While the world hopefully
looked at the vaccination like a wway to diminish the Covid-19 pandemic’s impact, the laureate Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic decided not to immunize. Like him, there are many people who
consider the vaccines as hazardous stuff for human health, although the medical
evidence has proven effectiveness to prevent or reduce the symptoms of several
health conditions two centuries ago.
The Djokovic’s denial for
vaccination ccosted him not to play the Australia Open in January 2022. This is
one of four Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)tournaments that allow to
add scores to make the world ranking which the tennis player is one of the
leaders. The Australian politic authorities ruled to prohibit the entrance of
any person without full vaccination as a health measure for avoiding new
outbreaks.
But Djokovic’s rejection was
not the only thing playing against him. Before trying his entry to Australia,
it was revealed he have been positive to the infection and that being infected,
he gave an interview to a medium in France – he even posed for photos not using
a mask, one of the preventive barriers against the virus. Ultimately, a court
took the tennist out the nation of kangaroos and koalas, and he was legally
prohibited to enter for other more three years.
France, the next ATP’s
destination, also issued a prohibition for any non-vaccinated athlete to enter.
As well, the U.S., other place where the tournament is played, issued it.
Djokovic’s homeland Serbia has protested alledging a world conspiracy against
its champion and it’s called him symbol of freedom because he held his
denial for vaccination.
Although as a general rule,
any athlete’s organisms have a better immunologic response due to the training and the
whole lifestyle, this
doesn’t mean they are physiologically invulnerable to any disease. In fact,
it’s probable the own care reduces the aggressiveness of symptoms compared to a
person who doesn’t work out or doesn’t have a healthy lifestyle, but that
doesn’t mean they can elude those issues, rather if their own activity or
lifestyle exposes them to risk situations.
Otherwise, whether the
discipline any athlete does, there are rules ordering each procedure, each
winning way, and even each penalty once any fault is proven. And every athlete knows
he has to submit them for his participation to be in equal conditions regarding
other contenders.
And when it’s avout coming
out the own country to contest in other one, every athlete knows once the
national territory is left, the country’s rules are over the sport rules – the
reasonable is submitting to them. If you don’t agree, you can quit unless the
country gives a special treatment to each case and allows the access. But while
that prerrogative is not used, the land is flat for everybody.
And above the rules, every
athlete, as his image grows up, turns into a reference for hundreds, thousands,
or millions of followers. Then, what he does or he leaves to do, although he
doesn’t want it, influences. So, part of his responsibility consists in
measuring and caring the impact of his behavior. This doesn’t mean he lives
obsessed by the sanctions but he lives convinced of it’s the right way to act.
It’s not a better athlete who
gets more priviledges but who wins the recognizement of everybody based upon
humility, perseverance, and positive attitude. Obviously, Djokovic is not the
only case of this kind but the one that caused more controversy globalwide in
the last times. Nevertheless, the lesson applies to the previous cases, the
other actual ones, and what could emerge today to up.
This is a Good topic to talk about with the trainer, other athletes, and, why not, the community in general. Even, we propose you to dialogue and discuss it in the comment box below or on our Twitter account. You also can write us at chulucanasgym@gmail.com
