Raven’s QB Lamar Jackson, Still Not Sold on Vaccine, , Despite Two Bouts With COVID-19.<br />Raven’s QB Lamar Jackson, Still Not Sold on Vaccine, , Despite Two Bouts With COVID-19.<br />On Monday, Lamar Jackson<br />spoke briefly at a post-practice<br />press conference about his return<br />to the Baltimore Ravens’<br />training camp.<br />The 24-year-old star quarterback was out of<br />practice for 10 days after catching COVID-19. .<br />It is the second time<br />he has contracted<br />the virus in the past<br />eight months.<br />Jackson first tested positive in November 2020<br />and missed a game because of it. .<br />During both bouts with COVID-19, Jackson reportedly<br />experienced flu-like symptoms and extreme fatigue.<br />When asked by a reporter whether he’d now consider<br />getting vaccinated, Jackson remained noncommittal. .<br />I got to talk to my team about<br />this and see how they feel<br />about it. Keep learning as much<br />as I can about it. We’ll go from<br />there … We’ll see. Talking to<br />the doctors. We’ll see, Lamar Jackson, via ESPN.<br />He was pressed further by another reporter, who asked<br />him if he was concerned about setting a “good example.”.<br />I want to inspire the kids and<br />I want to inspire the community,<br />but you know at the same time<br />… people are going to feel however<br />they want to feel about certain<br />situations and you just have to<br />go about it however you want<br />to go about it, Lamar Jackson, via ESPN.<br />Jackson reiterated his vaccination stance<br />again towards the end of the press conference,<br />saying he believed it to be a “personal decision.”.<br />I'm just going to keep my<br />feelings to my family and<br />myself. I'm focused on<br />getting better right now.<br />I can't dwell on that right<br />now ... how everybody<br />else feels. Just trying to get<br />back to the right routine, Lamar Jackson, via ESPN.<br />Last month, Ravens coach<br />John Harbaugh told reporters<br />that about 90 percent of the<br />Baltimore team was vaccinated.<br />The Ravens have their first preseason game<br />next Saturday against the New Orleans Saints.
