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Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady had COVID-19 in February, shortly after the Super Bowl championship boat parade, and is now vaccinated, the Tampa Bay Times reported Saturday.
"You guys beat covid last year. It's still around. Did you have it?" Asked reporter Rick Stroud.
"Yes," Tom Brady said, according to the Times.
"And I think it's going to be a challenge this year," he continued.
"In fact, I think it's going to be a bigger factor this year than last year, just because of the way we're doing it now and how the stadium is going to be, and how the travel and the people are going to be. the building and the fans. "
"It's not like last year, although they are testing us like last year. It's going to be like this, I definitely think the guys are going to be out at different points and we just have to deal with it."
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Brady's sayings come a week before the start of the National Football League (NFL) regular season.
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The NFL conducted last season under strict security protocols against COVID-19, including constant testing, the mandatory use of masks and limited contact with the outside public.
This season, some of those measures were lowered for vaccinated players as part of the NFL's plan to encourage vaccination and better ensure that all games are played.
Brady appears to be vaccinated, as Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians said Thursday that the team was "100% vaccinated," including all coaches and players.
The 44-year-old star quarterback won his seventh Super Bowl championship in February with a 31-9 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs.
The Bucs celebrated with a boat parade on February 10, during which Brady tossed the champion trophy from boat to boat.
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It is not clear when Brady was vaccinated.
At the time the boat parade took place, at the beginning of the vaccine rollout in the US, the vaccine was generally only available to people 65 and older and younger people with pre-existing conditions.
A representative for Brady did not respond to a request for comment.
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