Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, number 1 in the world, justified his decision not to get vaccinated against the coronavirus by the knowledge he has of his bodywhich leads him to think that he does not need to do it, and because he considers that he is not a threat to anyone.
“Based on the information about the vaccine I have decided not to get vaccinated. It is my position. Its going to change? I don’t know, everything evolves quickly, as we see in the decisions of certain governments,” said the player in an interview published this Thursday by the French newspaper ‘L’Equipe’.
‘I have decided not to vaccinate’
“At the moment, I don’t feel the need to do it to protect my body and I don’t feel like I’m a threat to others. Vaccinated or not, the virus can be transmitted. It is my position and, for the future, my mind is open. Anything is possible,” she added.
Djokovic noted that his tennis career has been based on a deep understanding of his body, which has led to few injuries and a “perpetual quest to improve the body, to improve performance and increase the capabilities of the body.”
“The organism must work all the time at full steam for more than fifteen years. Who has been able to do it apart from Roger (Federer), Rafa (Nadal) and me? (…) There is a huge job behind all this“, he pointed.
He recalled that he has suffered few injuries and that in the past he has made some big decisions based on it, such as delaying his elbow surgery in 2018 or changing his diet in 2010 to eliminate gluten.
Djokovic compared himself to other athletes who constantly think about their lifestyle, including LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Tom Brady and Cristiano Ronaldo. The tennis player put his decision not to be vaccinated in relation to this way of life. “Nobody on Earth knows my body better than me. I want to be the sole owner of my body. If I don’t have a sufficient understanding of my body, it’s like giving autonomy to another,” he said.
“Sometimes it is said that they influence me. No. I consult like everyone else with conventional doctors. A lot. Specialists in pneumonia, immunology, in Serbia, France, Switzerland, the United States,… I listen to them and with the knowledge of my body I do my own analysis and make decisions,” he added. He insisted that “this decision does not have to remain the same” forever: “Things change every day, we see it with the pandemic. We don’t know where the world is going”.
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