ESPN reporter leaving company over vaccine requirements

[AZProgressive]

An ESPN reporter who said she would not take a coronavirus vaccine despite the company's policy requiring her to do so says she has left the outlet.

Reporter Allison Williams, who a week ago announced she would step down from her duties covering college football for the network, said in an Instagram Live post she had decided to leave ESPN.

"Belief is a word I've been thinking about a lot lately, because in addition to the medical apprehensions regarding my desire to have another child in regards to receiving this injection, I am also so morally and ethically not aligned with this," Williams said according to the sports media website AwfulAnnouncing. "And I've had to really dig deep and analyze my values and my morals, and ultimately I need to put them first. And the irony in all this is that a lot of these same values and morals that I hold dear are what made me a really good employee, what helped with the success that I'm able to have in my career."

Last Thursday, Williams said she had made the decision to not get the COVID-19 vaccine because she and her husband are trying to conceive a second child. There is no evidence to suggest the COVID-19 vaccine is linked to fertility issues.

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[blueinredohio]

1. Bye Felicia.

[RockRaven]

2. Bye, moron.

When the facts don't comport with your explanations, you're an idiot, a liar, or a lying idiot.

I don't care which she is. Goodbye and fuck off!

[True Dough]

3. Well,

BYE!

[FoxNewsSucks]

4. Good riddance. She should just go to Fox.

Oh wait,

[Sherman A1]

5. Don't let the door hit you in the

Ass.

[Grins]

14. She can't! They have the same policy! Bwahahahaha! NM

[Bleacher Creature]

6. There is literally ZERO evidence that the vaccine causes fertility issues.

But there is considerable evidence that pregnant woman and fetuses are especially vulnerable to COVID-19 itself.

Good riddance.

[stopdiggin]

7. this what they call 'leaving before fired?' -(nt)-

having gotten my snark out of the way --
An employee has every right to make such personal decisions - just as an employer has a right to set forth measures aimed at health and safety - and wish you well in your future endeavors.

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[acantharchus]

8. Bye bye loser and oh f--- you! ESPN won't feel a loss. N/T

[tishaLA]

9. OB/GYNs recommend that women wanting to have children get vaxxed

So I have no idea what this has to do with her desire to have another kid--and if she has a responsible Dr., she'd tell her the same thing.

And WTF are the moral and ethical issues involved in receiving a vaccine? Just piss all the way off.

[RainCaster]

10. TTFN

[Diamond_Dog]

11. Kind of hard to conceive

When you’re lying in the hospital on a ventilator. But, whatever.

[Grins]

12. "...analyze my values and MY MORALS...?"

Morals? It’s a vaccine! It’s not like they are demanding you give BJ’s down at the bus depot.

[Thomas Hurt]

13. Bye, maybe you get a gig with the OANists.

[ProfessorGAC]

15. Never Heard Of Her

And I watch a lot of ESPN. Admittedly, I don't watch their, or anybody else's, college football coverage.
But, as a regular ESPN watcher, if I never heard of her, she won't be missed.