Professional paintball players said Jessica Maiolo's message, which some perceived as anti-vaccination and fatphobic, doesn't represent the larger paintball community. Andrea Martinez had just woken up from a nap when she saw the video of her Team USA Paintball teammate. Her husband had awakened her, telling her something was up with her team, as her phone "was going crazy," she said.
"I saw the video, and I was really disappointed," said Martinez, 39. "It's not in line with me and my values and the things that I believe in, obviously." She said the video was extra disappointing because she was at home in Chino, California, battling Covid, despite having been vaccinated. Maiolo did not respond to multiple requests for comment. She has apologized on her Instagram page.
Her teammates, who were competing on the East Coast, were frantically trying to contact her to alert her about the TikTok video that was setting off a firestorm. Once she opened the video, Martinez could not believe what she was seeing. Team USA Paintball indefinitely removed player Jessica Maiolo after she posted a viral TikTok video saying a child with Covid-19 needed a "treadmill, not a Covid shot." via TikTok Jessica Maiolo, a Team USA Paintball member, had posted a 15-second TikTok video of herself in front of an image of a TV displaying a news story about a teenage boy suffering from Covid-19. "Ma'am, your kid does not need a Covid shot. Your kid needs a f------ treadmill," Maiolo says in the video, which has been removed. "That's what he needs."
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