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Novak Djokovic to miss US Open due to Covid-19 vaccination status
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
- Unvaccinated tennis superstar Novak Djokovic will not be able to travel to New York for the 2022 US Open.
- The CDC requires noncitizens to show proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 before flying from a foreign country to the U.S.
- In July, Djokovic said he was willing to miss tournaments rather than get vaccinated.
Serbian tennis superstar Novak Djokovic announced that he will miss the 2022 US Open due to being unvaccinated against COVID-19.
“Sadly, I will not be able to travel to NY this time for US Open,” Djokovic wrote on Twitter on Thursday.
The three-time US Open champion wished his fellow players “good luck” and said he’ll “keep in good shape and positive spirit and wait for an opportunity to compete again.”
In July, Djokovic said that he hoped U.S. officials would change rules requiring foreign visitors to be vaccinated against COVID-19, so he could compete at the tournament.
“I’m not vaccinated and I’m not planning to get vaccinated so the only good news I can have is them removing the mandated green vaccine card or whatever you call it to enter United States or exemption,” Djokovic said at that time.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday updated its guidance on international travel saying: “Non-U.S. citizen, non-U.S. immigrants: You must show proof of being fully vaccinated with the primary series of an accepted COVID-19 vaccine before you board your flight to the United States. Only limited exceptions apply.”
Djokovic has been at the center of controversy in the tennis world since he was placed in quarantine in Australia amid a legal battle over whether he could be allowed to play in the Australian Open.
The 21-time Grand Slam champion was allowed to participate in the French Open and Wimbledon recently, despite his unvaccinated status. Earlier this month, he missed the Canadian Open over a similar mandate for travelers.
Djokovic said he was willing to miss tournaments rather than get vaccinated. The 35-year-old claims he is not against vaccines but wants people to have the freedom to choose whether they get vaccinated. He added that the choice shouldn’t be forced by governments.
Djokovic is not the only superstar athlete who refused to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving and Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers also voiced their skepticism about COVID-19 vaccines and mandates.
This year’s US Open is set to begin on Aug. 29 and will run through Sept. 11.
Source: People
Houdini
August 26, 2022 at 6:54 pm
Novac knows that the Gates/Fauchi clot shot was DESIGNED to KILL. Young healthy athletes, pilots and children are dropping like flies from the depop vax. “SADS..sudden adult death syndrome” = fully vaccinated with MRNA & toxic Graphene Oxide!
Fred
August 26, 2022 at 9:21 pm
Good for Djokovic! The vaxxes are true bioweapons and anyone who can read and think for themselves knows it and has known it from the beginning of the plandemic. As a former pro athlete, I *never* took a drug without being fully informed and aware of *exactly* what and why and was it worth the risk. I’m amazed *any* athlete would let themselves get injected with an mRNA “drug” that has never worked with literally no risk from the disease it didn’t even work against. Again, good for Djokovic, he’s smart as well as talented. How many more athletes beyond the *hundreds* who have already died need to drop dead from the fake vaxxes before people wake up? The truth will eventually get out to most of the people, but sadly far too late. But isn’t it odd that the CDC admitted last week they got it all wrong, but the government is still mandating the bioweapon jabs. And I’m sure the timing is coincidental: Fauci’s making a run for freedom as the truth becomes more difficult to censor and suppress.
max
August 28, 2022 at 9:17 am
We the People have allowed our country to be taken over by Marxists. And I have to wonder if WE even know it!
Do we understand what a vaccine is? Do we NOT know this compound the government is putting into our bodies is NOT a vaccine?
That is a fact, it is not a vaccine it is an RNA modifier. What does it do to your body? It does not stop the virus CV-19 from growing in your body that is a fact!
The Marxist used a weak virus CV-19 to frighten all into doing so very stupid things, like shutting down our entire economy and our schools and lots more!
The every year flu kills around 2%, we do not put masks on or shut down anything, but CV-19 kills less than 1% and we just about killed America do to WHAT? Make you stay home and vote by mail.
I’ll leave it at that and you work out where your country is going.