Team USA Olympic swimmer Michael Andrew won't get the vaccine because of side effects

Stupid

I hope he wins Delta.

[quote] Education: Liberty University Online Academy

Why didn't he get the vaccine in April? Why is he debating this issue a couple of weeks before the Olympics?

Tokyo shouldn’t allow him to compete if he’s not vaccinated. There shouldn’t be any exceptions.

At least he’s hot?

I am vaccinated, but I don’t believe it should be mandated.

[quote] At least he’s hot?

No. He’s not Michael Phelps ugly, but he’s not hot.

Douche, but handsome.

I’m gonna take a wild guess that he’s a Trumper?

I'm pretty shocked that Tokyo is allowing unvaccinated athletes into their country considering the pandemic is still raging with less than 17% of the population vaccinated.

When I was a kid vaccinations were mandatory. Some of the vaccinations we got at school.

Bye, gurl, bye...

He is pretty damn hot.

There won't be any spectators, so Japan will be safe.

[quote] He also attributes his success to God and believes in revolutionizing the sport of swimming by sharing "the glory of God to the world".[71] One example of this is when Andrew thanked his family and God in his 100 meter breaststroke post-win interview during the NBC telecast covering day two of the 2020 US Olympic Trials in swimming.[72] An example of Andrew extending grace to a fellow competitor is when he shared his post-win interview for the 200 meter individual medley at the 2020 US Olympic Trials with world record holder in the event, Ryan Lochte, who also competed in the race and finished seventh.[73]

[quote] At the end of 2020, Andrew was diagnosed with COVID-19.[74] In July 2021 and in advance of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Andrew communicated publicly via press conference he would not be getting a COVID-19 vaccine.[75][76] Unknown side effects that could potentially interfere with his training was one of the reasons Andrew shared as to why he would not get the vaccine.

At my complex, residents have to sign a waiver to use the swimming pool because of the still present dangers of Covid. If I was a swimmer I would not be getting into the pool with this guy.

He welcome to not have the vaccine but he shouldn't be allowed to attend the Olympics if he doesn't. End of story.

He can wait for the next Olympic games instead.

The god stuff above says it all-- stupid fundie.

Reading the story - I'd be very surprised if Andrew is allowed to attend the games. Oh well! He'll have more time for praying!

What an idiot. His body is in top form. He’s young. The vaccine should hardly affect him. I got AZ’d. After each jab I felt a bit tired for a few hours, although this didn’t stop me from going to the gym on the same day, doing hypertrophy. And I’m 48. He must be an anti-vaxxer.

He’s young enough to survive Covid, but is perfectly happy to risk spreading it around to people who are more vulnerable to its effects. How Christian of him!!

I suppose it all fits in with his philosophy of a God who tolerates great suffering in the world, but apparently takes a special interest in which asshole wins the 100m breaststroke.

When America sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're sending people that have a lot of problems, and they're bringing those problems with them. They're bringing COVID-19 and ignorance. And some, I assume, are good people, who got their vaccines and aren’t Trumpers.

Japan has incredibly strict restrictions on foreigners' entry to the country. That they would allow the Olympics to send athletes who are not vaccinated is really unbelievable.

He looks old for 22.

I hope this idiot doesn’t medal as it would fuel the anti-vaxxer fire.

It a shame that someone who puts the public at risk is allowed to compete, but Sha'Carri Richardson can’t because she smoked some pot.

Fuck this guy

He's probably so full of black market juice it's oozing out of his skin.

He’ll be hailed as a hero for the right wing.

[quote]won't get the vaccine because of side effects

What about the side effects of COVID?

The side effects last a whole 24 hours. He's an idiot.

He's a true American hero...just like Timothy McVeigh.

Deplorable idiot, sadly a lot of the swimmers are.

Fuck this deplorable asshole.

He's clearly not putting Propecia in his body either, although he needs to.

Michael Andrew Does Everything Differently. He Might Win Gold Because of It.

He may bring a medal back home. Along with the Delta variant.

Unvaccinated should not be allowed to compete!

He's really hot and looks hung. All is forgiven.

He's balding rapidly.

Hottie

If he had Covid already, doesn't that mean he has the same antibodies that the vaccine would have given him?

So I'm guessing he's a closet case?

This is a rough, bald 22.

This pandemic has brought out the worst in everyone.

His dad is hot. They showed him on the sidelines last night.

Hotness trumps, no pun intended, right-wing political views and a anti-vax mentality. He could be maskless and coughing up a lung, I would still let him do anything he wanted to me. ANYTHING!

Hotness trumps, no pun intended, right-wing political views and a anti-vax mentality. He could be maskless and coughing up a lung, I would still let him do anything he wanted to me. ANYTHING!

He's balding rapidly. Out with the garbage.

I got into it with someone on FB about this. He said it’s a personal choice and has no effect on anyone else.

I’m like, well, unless he tests positive and his teammates and contacts have to self-isolate.

