Seven years in the past, State Farm pulled an advert that includes anti-vaccine activist Rob Schneider after a social media marketing campaign urged the insurance coverage firm to finish its affiliation with the actor. 

However after Inexperienced Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers mentioned on Friday that he didn’t get the COVID-19 vaccine as a result of he feared the shot would make him sterile, the insurance coverage firm is constant its monetary partnership with him and even known as him a “nice ambassador.”

“We don’t assist a few of the statements that he has made, however we respect his proper to have his personal private standpoint,” a State Farm spokesperson advised USA At present.

Social media customers are criticizing State Farm’s choice.

A State Farm consultant was not instantly obtainable for remark and its PR company Zeno Group deferred to the insurance coverage firm for remark.

Ought to State Farm deal with its relationship with Rodgers the identical means it did with Schneider, or is that this not an apples to apples comparability?

In 2014, State Farm dropped an advert starring Rob Schneider over his anti-vaccine views. Ought to it drop its relationship with Aaron Rodgers after he prevented getting the COVID-19 vaccine?

— PRWeekUS (@PRWeekUS) November 10, 2021