Goodness. Novak Djokovic is anti vaccination bc he said he& #39;s (as per diff translations) "opposed to/against vaccination". That& #39;s rly all there is to it.
If there are ppl leveraging the episode as a sort of anti-Novak by proxy drive-by, then I& #39;ve not the least bit of interest in that, but these attempts at muddying waters
and/or gaslighting others over his actual words are boring and irresponsible.
Whether it& #39;s Kosovo or Coronavirus it& #39;s right and proper to be critical and to scrutinise influential public figures& #39; words/actions. Fandom and petty TT skirmishes can get f*cked. Some things are far too important.
If and when he says or does something to indicate he& #39;s not "opposed to vaccination", or otherwise moderates his stance based on, say, the release of a coronavirus vaccine , then it& #39;ll be right to revise the idea of him being "opposed to vaccination".
(saying he& #39;d "make a decision" but "doesn& #39;t know" whether the thoughts he has will change, "empowering metabolism" etc - doesn& #39;t scream openness/receptivity to me but whatever)

Until then, we should prob do him the courtesy of not dispossessing him of his own expressed views.
Quite honestly, if you find Novak& #39;s stance on vaccines in any way surprising, WTF, or brandnewinformation, then you haven& #39;t been paying attention to his expressed ideals for the last several years.
What& #39;s often lost in these TT shitstorms tho is that the antivaxx movement like its many looser relatives in naturopathy, homeopathy, vitamins as cure-all, nutri-fads, "energy" etc is FAR more prevalent/embedded a feature of society than its "wacko" treatment would suggest.
(And that& #39;s before we even consider how it& #39;s found a natural home amongst the "individual freedom" loving crowd that see the conspiring/overreaching hand of the state in everything)
Bluntly, this thing overlaps/transcends loyalties and ideals. There& #39;ll be respected community figures/politicos, quite frequently members of one& #39;s wider family(!), even some academics, and yes (most unsurprisingly of all) beloved celebs/sports stars, clinging...
stubbornly, if only partially, to these belief systems (cos that& #39;s what they are) - most of whom likely won& #39;t conform to the "crazy" stereotype, less still identify as "anti-vaxxers" . The "wellness" industry isn& #39;t just fuelled by loudmouth cranks, but...
various stratas of education/awareness all of whom prob consider themselves "measured" , "probing" and "sceptical".

All of which is to say, it won& #39;t be a straightforward task undoing any of it - this point is particularly well made. https://twitter.com/Okwonga/status/1252157611383848960?s=19">https://twitter.com/Okwonga/s...
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