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by donutdan4114 1616 days ago
I imagine top athletes are very concerned about what they are putting into their body.

Does he have any valid concerns? Have other athletes had any negative side effects from the vaccine?

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Every and any medical procedure has risk attached, and consent was - until recently - considered a given for any adult of sound mind, which is to say that any concern about a medical procedure is always valid, at its base, as is the refusal to have one.
Yes, there were negative side effects reported for athletes. For tennis, there's a case of French player Jeremy Chardy who had to stop playing for the season after vaccine reaction:

https://www.news24.com/sport/tennis/atptour/tennis-veteran-c...

It's funny how they say "veteran player" when he's the same age as Djokovic.

His wife thinks everyone is actually getting sick from 5G, look it up. He has no real concerns based in reality, he’s just a stubborn kook.
Stubborn kooks won the west, not sure if you mean it as an insult.
Given how many of them turn out to be on steroids I’d say it’s far from truth.