Ezekiel Elliott is one of the more than 2 million Americans who have tested positive for COVID-19, and he is upset that the story is out at all. The NFL Network and Ian Rappoport were the first to break the story.
The star Dallas Cowboys tailback tested positive for the virus, but is reportedly asymptomatic. Elliott, along with Cowboys QB Dak Prescott, were criticized early on during the nation-wide quarantine for attending a party.
Ezekiel’s agent, Rocky Arceneaux, confirmed to NFL Network that the running back — along with multiple unidentified players from the Cowboys and Houston Texans — contracted the virus.
The 24-year-old tweeted after that the information should not have been made public.
Several Dallas #Cowboys, including RB Ezekiel Elliott, have tested positive for COVID-19, per the #NFLNetwork
He tweeted a few times about the leak of the information. This could be a big story if someone broke confidentiality https://t.co/jTvysaBz8J
— Gabriel Schray (@schrayguy) June 15, 2020
HIPAA is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, which prohibits doctors from sharing personal medical information without that person’s consent. Reporters, however, are not covered by the 1996 act.
Elliot indicated his frustrations were with the media, and not his agent. “My agent only confirmed,” Elliot tweeted. “The story was already written. Reporters had been called my agent all morning.”
He added in a follow-up tweet that “my agent didn’t break the story to the media.”
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