He said that’s not Michael Andrew’s problem - that’s the fault of the IOC and Japanese organizers.

The selfishness and obtuseness of these MAGATs.

r49, it's not just the MAGA people who are anti-vaccine. Plenty of minorities refuse to get it as well, and are compounding the fact that they are galivanting around maskless. I went to a Home Depot in a low-vax minority area in my region. I was one of the only people in the store masked and trying to practice social distancing.

Also, weren't the super-liberal gays basically being just as selfish and obtuse back in the '80s when they protested the closing of the baths to curb the spread of AIDS or when they were being pleaded with to not be so promiscuous or at least use a condom? My point is that this type of narrow-minded thinking transcends political affiliation.

Great whataboutism, R50! Can you give me the original text in Russian?

Perhaps he will catch it and die? There goes his Olympic dreams.

So far he came in 5th in one race and 4th in another.

Lol

“Andrew carried a mask in his hand and placed it on a table during the interview. He was twice asked why he was not wearing one.

"No, no reason," he said. He still did not put it on.

"For me, it's pretty hard to breathe in after kind of sacrificing my body in the water," he said. "So I feel like my health is a little more tied to being able to breathe than protecting what's coming out of my mouth.”

What a pretentious douche! “Sacrificing my body in the water”. No medals for him!

Off your meds again, r55?

R56

Huh? R55 is a great post. Are you okay?

Nope

It was a quote from r54 link

[quote] When I was a kid vaccinations were mandatory. Some of the vaccinations we got at school.

He’s not a kid.

The athletes ask get tested every day. The pole vaulter has already traded poz and been pulled out of the games. I don't know whether he was a trumpet or was vaxxed

Yeah he's in a unique situation that the majority of the population will never understand. I'd be paranoid about getting sick too if I was in the Olympics. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity, twice if you're lucky. I'm sure after the last competition he'll get it, and I'm sure he's taking all the necessary precautions in the mean time.

[quote] Also, weren't the super-liberal gays basically being just as selfish and obtuse back in the '80s when they protested the closing of the baths to curb the spread of AIDS or when they were being pleaded with to not be so promiscuous or at least use a condom?

Fuck you and your nazi rewrite of history

For several years, the gays were the only ones spreading safe sex information. The rest of the world just stepped back to let us die.

I don't really see a problem with his not being vaccinated.

If the athletes are being tested for Covid every day, then what's the point?

R64 I've been saying all along that testing is more important than vaccinating the least vulnerable but good luck convincing others. They are in a cult.

Gen Z should be called Generation U for Unvaxxed.

What good does testing do? Theoretically you can test neg one morning, pick up the bug that same afternoon and spread it to god knows how many people before you test poz the next day. The upcoming NYC policy to test city employees once a week if they refuse to get vaccinated is a joke. If they contract the virus between weekly tests, they've already spread it to a multitude of people before their next test the following week. Get fucking vaccinated! It may not necessarily protect you from getting infected, but it will overwhelmingly spare you from a severe case and certainly death, as well as be one less unvaccinated person allowing this fucker to keep mutating until it's mutated into a variant that is resistant to the vaccines. Why are people even debating this?

This thread is wacky.

His family is crazy Christian. His dad has basically ran his whole life - training him in a way that made him super successful as a 14 and 15 year old, but he hasn't lived up to his potential since.

He trains high intensity all the time - full out sprints over and over. That only goes so far.

He should be kept in his room when he's not practicing or competing. He must not put others in danger.

What a douche.

[quote] What good does testing do?

Some people got it and make it pay.

Some people can't even give it away.

Some people got it, and some keep spreadin' it around!

You either got it. Or you've HAD IT!

R67 We have rapid testing that's even available over the counter. Testing won't eliminate all cases (neither does vaccinations), but if done frequently, should prevent any potential outspread. I am fully vaccinated and was tested again a few weeks ago. The problem of inadequate testing will really rear its ugly head when people fall ill from common illnesses in the months to come. We need to provide enough incentives for businesses to continue to be fully operational.

^Rather than impose the same one size fits all restrictions on areas of the country that have lower transmission.

To all of you that think he's hot, just look at the pic @ R15. He has a very nice body, but that face is like a fucking ape.

R60, that wasn't the point and you know it. Fucking troll.

R50 get the fuck out of DL you ignorant, fascist hetero.

I hope Caleeb Dressell is vaccinated

Fun read. (He didn't win either of his individual events, but sadly, he did win a gold with a relay team.)

If he had COVID, he'll never need a vaccine.

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I believe Fierstein was attacked for promoting monogamy with Torch Song in the early 80s.

R63 I am afraid you are trying to rewrite history. Yes there were gay men trying to educate others but there were also those who objected to having their sexual lives curtailed. If you were an adult then you were clearly wearing blinkers. It was a very confused frightening time.

Michael Andrew deserves to test positive for Covid and be sent home so that he misses the closing ceremony.