09/20/2021 3:16 PM
Clarín.com
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Updated 09/20/2021 3:16 PM
Stefanos Tsitsipas finally changed his mind.
A month after becoming the target of criticism from the government of his country for his statements, the world number 3 will finally be vaccinated against the coronavirus.
"I will do it this year to be able to go to businesses and restaurants," said the Greek in statements to the German television network Antenna.
"Personally, I have not promoted vaccination. I was not against it. I support all those who want to do it.
I am not a doctor, I am a tennis player and my opinion is not the best in terms of medicine,
" warned the 23-year-old. years that this season he was a finalist at Roland Garros.
In mid-August Tsitsipas had been against being vaccinated pointing out the possible side effects.
"Nobody has made the vaccine an obligation. In a moment I will have to do it, I'm almost sure, but until it is mandatory to play, I will not do it," he said then.
"I am young, in the category of under 25 years,
for me the vaccine was not sufficiently tested, it is something new. And there are side effects.
I personally know people who have had them," he added.
His words were criticized by the Greek government. "He does not have the knowledge, the background or the investigative work that would allow him to form an opinion on the matter," said government spokesman Giannis Economou.
Tsitsipas had been the image of the Greek campaign 'Stay at home' last year in the hardest moments of the pandemic. This Monday Tsitsipas confessed what had happened in those first months: "I had the impression that my life did not have any meaning ", he revealed.
Source: AFP
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