Kirk Cousins has said he takes a personal “survival of the fittest” approach to the coronavirus, even if it kills him.
“If I die, I die,” said the Minnesota Vikings quarterback in a recent interview on Spotify’s “10 Questions With Kyle Brandt” podcast. “I’m sort of at peace about it.”
Cousins said in the interview, published Wednesday, that he does not believe face masks are helping to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but he has repeated on several occasions that he has also tried to respect the “Concerns” of others about the virus.
Brandt asked Cousins to rate his level of concern about the virus contracting on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being “the person who says, ‘Masks are stupid, you are all a bunch of lemmings.’ and 10 means “I” I will not be leaving my master bathroom for the next 10 years. ‘”
Cousins replied, “I won’t call anyone stupid, for whatever trouble it would cause me. But I’m about a .000001.”
When asked to expand on this answer, Cousins said:
“I want to respect the concerns of others. For me personally, just saying that no one else can get the virus, what is your concern if you could get it, I would say I will dedicate myself to my life? daily. If I get it, I’ll be fine. I’ll let nature take its course. Survival the kind of fittest approach. And just say, if it knocks me out, it knocks me out. I’m it’ll be fine. You know, even if I die. If I die, I die. I’m kind of at peace about it. “
Cousins continued to say that for him wearing a mask “is really being respectful to others.
“It really has nothing to do with my own personal thoughts,” he said.
Earlier in the podcast, Cousins was asked what the general reaction would be if a teammate sneezed while in hiding.
“I even think inside the building there will be a dichotomy of people who laugh at the virus, don’t care, never lost a minute of sleep on it,” he said. . “And then there are people on the other side of the spectrum who, every second of every day, are overcome with fear.
“What you don’t know is who is where on the spectrum when you first come back.”
The NFL updated its game-day protocols by requiring every coach and staff in the bench area to wear a mask and reducing the size of each team’s travel party.
The league and the NFL Players Association announced on Tuesday that a total of 10 players and other team staff have tested positive for the virus during the league’s latest testing period, August 21-29. .
According to the data, a total of 8,739 players and staff underwent 58,621 tests during the period of August 21-29. This included 23,279 tests for 2,747 players and 35,342 for 5,992 staff.
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