Yohan Blake: "I’d rather miss the Olympics than take the vaccine. I am not taking it."

sorry not sorry wrote:

Yohannes Gutenblake wrote:

The man never struck me as much of a thinker. He did run that incredibly doped up 19.26 though, so maybe I should trust him on this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k45Mlpvuwk

Look at 2:45, Bolt comes out and is like "ain't that some good stuff?"

Meanwhile at 2:30, Dix walks away shaking his head like "that's not possible"

that 19.26 by Blake was a juiced-up joke

Lol. I think Bolt actually says "Where'd that come from??"

sorry not sorry wrote:

Probably won't matter tho, since the vaccine is only 'encouraged' and not required

Blake appears to be an idiot.

Who?? I don't think we'll miss him.

just the facts, ma'am: black people can have a distrust of government but no one else can because, this time, the government really is here to help.

Black distrust of government and medicine is very well founded and based in experiences ranging from the Tuskegee syphilis experiment to recent studies showing that infant mortality is three times higher when there is a white doctor treating black mothers.

But COVID 19 has had a grossly disproportionate impact on black people both in terms of deaths/illness and economic impact. If you are going to speak out against a vaccine that offers protection for black people and a chance to restart the economy and get a lot of black people back to work, you better come up with something other than "I have my reasons".

If the sole basis for your decision is the legacy of discrimination and abuse against black people by government and the medical community, then that is a fair point to make and the government and medical community are obligated to address it. But if you have a platform like Johan Blake does, you need to be responsible and understand that speaking out against the vaccine may cause black people to avoid taking it and end up dead or seriously ill as a result. The "I have my reasons" justification is a complete cop out that plays into an irrational paranoia in the black community that only serves to harm black people and does nothing to right the wrongs of discrimination. It just perpetuates the notion of the black community as being infinitely the victim of white oppression and having the only recourse to throw sand in the gears of society.

He probably already had COVID at one of Usain Bolt's parties, so it is likely a non-issue. If someone does not want to take the vaccine, it is their right to abstain. However, other countries are allowed to deny him entry to their country or on their planes if he chooses not to get vaccinated. A lot of countries already require visitors to get vaccines for things like Yellow Fever or Malaria, so this is nothing new.

Be Smarter wrote:

tuccone wrote:

Yohan Blake is a trumper!???!!!!$!!?!?!!!!!?!??),)!??,!

Ehhhhhh, Trump got the vaccine.

What he tells you and what he actually does are often two very different things.

Don’t be a sucker all your life.

Was that really not obvious enough to be considered sarcasm?

just the facts, ma'am wrote:

uhmmmmmmm wrote:

It's funny how the Progressive Left will use Trump antivaxxer sentiment to highlight their supposed stupidity, but keep quiet about the resistance to vaccines amongst the black population.

Black people have a distrust in government based on long history of being abused by the government. It's not quite the same logic or route to distrust that the far right is employing. Progressives aren't all quiet about it. You just only here what progressives are talking about through a conservative mouthpiece that has been carefully filtered to

Ok, so any white person who distrusts the government is far right, but black people have perfectly reasonable grounds for believing that the vaccine is an attempt by Bill Gates to steal their DNA.

Got it.

Dude already went to the olympics at least twice. The allure has wore off. I respect his adamant stance on not taking the vaccine. We are not sheep and its our bodies our choice.

deydoodoodohdohdontdeydoo? wrote:

just the facts, ma'am wrote:

Black people have a distrust in government based on long history of being abused by the government. It's not quite the same logic or route to distrust that the far right is employing. Progressives aren't all quiet about it. You just only here what progressives are talking about through a conservative mouthpiece that has been carefully filtered to

Ok, so any white person who distrusts the government is far right, but black people have perfectly reasonable grounds for believing that the vaccine is an attempt by Bill Gates to steal their DNA.

Got it.

Not what I said. I think everyone should get the vaccine. I'm not saying I support Blake. Someone said "no one is talking about how Black people have conspiracy theories about vaccines" and I pointed to someone with a platform on the left talking about it.

I'm also saying that the fears with healthcare black people have is rooted in very clear history and examples that I'm having trouble finding from the "bill gates is going to microchip us all" crowd.

Conspiracy theories about the government exist because our government has done some terrible stuff. During prohibition our government poisoned manufacturing alcohol to try to discourage people from drinking it when they couldn't get consumption alcohol. They were definitely responsible for deaths there. Conspiracy theories power is rooted in the existence of crappy other things happening. That doesn't mean that all conspiracy theories or even all government distrust should be created equal. It doesn't mean that Hilary Clinton eats babies, for example.

somerandofromtheinternet wrote:

just the facts, ma'am: black people can have a distrust of government but no one else can because, this time, the government really is here to help.

Hahahahah

big pharma and big chemical companies have a horrible reputation outside the west.

as in agents of extermination.

deydoodoodohdohdontdeydoo? wrote:

tuccone wrote:

Yohan Blake is a trumper!???!!!!$!!?!?!!!!!?!??),)!??,!

In GB something like 90% of the black community say they will refuse to take it.

It's funny how the Progressive Left will use Trump antivaxxer sentiment to highlight their supposed stupidity, but keep quiet about the resistance to vaccines amongst the black population.

Similarly, when black people were dying from Covid at 3 times the rate of white people, it had to be down to the racist white health system, rather than the obvious fact that black people in general weren't observing safe distancing or wearing masks as much.

What’s funny is that you misquoted a statistic from the UK to bash the American left and black population.

Forget the pretense in future and just vent your rage.

OLD SMTC SOB wrote:

sorry not sorry wrote:

Probably won't matter tho, since the vaccine is only 'encouraged' and not required

Blake appears to be an idiot.

Maybe he likes being healthy and so does not want to get sick by taking the vaccine,

governments with full power kill the people in every situation thus far.

the people are always the main enemy of the gov.

after the dole out of cash, in a year or two, there is the carcus of the western countries,

with massive debt, where all the assets are in the hands of the global bankers.

it's already 99% complete.

not the fat lady sings.

deydoodoodohdohdontdeydoo? wrote:

just the facts, ma'am wrote:

Black people have a distrust in government based on long history of being abused by the government. It's not quite the same logic or route to distrust that the far right is employing. Progressives aren't all quiet about it. You just only here what progressives are talking about through a conservative mouthpiece that has been carefully filtered to

Ok, so any white person who distrusts the government is far right, but black people have perfectly reasonable grounds for believing that the vaccine is an attempt by Bill Gates to steal their DNA.

Got it.

Anyone who does not distrust the government is a fool

tuccone wrote:

Be Smarter wrote:

Ehhhhhh, Trump got the vaccine.

What he tells you and what he actually does are often two very different things.

Don’t be a sucker all your life.

Was that really not obvious enough to be considered sarcasm?

Don’t be mad because Trump got the vaccine bro.

everything is theatrics on the political stage.

its a act.

political figures are stooges.

there is no president.

it is a racket.

100%

Half a million Americans have died because of the virus, there are 350 million of us. The odds just aren't that frightful, and a well conditioned athlete like Yohan Blake, I wouldn't worry either.

Yes I got the shot but only becaue the wie bugged me about it.