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As a football fan and someone who pays attention to Covid-19, Ive been following the Aaron Rodgers situation with great interest.

The Green Bay Packers quarterback, who was the NFLs most valuable player last year, deceived everyone about his vaccine status last summer when he told the media he was immunized against the virus.

That turned out to be a lie when he announced last week that hed come down with Covid, and had violated a number of league protocols that unvaccinated players must follow.

But what seemed be lacking was the medias humanity about Rodgers health condition. He shouldnt have lied, but its important to report on and be concerned about how a famous 37-year-old man is handling the virus.

It turns out hes doing pretty well, and has taken ivermectin and monoclonal antibodies. Rodgers also said he consulted with Austin-based comedian and podcaster Joe Rogan, which also drew the ire of the media.

Rogan was unvaccinated and got the virus a couple of months ago. Hes obviously not a doctor, but has a team of doctors who put him on a successful treatment protocol that helped him bounce back quickly.

But all we seemed to hear about from the media was how Rogan was telling people to take a horse de-wormer. It was terrible reporting, and a misstatement of the facts.

Ivermectin has an application for humans, as well as horses. Many doctors have prescribed it as an off-brand Covid treatment because theyve found it to be helpful, yet the media demonizes ivermectin as big drug makers getting richer off of selling vaccines.

I know people whove had Covid and have successfully gotten over it, and Ill pick their brains if I get the virus. Ill also get treated by a doctor, which is what Rodgers has been doing.

Rodgers missed a game last weekend that the Packers lost, but as of this writing, its possible he might be playing against the Seattle Seahawks this weekend. And he wont need a vaccine for a long time because hell have natural immunity.

Rodgers deserves the criticism for being dishonest, but we should hope he beats the virus and bounces back quickly. Thats way more important than football.

AWFUL, AWFUL MEDIA BIAS: One of the worst examples ever of mainstream media bias has come in the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial in Wisconsin.

Much of the media reported that Rittenhouse was a 17-year-old white supremacist, vigilante who murdered two men and shot another man during a riot in August 2020.

But the trial testimony has painted an entirely different picture. First, Rittenhouse shot three people in a clear-cut case of self-defense, all of whom were white.

Evidently, this was just too juicy of a narrative for the media not to sensationalize. The facts be damned. All three people who were shot were threatening Rittenhouse and had criminal backgrounds. One of the men killed was even a serial pedophile.

Also, the prosecutor in the case criticized Rittenhouse under cross examination for being silent up to that point, which is a clear violation of his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.

Thats why police read a Miranda warning to people they arrest: You have the right to remain silent, etc., etc. Any first-year law student knows the prosecutors conduct is grounds for mistrial.

Rittenhouse shouldnt have put himself in such a dangerous situation, but hes not being tried for having bad judgment. The murder charges against him have not guilty written all over them if it goes to the jury.

Closing arguments are set to begin Monday unless the judge grants a directed verdict of not guilty or declares a mistrial with prejudice.

As the evidence is showing, this case was all about politics and never about justice.

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Fred Hartman | Opinion | fbherald.com - Fort Bend Herald