Offspring drummer Pete Parada fired over failure to get COVID vaccine

Guess you gotta hold ’em vaccinated.

The drummer of The Offspring has been booted from the favored rock band after failing to get the COVID-19 vaccine over medical issues.

Pete Parada introduced the information in a prolonged Monday Instagram put up, the place he made clear he harbored no ill-feeling towards his bandmates, however mentioned the dangers of getting the jab for him “far outweigh the advantages.”

“Since I’m unable to adjust to what’s more and more changing into an trade mandate — it has not too long ago been determined that I’m unsafe to be round, within the studio, and on tour,” the drummer wrote.

It wasn’t clear by means of his assertion if Parada’s departure is everlasting, however he famous he won’t carry out within the band’s upcoming reveals.

Parada mentioned all through his childhood he suffered from a number of rounds of Guillain-Barre Syndrome and does need to threat triggering one other bout with the vaccine.

Whereas remaining cordial with the band, Parada did rail towards vaccine mandates.

“I don’t discover it moral or smart to permit these with probably the most energy (authorities, firms, organizations, employers) to dictate medical procedures to these with least energy,” he wrote.

“There are numerous of us (like me) for whom these photographs carry a higher threat than the virus,” he mentioned.