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Cowboys defender Dak Prescott on Friday ignored the question of whether he had received the COVID-19 vaccine. The reply opened him up for funny comments on Twitter.
Prescott told reporters it wasn’t “quite important” if he was like that. Then he said, “I think it’s HIPAA.”
HIPAA stands for Federal Law on Health Insurance Portability and Liability. Within the law is the protection of patients from healthcare providers who disclose personal information without their knowledge or consent. From U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources website:
What information is protected
Information that your doctor, nurse, and other health care providers add to your patient information
Discussions that your doctor has with your care or treatment with nurses and others
Information about you in the computer system of health insurance companies
Billing information from you at your clinic
Most of the other health information about you is in the possession of those who are required to comply with these laws
Prescott appeals to HIPAA to avoid a yes or no question about the correct application of the vaccine.
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His response certainly couldn’t protect him from the following Twitter jokes:
My wife asked me if I played well on the golf course today. I told him the question violated my HIPAA rights.
Geoff Schwartz (@geoffschwartz) July 24, 2021
For the last time: asking me to select all the squares with traffic lights is a HIPAA violation
Pablo S.Torre (@PabloTorre) July 23, 2021
It’s a HIPAA violation to ask me how much hot tub water I accidentally drank
Julius Caesar (@ Jiddy7) July 24, 2021
The question of whether Pepsi is okay is a HIPAA violation
Laura Gorsky (@lauragorsky) July 24, 2021
There were also serious tweets because people considered non-response to mean Prescott is unvaccinated. It was also supported that Prescott refused to disclose personal information.
Vaccines are a hot button topic in the NFL on the eve of camps. The league told teams on Thursday that if the game is postponed because the team has COVID-19 among unvaccinated players and cannot be transferred again, the team that got the outbreak will lose the game in a lost way and that players on both teams will not be paid for the game.
Cardinals broad receiver DeAndre Hopkins then said on social media that he didn’t want the vaccine until he said he was “still about 9 years in me,” referring to his football career.
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