Sprinter Blake says he would rather miss Olympics than get COVID-19 vaccine

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Olympic champion sprinter Yohan Blake of Jamaica said he would rather miss the Tokyo Games than get the COVID-19 vaccine, although getting vaccinated will not be required of the athletes competing there this summer.

FILE PHOTO: Athletics - World Athletics Championships - Doha 2019 - Men's 200 Metres Semi Final - Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar - September 30, 2019 Jamaica's Yohan Blake reacts after his semi final REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel

The International Olympic Committee has said getting the vaccine is “encouraged” but not compulsory for athletes.

 

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simondolan You know coming from someone not scared about substances of notable description that is quite a statement. I understand his reticence and appreciate his stance based on a user of tried tested substances he still says NO!

Good on him - someone with a backbone and the courage of his convictions!

simondolan Good on you, mate.

People should know that the vaccine is not now. It’s 2 - 3 decades old. They have been using it to treat certain cancer patients. Because of the nature of this virus it was realized that a little tweek here would make it workable for the COVID19. And soo it did!!

Love this guy

Smart choice👍

Guess he’s not going then

Pro-Choice. This is the way.

Brave human being fighting against coercion. Thank you Blake.

simondolan He had a good immune system just like most of us, he will be fine👌we don’t need the bollocks

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Well, not all athletes are dumb or sold their souls to promote untested medical treatments. COVID19 COVID19Vaccine

Resist 👊🙌

Well done 👍🏻

Even though I understand your views on the Covid vaccination, you YohanBlake is a popular figure & others look up to u, u can’t put doubt in ur fans mind tht the vaccine is not a good ting, man up and go take the shot, most athletes take enhancing drug y u can’t take vaccine?

simondolan Healthy guy smart knows he doesn't need it

Good for him. We need more people to question the insanity/illegality of using the Public as guinea pigs for medical experiments which are known to be deadly when triggered by the wild virus. The sane people who trust their immune systems will be the last ones standing

simondolan good man

Ok, well bye.

At last some bottle by a 'celeb'. He's a winner for me

Good for him. The MHRA yellow card website which monitors side effects, is showing horrendous adverse effects, including blindness, deafness, neurological disorders and fatalities. They are increasing too. The media are failing to expose this. I wonder why?

Its better to keep your mouth shut and be considered a fool than to open it an remove all doubt !

simondolan Nobody with critical thinking wanna be a lab rat

simondolan Ok - but this is also because he knows he's not a contender. This just in - only runs 21.72 in the 200m qualifiers.

simondolan Good man,a celeb with a bit of brains!

simondolan Wonder was he as concerned about catching the flu at the last Olympics

simondolan Based

Merci 🙏

Well done 👍

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Missing the Olympics is Blake's choice.Y'all can go take the Vaccine,Just gwan n leff Blake alone

So they don’t want to wear masks. Don’t want to be able to vacation. But also don’t want believe in vaccines. We’re never gonna get back to any type of normal of people keep being r worded bout this

Well done

Exactly......ain't nobody putting that stuff in my body!

someone respects their body clearly.

Yes🙌🙌 And there are people on here saying that he should FORFEIT HIS BODILY AUTONOMY? Have any of you read history?🙄🙄

Smart man

Next

Says the man who was banned from athletics for doping.

Well done! No reason for a healthy young man to take a vaccine for an illness that causes only light discomfort in his age group. He could just aswell be taking birthcontrol pills 😂

Somewhere out there in a parallel universe Blake didnt take up athletics because he contracted polio when he was 3.

Not all great athletes are intelligent.

Perhaps he is aware of the fact that the Japanese public will not be able to get vaccinated until the spring of 2022。 And that the majority of Japanese do not want the Olympics to take place.

People that don’t have intelligence are so passé.

Ignorant scaredy cat.

Notice how majority of ppl bashing this guy and suggesting he’s only fast and lacks intelligence are so called white ‘liberals’. You ppl are 2 sides of the same coin. Supremacist and evil 🖕🏿

I'm sure plans are already being made.. 'Next-Please'

The anger at him is irrational. Until a vaccine can stop spread, his decision is perhaps dangerous for him, but meaningless for you. You can't get a serious case. He can. Both of you are still spreaders. What's the problem?

