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> Is this real? Then again he's anti-vaccine so that makes sense. He isn't anti-vaccine. He doesn't want to personally get a covid-19 vaccine. In his conver
by IncRnd 4y ago
> Is this real? Then again he's anti-vaccine so that makes sense.
He isn't anti-vaccine. He doesn't want to personally get a covid-19 vaccine.
In his conversation with BBC media editor Amol Rajan,
Djokovic insisted he "completely disagree[d] with"
anti-vaxxers and said he decided not to get vaccinated
because he had "always supported the freedom to choose
what you put into your body". [1]
[1] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-15/novak-djokovic-vaccination-stance-affects-legacy/100831504 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-15/novak-djokovic-vaccin...
- generalizations 4y agoIt's weird how all the people who have been consistently taking all the usual prescribed vaccines, but decided the weird experimental mRNA treatment was sketchy, have been automatically labeled antivax. It's kinda too bad that some people have lost the ability to have a nuanced opinion.
- kube-system 4y agoThey were experimental for decades. They’re some of the most widely used and studied vaccines in existence now.
- generalizations 4y agoThey're only "widespread" as a result of the last couple years, when their effect on human populations was studied at large and in the wild. They weren't widespread before 2020, when they'd barely entered human trials. "Some of the most widely used and studied vaccines in existence" is gonna need something to back it up, because we've been studying classical vaccines for decades and using them on cumulatively far more people. It's perfectly reasonable for someone to decide that they don't want to use a novel therapy. What's weird is when other people claim that that decision means they're anti-vaccine.
- papichulo4 4y agoNice defense from a PR firm for a guy who's talking to water. He's paused his professional career at times to make this point. Publicly thrown out of a country, etc. Do you think anti-vaxxers agree with him? Does it matter that he doesn't agree with them, if he still furthers their cause?
- IncRnd 4y agoWhy does it matter whether anti-vaxxers agree with him? People are allowed to have their own opinions about what they put into their own bodies. That's a fundamental right that we all inherit be being born.
- papichulo4 4y agoDoes it matter that he doesn't agree with them, if he still furthers their cause?
- IncRnd 4y agoObviously. You asked a question that was already answered. Please don't play rhetorical games like that.