Opinion: NFL has led the way on COVID-19, and rest of country would do well to follow

This country would be in much better shape if it was more like the NFL.

Yes, I said it.  

While the stubbornly, and in some cases proudly, ignorant like Cole Beasley, Isaiah McKenzie, Kirk Cousins, Cam Newton and Lamar Jackson get most of the attention, the vast majority of the NFL has shown the kind of responsibility and concern for others that, if everyone emulated, might actually get us out of this pandemic.

As of Thursday, nearly 93 percent of NFL players – that’s more than 2,500 ahead of Tuesday’s deadline for regular-season roster cuts – are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The rate is even higher, 99 percent, for coaches and staff.

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