporters that Simmons was experiencing "very mild" symptoms and resting at home.

Simmons has expressed skepticism of COVID-19 vaccines and declined to take one last week when it was offered to the team. Simmons tweeted in March that he would not take a COVID-19 vaccine or advocate for vaccines.

He confirmed on Sunday that he didn't take the vaccine when it was offered and said that he didn't know if he would take one in the future, according to the Associated Press. The Twins, meanwhile, promoted the team's vaccine campaign on social media.

At the time, Falvey addressed skepticism among players and offered the team as a resource for information on vaccines.

If you have very specific reasons as to why you dont want to get it, thats a total individual choice," Falvey said last week, per the Twin Cities Pioneer Press. "But if youre someone whos just hesitant because you lack a little bit of information about it, then I think its our responsibility to some degree to help them get that information and ultimately make whatever informed decision theyre going to make going forward.

The Twins conducted contact tracing after Simmons' positive test and did not place any other players or staff members in quarantine.

Andrelton Simmons previously said that he would not take or advocate for COVID-19 vaccines. (Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images)

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