Posted on 01/21/2024 12:37:32 PM PST by lightman
Blessedly, the debate over the COVID vaccine has died off. The ‘Karens’ have retreated into their darkened lairs. The world has reopened. No one sane wears masks anymore. Only the weirdos and the Democrats continue to abide by the social distancing protocols that were ineffective. Yet, while these Fauci commandments were atrocious, the drama over the vaccine will never fade. We were lied to about the efficacy.
The madness over the mandates turned some of the world’s best athletes into social pariahs, even barring them from competition. Aaron Rodgers was raked over the coals regarding the controversy concerning his vaccination status. The future hall of famer and Super Bowl champion couldn’t take the vaccines over concerns about allergies to its ingredients. Yet, Rodgers’ treatment was no match for what Novak Djokovic endured.
The crowd heckles Novak Djokovic: “Get vaccinated!”
Djokovic: Serves an ace.
😂 Gotta love it.
pic.twitter.com/itDEYPwlss — Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) January 20, 2024
Djokovic, the world's current number-one ranked tennis player, was barred from the 2022 Australian Open over his refusal to get vaccinated. It led to his detention and eventual deportation. He was heckled at matches over the matter. His 2023 season was something of a comeback year, not that he suffered any significant injuries, but because the world has returned to a resemblance of sanity post-pandemic. Djokovic has also played at an elite level. But one person known throughout the tennis world won’t be able to write more about Djokovic: Mike Dickson, the reporter who attacked him over his vaccination status, even going so far as to suggest his legacy could be impacted. He collapsed and died in Melbourne while covering the Australian Open. Djokovic offered his condolences to the family. Dickson was only 59 (via Associated Press):
British tennis writer Mike Dickson has died while covering the Australian Open in Melbourne. He was 59.
His death was announced Wednesday by his wife, Lucy, in a joint message with the family on X, formerly Twitter. It was confirmed by The Daily Mail, the British newspaper where Dickson had worked since 1990.
“We are devastated to announce that our wonderful husband and Dad, Mike, has collapsed and died while in Melbourne for the Aus Open,” the Dickson family wrote in a post on his X account.
[…]
The Australian Open said it was “shocked and saddened” to hear of the death of Dickson, someone the event organizers called “our long-standing colleague and friend.”
Dickson, who lived in Wimbledon, was a cricket correspondent at the Mail before moving to tennis. The newspaper said he covered 30 different sports across nearly 50 countries in total.
Condolences to Mike Dickson family 🙏 Rest in Peace https://t.co/skSMgwvBcZ — Novak Djokovic (@DjokerNole) January 18, 2024
Define irony. RIP Mike Dickson. pic.twitter.com/CS2toL35zV — Maverick Mindset (formerly Michigan Charts) (@MichiganCharts) January 18, 2024
NEW: 59-year old sports reporter Mike Dickson, who despised tennis star Novak Djokovic for not getting vaccinated, suddenly dies while covering the Australian Open.
Holy s***.
Dickson, who constantly shamed Djokovic for not getting vaccinated, collapsed and died according to a… pic.twitter.com/ZCLibQDLVF — Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) January 20, 2024
Is this another ‘died suddenly’ case, where someone otherwise young and healthy who got the COVID shot passed away? We don’t know, but it hasn’t stopped others from noting the irony. Djokovic handled it like a pro—let’s leave it at that. Others around the tennis and sports world also paid tribute to Dickson, known as 'Mr. Wimbledon.'
As an aside, the scores of young folks who took the vaccine and developed severe side effects is another part of this COVID saga that never got a fair shake. If you talked about it, you were a conspiracy theorist. If you wrote about it, you got banned. The pervasive campaign to shut down debate or even discuss matters that come with any new vaccine was unprecedented and undemocratic. And that’s why, among other things, the medical regime might never be trusted again; at the very least, they will be met with extreme skepticism whenever another pathogen supposedly threatens mankind.
With COVID, the ‘take the shot, take off the mask’ salesman pitch quickly disintegrated when Omicron arrived and got everyone else sick. It hit liberals especially hard, shattering their self-righteous position on the whole matter: they did everything right and got infected like the rest of us. Notice how the lefty schadenfreude over those who contracted the virus or died from infection ceased after that wave.
Still, the Djokovic-Dickson dynamic with his passing is jarring.
One thing that has opened by eyes is my wife is a care giver in a rest home. These old folks are largely up to date on the vaccines which at this point is the main one and like 6 or more boosters.
They are having tons of side effects, including long covid and tumors popping up all over their bodies.
While we think everyone is waking up to this, there are segments of the population who are not.
Speaking of which do any FREEPERS have some good approaches to minimize the effects of vaccine shedding?
“Only the weirdos and the Democrats continue to abide by the social distancing protocols that were ineffective.” Even Fausti said they made up the six foot bs.
Most are using Vitamin D, zinc, NAC on a daily basis for immune health and HCQ or Ivermectin on a weekly basis for prevention. May have to use HCQ or Ivermectin twice weekly around heavily shedding people. Can obtain HCQ and Ivermectin (pill form) from AllFamilyPharma.com.
We had friends who were all angry that the unvaccinated were causing the pandemic and preventing them and the wonderful vaccinated from leading a normal life.
Now their doctor told them not to get any more boosters, and they are oblivious to how obnoxious they were.
Djokovic took a lot of flack for not getting vaxxed. He took a stand and I respect him for it, and in hindsight it looks better and better.
His body, his choice.
Perfect. You said “had” friends. Guaranteed, if I had obnoxious friends like that…
I’m pretty sure a professional athlete does what he believes best for his body.
He’s still #1 in the world at 36, which is old for tennis.
I hope he keeps winning.
How Novak Djokovic Responded to the Death of the Reporter Who Attacked Him Over His Vaccination StatusProbably yelled at his team, called a medical timeout, went over time on his serve, and blew a kiss to the booing fans.
“they are oblivious to how obnoxious they were.”
I suspect these people are told by the press what they should think. They hear and repeat. Their job is done.
Do they even remember what they said a year ago? Probably not.
There are a few problems with their approach. One is that you can’t delegate thinking any more than you can delegate bowel movements. You have to think for yourself, if you are to think at all. These people aren’t thinking.
A second problem is that they are relying on our totally unreliable one party, one ideology press.
Djokovic is all class!
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