Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen had a laugh Tuesday when he was asked about a conspiracy theory floating around that a body double filled in for Damar Hamlin at the Bills game on Sunday.

Hamlin, a 24-year-old safety for Buffalo, suffered cardiac arrest during an NFL game earlier this month. After a miraculous recovery, cameras panned over to the athlete supporting his team at Highmark Stadium, but since his face was covered and he was wearing a hood and sunglasses, theories spread online that it actually wasn’t Hamlin at the game.

Great to see Damar Hamlin at today’s game. pic.twitter.com/e7psnEArsq

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) January 22, 2023

the CBS camera feed got Damar Hamlin posted up like the banker from Deal or No Deal pic.twitter.com/IKWsiEtxOm

— Mo Sports (@MoSportsNetwork) January 22, 2023

“Would you like to debunk that conspiracy theory, or maybe even confirm?” Allen was asked during an episode of the podcast “Kyle Brandt’s Basement.”

“Yeah, that’s stupid,” the quarterback laughed.

“One, that’s Damar’s swag,” Allen said of Hamlin’s covered face and sunglasses. “He likes wearing that.”

“Two, he was in the locker room with us pre-game. So, yes that was Damar,” he said. “There’s absolutely zero chance. That’s the Damar Hamlin, that’s our guy, that’s our brother. He was with us pre-game, post-game, he was up in the suite with his family, his little brother, 100%.”

Allen added, “So, people need to stop that s***.”

.@JoshAllenQB reacts to the “Damar Hamlin body double” conspiracy theory.

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— Kyle Brandt’s Basement (@KBBasement) January 24, 2023

Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest following a tackle against the Cincinnati Bengals during the first quarter of an NFL game on January 2. The game was suspended and then ultimately canceled. Medical professionals administered CPR on the field, and Hamlin was whisked off in an ambulance some 16 minutes after the collapse. The athlete was treated at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, where he was sedated while in critical condition.

Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest following a hit in our game versus the Bengals. His heartbeat was restored on the field and he was transferred to the UC Medical Center for further testing and treatment. He is currently sedated and listed in critical condition.

— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) January 3, 2023

Hamlin was eventually transferred to a hospital in Buffalo, before being released to recover at home. Bills head coach Sean McDermott said last week that Hamlin had been at the practice facility “almost daily” and is “just trying to get back to a little bit of a routine.”

“That’s good news,” McDermott told the press. “He comes in and really just started — really today or yesterday — and just trying to get back to a little bit of a routine and getting himself acclimated again and taking it one step, you know, baby step at a time here.”

It’s unclear when Hamlin will return to the field, though it certainly won’t be this season. The Bills took a loss to the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, 27-10.

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Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) indicated Monday that she won’t permit the hiring of health care workers who’ve declined to get the COVID vaccine, despite her vaccine mandate being overturned in the courts and a serious healthcare worker shortage.

A state Supreme Court judge in Syracuse last week struck down the statewide vaccine mandate for medical staffers. The mandate was first implemented by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) in 2021, and then Hochul supported the edict when she became governor.

“Our healthcare systems are in desperate need of staff right now, we’ve had ambulances waiting five hours at our local emergency rooms to unload patients,” Rochester-based reporter Jennifer Lewke told Hochul. “The hospitals and nursing homes say they’re waiting for DOH [New York State Department of Health] guidance on whether they can hire any of those workers back. What’s the latest on that?”

Hochul said she’s considering legal options to challenge the decision that overturned the mandate and highlighted recruitment efforts for more vaccinated healthcare workers.

The Democrat also acknowledged that the shortage is “a problem,” while claiming the answer is not to hire ousted unvaccinated workers. “I don’t think the answer is to have someone who comes in who is sick, be exposed to someone who can give them coronavirus, give them COVID-19,” the governor told Lewke. “I don’t know that that’s the right answer. In fact, I’m pretty sure it’s not.”

“I think everybody who goes into a healthcare facility or nursing home should have the assurance, and their family members should know, that we have taken all steps to protect the public health and that includes making sure that those who come in contact with them at their time of most vulnerability, when they are sick or elderly, will not pass on the virus,” Hochul added.

Lewke again pressed the governor, “Couldn’t there be other safety precautions, masking? Or other mechanisms in order to allow some of them back in? I mean we’re at crisis level here in our hospitals and nursing homes.”

Hochul said she understood “the balance” but asserted that she “cannot put people into harm’s way, because when you’re going to a health care facility, you expect that you’re not going to come out sicker than you went in, I think that’s something every New Yorker would expect.”

Hochul is suggesting only unvaccinated people can pass along the virus, but according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it’s “likely that vaccinated people with breakthrough infection or people infected without symptoms can spread the virus to others.”

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul says she won't hire unvaccinated healthcare workers despite the mandate being overturned:

"I don’t think the answer is to have someone who comes in who is sick be exposed to someone who can give them COVID-19."pic.twitter.com/qy6UICxGd4

— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) January 24, 2023

Related: NY Health Care Upended Over Vax Mandate: Hospital Stops Delivering Babies, ER Closes, Wait-Times Explode