Posted on 01/13/2022 6:33:12 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Several fully vaccinated tennis players participating in the Australian Open qualifying rounds have complained about tiredness and breathing problems.
The stakes are high for the organizers who have been keeping tennis star Novak Djokovic as a prisoner according to his parents. The player has won the tournament nine times, including the past three years and is currently tied with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal for most major victories of all time, namely 20.
Djokovic has been confined to a small room in a Melbourne hotel since the Australian authorities denied him entrance to the country, overriding his medical exemption. Australia has been living up to its history as a penitentiary with its farcical zero-Covid policy and skyrocketing number of infections.
Djokovic’s visa was cancelled on arrival and 34-year-old Serb is now languishing in a Melbourne immigration detention facility in a bid to prevent his deportation.
Colin Fleming, a commentator for Stan Sport, described Basilashvili’s symptoms as “very concerning” and added: “If you feel like you can’t take any kind of deep breath at this level and this intensity, that’s an issue.”
Tennis website OpenCourt claimed Basilashvili “may have been recovering from Covid”, but this could not be verified. “[He] told the trainer he had Covid ’10 days ago’,” the outlet said on social media.
His contender Stefanos Tsitsipas instead blamed the heat, not Covid, for Basilashvili dropping out in an interview with Tennis World USA: “Sometimes it’s a bit too hot. You could fry an egg on the court, but we are ready for difficult matches and also the excitement.” Clearly the heat had not bothered other players and some had even welcomed the weather conditions in Melbourne.
Dalila Jakupovic, who was forced to retire from her match after having dropped to the ground, told news outlet The Western Australian: “I was really scared that I would collapse. That’s why I went onto the floor because I couldn’t walk anymore. I don’t have asthma and never had breathing problems. I actually like heat. The physio came again and I thought it would be better. But the points were a bit longer and I just couldn’t breathe anymore and I just fell on the floor.”
Nick Kyrgios, the world’ number 93 player suffered breathing difficulties in the morning and pulled out of the match six hours before he was meant to play.
Bernard Tomic also had to take medical time out after complaining of breathing difficulties during the early stages of the second set, but he managed to soldier on. “No air is going in. I’m getting tired so easy,” Tomic was heard telling medical staff. “Is anyone else complaining today?” he wanted to know. “No, it’s been okay,” said the medic.
The panicked organizers of the Australian Open now blame the poor “air quality” which appears to be targeting only some players. Melbourne’s air quality is ranked as “good” by international standards.
The Qatar Stars League, Qatar’s national football league, said in a statement that Coulibaly has suffered a heart attack and is receiving medical care. The match was suspended and will resume at a later date.
This is yet another example of a top athlete collapsing on the field. The 25-year-old Marcos Menaldo from Guatemala died a few days ago during training. The fully vaccinated player had complained of breathing problems.
Security meanwhile found American comedy star Bob Saget’s lifeless body in a room at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Orlando, Florida. Saget had recently confirmed that he had been boosted.
She says he should suck it up, ugh, she's gross.
The panicked organizers of the Australian Open now blame the poor “air quality” which appears to be targeting only some players.
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OK. Sure.
Death will just get a redefining. “Busted from Boosting”
I know that there is a lot of money involved, but those players should just say thanks no thanks, Not interested in playing here ever again.
I mean that place sounds like an authoritarians paradise, why would you want to go to a place that is the embodiment of a boot on the back of your neck?
Imagine the optics of THAT at the Olympics...even just a half a dozen athletes keeling over during their events.
Unexpected...
Sudden...
The question is, are vaxxed athletes collapsing at historic levels? More than unvaxxed athletes?
Or, in the age of the Internet, are we better able to gather and view these events culled from a population of 8 billion people?
It’s not a difficult question to answer, but I doubt anyone will try to answer it by dispassionately doing the research without bias in either direction.
IIRC Jeremy Chardy, a fairly highly-ranked French tennis player, announced some time ago that he was having to retire from the pro ranks because of after-effects of the shots.
“Several fully vaccinated tennis players participating in the Australian Open qualifying rounds have complained about tiredness and breathing problems.”
NAH! Say it ain’t so! /s
Just imagine what would happen if the news media started looking into and reporting on death and illness associated with the jabs? Hmmmmmm. Very interestink. (sic)
“Just reschedule.”
Right — on another planet, in another century, the answer is to play the matches anyway.
The time difference means they will time delaying it all. On top of that you know the ChiCom’s will have the censor button at their finger tips for the whole two weeks. And NBC will edit it to be ‘progressive friendly’.
Meanwhile Malone and Navarro had yet another disgusting, partial hangout, op-ed in the Wash Times yesterday—still recommending the jabs for the 60+ demographic!
He’ll be the last one standing.
Level 4 conspiracy hat on
Are any FEMALE (desirable breeders of a future population) athletes falling ill, or just MALE athletes?
IIRC from Dr. Stragelove, they mused about a future 7:1 female to male ratio after the Russians detonated their Doomsday bomb.
Think about it ;-)
StraNgelove.
We regret the error.
Clot shot bad.
Interesting point you raise.
We focus on deaths, people are keeping lists, the Rays bullpen catcher, Betty White, etc. Given that most people survive a jab, I’d expect more people to have a moderate adverse effect than to die.
Problem with this approach is that an amateur athlete who has to retire isn’t making the news. Even a pro won’t necessarily get a lot of ink unless they’re a star.
Brandon Goodwin, NBA, may have had his career derailed by the vax.
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