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The reasons why Tsitsipas will now be vaccinated against Covid

Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas He was one of the tennis players who showed their doubts about the need to be vaccinated against Covid and showed their total rejection that it was mandatory to do so to continue competing on the ATP Tour.

“No one can get a vaccine and force me to put it on,” declared the Hellenic in New York, a victim on the track of the global graduation of Spanish Carlos Alcaraz.

The statements of Tstisipas created great controversy in Greece, there were ministers who disfigured their position when the government was trying to encourage vaccination.

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Tsitsipas, who had been a public image of the need to remain confined during the most critical phase in his country, wanted to clarify his position on the vaccine during a television interview on a popular Greek program: ‘To Proino’, on the ANT 1 network.

Asked about the issue, he stressed that at no time did he get involved in the public vaccination campaign. “Personally I never promoted it,” he added. Since he had done it in favor of confinement. And he added: “To clarify, I was never against vaccination. I support anyone who wants to be vaccinated. I am not a doctor, I am a tennis player. I am better in the field of tennis than commenting on medical issues.”

Will you get vaccinated? To which Tsitsipas answered yes: “It will definitely happen this year,” vaccination. “I don’t think there is another possibility.”

The interviewer wanted to know why. The question was, “Why do it? You don’t have to play tennis, but you do have to go to a restaurant in Greece from winter. Is that why you do it? Have a normal social life?”

The answer was short but forceful: “Yes, that’s why.”

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