As some prominent Vikings players remain unvaccinated, renowned epidemiologist Dr. Michael Osterholm visited TCO Performance Center to speak during a team meeting on Monday morning.
Osterholm, the University of Minnesota infectious disease expert, is the latest medical professional to speak to a Vikings team that, as of earlier this month, had the league’s lowest Covid-19 vaccination rate among players, according to a league source. The NFL has since announced that all locker rooms have reached a 75% vaccination rate.
Head coach Mike Zimmer has been vocal since the spring about pushing players to get vaccinated for health and availability reasons. Vaccinated players are freed of many NFL restrictions from the 2020 season that remain in place for unvaccinated players, including mask wearing, social distancing, daily testing, different travel protocols and rules prolonging their return to play after infection or close contact.
