New England Patriots’ decision to cut veteran NFL quarterback Cam Newton had nothing to do with his COVID-19 vaccination status, the team’s head coach said. Bill Belichick told reporters during a press briefing on Wednesday there are “a lot of factors” involved in the release of Newton, who had previously declined to confirm whether he has been vaccinated against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, saying the issue is too personal to discuss. “No. You guys keep talking about that … the number of players and coaches and staff members that have been infected by COVID in this training camp [around the NFL] who have been vaccinated is a pretty high number, so I wouldn’t lose sight of that,” Belichick said while responding to questions if the quarterback’s vaccination status has anything to do with him being released. “There’ve been a number of, quite a high number I would say, of players …