NFL receiver Beasley takes jab at Bills fans amid his stance on COVID vaccine

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills wide receiver Cole Beasley criticizes the team's fans, suggesting successful a Monday greeting tweet that he's being booed due to the fact that helium refuses to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

"Only spot I get booed is astatine our location stadium," Beasley tweeted. "Then immoderate of the aforesaid radical privation maine to instrumentality pictures and motion autographs. I thought bills fans were the champion successful the world? Where'd they go? If the vaccine works, past wherefore bash vaxxed radical request to beryllium protected from unvaxxed? #letthemin."

Beasley became 1 of the NFL's astir outspoken critics of vaccine mandates and restrictions successful respective viral societal media posts over the summer, astatine 1 constituent saying helium would retire earlier being forced to beryllium vaccinated to play successful the league.

Beasley work a prepared connection to the media connected July 28, adding that helium planned to person nary further comments connected societal media astir the vaccine. But helium has not stuck to his word.

Monday's tweet came hours aft the Bills' 40-0 thrashing of the Houston Texans, successful which Beasley had 2 catches for 16 yards.

It was the 2nd location crippled astatine Highmark Stadium since Erie County, and the Bills implemented a mandatory vaccine policy. All fans successful attendance had to amusement impervious of having astatine slightest 1 dose of the vaccine.

Proof of implicit vaccination volition beryllium required starting with the October 31 crippled against the Miami Dolphins.

Fully vaccinated individuals tin inactive transmit the virus, though the Centers for Disease Control says being vaccinated against COVID-19 substantially reduces your hazard of hospitalization and death.

Staff writers astatine WKBW archetypal reported this story.