Allison Williams, a longtime college football and basketball sidelines reporter for ESPN, said she will not participate in coverage this fall due to concerns she has about taking the coronavirus vaccine while she’s trying to get pregnant.
“My heart hurts posting this but I’m at peace with my decision,” she wrote in a post on Twitter. “While my work is incredibly important to me, the most important role I have is as a mother. Throughout our family planning with our doctor, as well as fertility specialist, I have decided not to receive the Covid-19 vaccine at this time while my husband and I try for a second child.”
ESPN’s parent, Walt Disney Company, said in July that it would require all salaried, non-union employees to get vaccinated against coronavirus within 60 days. Medical authorities have said the current vaccines pose no threat to pregnancies or a developing child.
“My heart hurts posting this but I’m at peace with my decision,” she wrote in a post on Twitter. “While my work is incredibly important to me, the most important role I have is as a mother. Throughout our family planning with our doctor, as well as fertility specialist, I have decided not to receive the Covid-19 vaccine at this time while my husband and I try for a second child.”
ESPN’s parent, Walt Disney Company, said in July that it would require all salaried, non-union employees to get vaccinated against coronavirus within 60 days. Medical authorities have said the current vaccines pose no threat to pregnancies or a developing child.
- 9/10/2021
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
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