Five sports figures who shared the skepticism with Novak Djokovic regarding the coronavirus vaccine

Novak Djokovic, which appealed the decision of the Australian authorities not to admit him into the country for not respecting their very strict entry rules on Covid-19, is not a single high-level athlete who is skeptical of coronavirus vaccines. There are others, more or less famous than the Serbian. The following are others that are in the tone of the number 1 of tennis, in a compilation of the AFP agency.

Joshua Kimmich, sorry

The German footballer contracted Covid-19 at the end of last November. The 26-year-old Bayern star suffered lung injuries that prevented him from playing for several months. He had drawn ire from many by revealing in October that he was opposed to vaccination due to “fears and concerns.”

“I thought I could protect myself from the virus if I followed all the rules and tested regularly,” he said. In 2020, together with his partner Leon Goretzka, he created the We Kick Corona initiative to collect money for vaccination campaigns and charitable projects. But he ended up taking an appointment for vaccination in December, admitting “that it would be preferable to have done it earlier.”

Bryson DeChambeau, in doubt

The 2020 U.S. Open golf winner looked slimmer upon his return from convalescence. Covid-19 had cost him his place at the Tokyo Olympics last year. The Bomber revealed that he had lost 4.5 kilos to the virus but said he was not very enthusiastic about the idea of ​​getting vaccinated.

“The vaccine does not necessarily prevent contamination,” he told US media in August. “I am quite young, I prefer to give it to people who need it. I am a young person in good health, who will continue to work on his health, “said the 28-year-old golfer. DeChambeau, whose parents are vaccinated, said he considered imitating them if he thought a new vaccine would meet his criteria.

Kyrie Irving, champion of the anti

One of the Brooklyn Nets stars is back on the NBA courts after spending the first two months of the season out of action, having refused to get vaccinated. The 29-year-old guard said his widely criticized decision was not due to his opposition to vaccination as a whole, but was simply a personal decision.

“I do what is best for me,” he noted in October. “I know the consequences and if it means that I am judged and demonized for it, then it will be. It is the role that I play ”. At the moment, Irving, NBA champion in the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016, can only play away games – and not all – since while he is not vaccinated he cannot act at home due to the sanitary rules of the state of New York.

Aaron Rodgers, “immunized”

The legend of the Green Bay Packers of American football, with whom he won the Super Bowl in 2011, was one of the main voices against vaccination in the sports world in the United States. Criticized after a positive test, the 38-year-old quaterback has since adopted the role of a victim of the “woke mafia” and the “cancel culture”.

Before that, he had declared to be “immunized” after having sought an alternative treatment, since he stated that two of the available vaccines contained an unspecified ingredient to which he was allergic and that a third had caused, according to him, “many people” multiple “undesirable effects.”

Tennys Sandgren, contra Australia

The legend of the Green Bay Packers, the American football team in which he won the Super Bowl in 2011, was one of the main sports voices in the United States against vaccination. Criticized after a positive test, the 38-year-old quarterback has since adopted the role of victim of the “woke mafia” and the culture of cancellation.

Earlier, he had declared to be “immunized” after seeking an alternative treatment, as he claimed that two of the available vaccines contained an unspecified ingredient to which he was allergic and that a third had caused “many people” multiple “undesirable effects”.