Sage Steele is still vaccinated, but it’s not because she wanted to do it. The ESPN anchor said she only did so because of her company’s mandate, which she described as “sick and scary.”
During an appearance on “Uncut with Jay Cutler, Steele told the former NFL QB that she ultimately got her vaccine shot so she wouldn’t be removed from programming.
“I did, um, I just…I didn’t want to do it,” Steele told Cutler. “But I, I work for a company that mandates it and I had until September 30th to get it done or I’m out.”
“I respect everyone’s decision, I really do, but to mandate it is sick and it’s scary to me in many ways,” Steele told Cutler.
“I just, I’m not surprised it got to this point, especially with Disney, I mean a global company like that,” she added.
It was just earlier this month when Steele’s ESPN colleague Allison Williams stepped down from covering college football to decline getting the vaccine. She stated it was because she and her husband are planning to conceive a second child.
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“This was a deeply difficult decision to make and it’s not something I take lightly,” Williams said. “I understand vaccines have been essential in the effort to end this pandemic; however, taking the vaccine at this time is not in my best interest.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective for pregnant or breastfeeding women.
