Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo, who declined vaccine with Cubs, tests positive for COVID-19

[JoanofArgh]

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Anthony Rizzo, who previously said he chose not to receive the COVID-19 vaccine because he wanted to see more data, has tested positive for the coronavirus.


Anthony Rizzo, who as a Chicago Cub said he chose not to receive the COVID-19 vaccine because he was “taking some more time to see the data,” tested positive for the coronavirus, New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Sunday.

Rizzo, a cancer survivor who is celebrating his 32nd birthday Sunday, was traded from the Cubs to the Yankees on July 29, providing an almost immediate lift to the Bronx Bombers. They have won eight of nine games since his acquisition, moving within 1 ½ games of a playoff spot, and he's hit three home runs with a .963 OPS in nine games with the Yankees.

Boone said on a call with reporters that Rizzo was experiencing light symptoms.

[FreepFryer]

1. Now YOU'RE the data, Rizzo... you bloated antivax fuckmunchkin. Get fucked. (Nt)

[mucifer]

11. Yeah and with mild symptoms he and others won't learn

[LisaL]

18. He just tested positive yesterday.

It's premature to assume his symptoms will remain mild.

[mucifer]

21. Good point.

[liberal_mama]

35. I wonder if there are still a lot of asymptomatic or mild symptoms in unvaxxed people w/Delta

Almost everyone I know who tested positive recently got really sick, but that's just my personal observation. With original Covid, there was a lot of asymptomatic people.

This guy might have much worse symptoms in a few days or a week.

[SheltieLover]

2. Covidiot!

[Rustyeye77]

3. Dumbshit

He has his own data now.... himself.

And the really bad part...its probably DELTA.

[SoCalDavidS]

4. He'll Probably Be Fine

Due to his age and conditioning, it will not be serious, and all the anti-vaxxers will show that as proof the virus is not a big deal.

[LisaL]

7. He survived Hodgkin's lymphoma.

https://www.nj.com/yankees/2021/07/getting-to-know-yankees-anthony-rizzo-a-cancer-survivor-who-embraces-nj-roots-and-passed-on-covid-vaccine.html

[dalton99a]

12. +1. "See, he beat the virus. HE WON!

You too can be a winner like him"

[JohnSJ]

19. Didn't work out for Herman cain

[Treefrog]

13. Story on here a bit earlier about a super fit 42 year old who recently died of it.

I don’t consider baseball players to be “conditioned” actually.

But I wish no one to die of this horrid scourge.

[JoanofArgh]

15. The Delta variant just loves it some 20 and 30 year olds with no

pre-existing conditions . The ICUs are full of them. But yeah, you're probably right.

[LisaL]

16. Being a cancer survivor, he has a pre-existing condition.

NT

[MustLoveBeagles]

5. Being a cancer survivor he should've gotten the jab months ago

[LisaL]

8. Oh it was a pretty deliberate decision on his part to not get vaccinated.

Here is an article describing his refusal to vaccinate.
https://www.nj.com/yankees/2021/07/getting-to-know-yankees-anthony-rizzo-a-cancer-survivor-who-embraces-nj-roots-and-passed-on-covid-vaccine.html

[MustLoveBeagles]

20. He seems an intelligent person otherwise. I don't get it.

He was quoted in the article that people would hate him for his stance. I don't hate for it but I think his decision not to vax is foolish.
His reasons for not getting it don't hold up.

[LisaL]

23. And when he had his cancer diagnosis, he got conventional treatment, not some

alternative remedies. And obviously he is in remission after chemotherapy and so on. So I don't get it either.

[GoCubsGo]

28. If you want to know the real reason why,

just look at where he got married a couple of years ago: A Trump Dump (Doral in Miami.) Like a lot of MLBers, he's likely a Trump Humper. "I want to see more data." Sure you do. Or, are you just trying to stay in the political closet, Anthony? What a disappointment.

[LisaL]

36. One can be a Trumper and still get vaccinated.

Trump himself got vaccinated.

[ProfessorGAC]

10. Agreed!

Besides, for what does he personally need more data?
He's not a trained analyst, nor doctor, nor scientist.
He's very good at baseball and that's that.
Experts have, and continue to review every piece of information.
He doesn't have a unique view of this science the experts don't.
Did he need more data before he listened to doctors about chemo? No. He just had the procedure.
It's a stupid excuse and he should be ashamed of himself.

[Walleye]

14. ☝️He doesn't know he's part of the largest control group in scientific history

[MustLoveBeagles]

25. I just don't get these people

I couldn't wait to get the vaccine.

[LisaL]

27. Me too. Made an appointment as soon as my group became eligible.

NT

[dalton99a]

6. Only 350,627,188 doses have been administered in the U.S. We still don't know if they are any good

[LisaL]

9. And over 600k dead from covid, so we know it's not good.

NT

[Initech]

24. And virtually all of the deaths since May have been anti-vaxxers.

[LonePirate]

17. He evidently missed the data point about unvaccinated people suffering worse infections.

At least he can discover that first hand now.

[Blues Heron]

22. Baseball player by day, epidemiologist by night

Real renaissance man he is. Probably doing some part time orbital calculations for Elon musk when he’s not analyzing the vaccine data with his supercomputer.

[JoanofArgh]

29. Lol!

[LenaBaby61]

26. Welp .....

[Elwood P Dowd]

30. I was watching the Yankees - Seattle game yesterday wondering about him

and his vaccine comments. He has let down his new team as they have improved lately and trying to get back in the playoff picture.

[JoanofArgh]

31. Exactly. It's not all about him. Not getting vaccinated is a selfish act.

[JT45242]

32. Never went to college but he knows better than doctors

I'll bet his oncologist told all of his former patients to get the vaccine.

Amazing how a graduate of that Marjorie Stone man high school in parkland Florida could be a trump jumper.

I have zero patience for this bullshit. He travels all over the country putting thousands of people at risk in hotels, airports, stadium staff, etc.

The sad part is he will likely survive but some of his victims will not.

[Initech]

33. Get the damn vaccine! Stop listning to idiots!

[Stuart G]

34. Vaccine...- "greatly lessons or eliminates disease" ...is that correct?

Is that hard to understand?...One more...
Number of COVID-19 DEATHS?...IN U.S.A?..OVER 600,000..OR MORE

oh...YOU DON'T BELIEVE?...

https://www.google.com/search?q=nUMBER+OF+cOVID-19+dEATHS+IN+U.s.&sitesearch=

this fool, is stupid .....BEYOND STUPID........yes....STUPID ANTHONY RIZZO..OH NO...I made another mistake

................VERY, VERY, VERY, STUPID ANTHONY RIZZO..........now it is correct

[Wounded Bear]

37. Wish he could have done that last week...

Mariners fan here.

[LuckyLib]

38. He needed more data!

[LisaL]

39. Now he has himself as a data point.

NT