{"id":69984,"date":"2023-03-23T10:58:28","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T10:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/?p=69984"},"modified":"2023-03-24T09:31:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T09:31:57","slug":"novak-djokovic-denied-us-entry-over-covid-vaccine-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/2023\/03\/novak-djokovic-denied-us-entry-over-covid-vaccine-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic Denied US Entry Over COVID Vaccine Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1591886363072{margin-bottom: 16px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 8px !important;border-left-color: #868686 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #868686 !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #868686 !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #868686 !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #868686;\"><em>News<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1679569316479{margin-bottom: 14px !important;border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 16px !important;padding-right: 16px !important;padding-bottom: 16px !important;padding-left: 16px !important;background-color: #efefef !important;border-radius: 5px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #868686;\">\u201cNovak Djokovic has been ruled out of the Miami Open tennis tournament after the Serbian was denied an exemption that would have allowed him to enter the United States despite not being vaccinated against COVID-19.\u201d<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 11px; color: #999999;\">[<em>Source: <\/em><a style=\"color: #999999;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2023\/3\/18\/djokovic-denied-us-entry-over-covid-vaccine-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>aljazeera.com<\/em><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;69988&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_rounded&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1679569416488{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #868686;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11px; color: #999999;\">[<em>Image source: <\/em><a style=\"color: #999999;\" href=\"https:\/\/nl.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bestand:Novak_Djokovic_Queen%27s_Club_2018.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Wikipedia<\/em><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1591883486142{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1591886370173{margin-bottom: 16px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 8px !important;border-left-color: #868686 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #868686 !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #868686 !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #868686 !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #868686;\"><em>Comment<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Currently the world\u2019s number two men\u2019s singles tennis player and a 22-time Grand Slam tournament winner, Novak Djokovic is arguably the most prominent global sports star to have publicly stated his opposition to being vaccinated against COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Accepting that refusing vaccination can prevent him being able to travel to some tournaments, Djokovic says he is willing to forego the chance to become statistically the greatest male tennis player of all time. 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