Soccer-Liverpool boss Klopp compares vaccine refusal to drink-driving

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Champions League - Group B - Liverpool v AC Milan - Anfield, Liverpool, Britain - September 15, 2021 Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp celebrates after the match REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo

(Reuters) - Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp likened refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccine to drink-driving, saying such people endanger others.

Klopp said he took the vaccine to protect not just himself but "all the people around me". The 54-year-old also said that 99% of his Liverpool players are vaccinated and that he did not have to convince anyone to do so.