With some 'more open to conspiracy theories,' vaccination rates of English Premier League players remain shrouded in mystery
CNN
While the likes of the NFL are leading the way in public vaccine advocacy and transparency -- the league said it had reached a vaccination rate of over 90% among players by late September -- the uptake among footballers in the English Premier League remains shrouded in mystery.
The Premier League regularly releases details of how many players and club staff have been tested for Covid-19 and the number of positive tests, and some individual teams have disclosed vaccination rates, but the league declined CNN's requests to comment on the record for this story regarding vaccination data of players at its 20 clubs.
The BBC reported that in an email sent by the Premier League to its clubs in September the organization said: "Only seven clubs' squads are more than 50% fully vaccinated, so we have a way to go.