Aaron Rodgers Sparks Outrage After Outlandish Claims About U.S. Government, Dr. Anthony Fauci Creating HIV/AIDS

New York Jets star Aaron Rodgers has seemingly made as many headlines for his words off the field as he has for his work on the field. In his latest resurfaced controversial claim, the Super Bowl champ suggested that the HIV/AIDS pandemic that broke out in the 1980s was entirely manmade, and connected it to former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Anthony Fauci.

Rodgers explained his position on the Look Into It podcast back in March. According to the Jets quarterback, Fauci fumbled the fight against HIV and the rollout of antiretroviral drug AZT. Rodgers called this move the "blueprint" for the U.S. government's COVID response.

"The blueprint, the game plan, was made in the '80s. Create a pandemic with a virus that’s going wild," he said. "Fauci was given over $350 million to research this, to come up with drugs—new or repurposed—to handle the AIDS pandemic. And all they came up with was AZT."

"And if you do even a smidge of research, and I know, I’m not an epidemiologist, I’m not a doctor, I’m not an immunologist, whatever the f--k. I can read, though. And I can learn and I can look things up just like any normal person. I can do my own research, which was so vilified, to even question authority," he added. "But that was the game plan back then. Create an environment where only one thing works. Back then AZT; now, Remdesivir until we get a vaccine."

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