ESPN reporter leaving company over vaccine requirements [View all]
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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