Gukkie_patooTae?

Top lad - I would do the same. Agenda 2030, wef are starting to get found out.

Does anyone cares what this man thinks ? Why this is making the news ? Is it just to make the buzz that Reuters writes a story ? Rhis is one man who you, Reuters, gives a voice. Without you, who would have notice his declaration ? Think before writing

That's some real shit. I love that

With the death rate of hospitalization for black people - this is a very smart move

Is this serious journalism or info provision? What do you aim for by relaying everything that any socially irresponsible says? There are so many other great athletes who would very happily get the jab, and would be also willing to go also to the Olympics.

The same Yohan Blake who used methylhexanamine to dope his performance? But he won’t get a vaccine? Okay okay okay okay okay.

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Need more like him , a lot more

I don’t know why the iocmedia and Tokyo2020 didn’t just move the games to 2022 when they postponed them last year. We used to have the summer and winter games in the same year. There’s no good reason not to do so again to keep athletes, volunteers and spectators safe.

Maybe he thinks he can outrun it.

🤡

That’s a fitting reward for being ignorant.

Love how we are bluffing into our areas of freedom and choice. Lest I forget,someone mentioned that this was the right opportunity to get hands on birth control, that's if you've got an idea of how this is related.

His body, his choice. The gold medal goes to someone else.

So be it, then

Fast body, slow mind.

sprinter and the pharma industry, usually a good match 😉

cant out run it the vid will get

fast legs leads not always to clear thinking 😅

No one said he was smart, just fast.

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He does not have to worry about missing Olympics. There is no possible way they can be held this year.

if it's a vaccine why it's not the cure..its a medication...mutations are coming every month

Why is this news

this is bad news.. why the anti-vaccine stance? They've been tested pretty well and the number of people getting side effects are super low

Brains in his boots. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

tool

Is he a medical doctor? Scientist? No? No-one cares.

Big Pharma has done a proper number on itself, trust deficit is proper 👌. Mind you Blake has probably 1 or 2 Olympics left in peak form.

Why are we all being rushed into taking their vaccine

Right because they can track you with a vaccine but not a cell phone. LoL if they wanted to do this it would have been in the water years ago. Oops did I say that out loud?

😂😂😂stay suspicious bro.

No one gives a crap.

He wasn't gonna win anything anyway

Bye bye then 👋

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Then he misses the Olympics. That’s his choice. I’m sure there’s someone right behind him who’d love to be in the Olympics. Next!

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The water from the tap and the air you breathe is more dangerous than getting a jab.

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YohanBlake is less afraid to take some other stuff.

He's a runner, not a doctor. His opinions about a vaccine are as valid as my opinions about training for the Olympics - I.e., not at all.

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Why is he forced to take it to participate? You people are the real fascists.

Probably tired of his daily 'vitamine' shots already 🤦🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️😷

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At least he has got solid brains

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Okay. Stay home.

That just shows that his legs are faster than his brain.

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'I don't really want to get into it now, but I have my reasons.' Well, tell us them, damn it. Reuters needs to stop with the clickbait AND try to get to the bottom o’ tings. Such a useless story to report.

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Why give him your megaphone?

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and I support him!

My hero

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Dumb

What a genius.... not

I can run like the wind blows, stupid is as stupid does.

Lol

Funny how all that 'my body my choice' shit flew out the window when it came to not wanting the vaccine...

What was the news value in parroting an anti-vaccine message?

Smart kid

Fine, have a nice time not at the Olympics

Dumb.

Good he gets to make that choice and no one should judge Blizzy__J

Then that's just the way it goes...

Crucial! This is something.

Smart man

Brilliant

Then he doesn’t go. Don’t feel bad for stupidity!

That’s ok. It’s his choice.

This is the leadership we need

Would probably interfere with all the steroids in his system anyways.

So, he can sit it out.

👍🏻

It's boring to sit at home alone, looking for someone to spend time with

Same.

jfc

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