MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins said the team’s talk with infectious disease expert Dr. Michael Osterholm about the COVID-19 vaccine was “a great meeting,” though that’s about all he said.
“Informative,” Cousins said. “It was what it was.”
The Vikings brought in Osterholm, a renowned epidemiologist, Monday after multiple reports have emerged that the Vikings are lagging behind other NFL teams in vaccination rate.
Cousins himself has become the poster boy for the team’s vaccine hesitancy. Though he has refused to disclose his vaccination status, saying he chooses “to keep my medical history private,” he was deemed a high-risk close contact when rookie QB Kellen Mond tested positive earlier this month.