Bill Gates is a noted tennis fan and a philanthropist who get Nadal and Federer to South Africa to play a charity exhibition match.
Besides doing that he is also a very famous proponent of vaccination in general and his stance on the COVID-19 vaccine was pretty clear from the beginning. He donated millions towards vaccine development both before and during the pandemic. In a recent interview, Gates was asked about Djokovic and his vaccine stance and his response was.
"If they're an inspirational and trusted person, you know, then, they're spreading that, it just makes it tougher to get the vaccination levels that we really need. So, I admire him in a lot of ways, but I wish his views on vaccine weren't that way."
He then continued explaining why it is important for everyone to get the vaccine noting that it's not about the person but the community:
"Being vaccinated helps the community that you're in. They're not perfect at blocking infection, but they do reduce infection, and so it is unfortunate that someone's health concerns are so extreme that they cannot participate in that community protection."
Djokovic showed little remorse about his stance even if impatcs his tennis legacy and so far it has quite a bit. He missed three big events due to his unvaccinated status and it remains to be seen whether he might miss the US Open as well later this year.
0 Comments