Cole Hocker is unvaccinated going into Olympic Games

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rojo wrote:

But at the same time, if hasn't gotten covid, to be honest, I think the logical thing for him at that point is to think, "I've made it for like 17 months, I'll just go one more and get it after the Olympics." And if he has already gotten covid, then it's even more of a no-brainer.

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Also, the Ben Rosario tweet is over three months old. Maybe you guys could report on how Covid and/or vaccines are impacting elite runners? That seems like a better path than calling your readers assholes for suggesting someone follows standard medical advice.

Agreed. People really need to open their damn eyes honestly.

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go to church with them wrote:

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uleshi wrote:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.indystar.com/amp/8020273002

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Of course. He’s from cathedral high school and a great Trump supporting family.

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Tastes Like Chicken wrote:
You are looking at the wrong numbers. If you want to know which group is contributing the most to the spread of the virus, you can't just look at the (un)vaccination rate. How much each group spreads the virus depends on the total number who are unvaccinated, not just the rate.

As the article points out, 55% of whites, and 66% of blacks are unvaccinated. To see how much each group contributes to the spread of the virus, those rates need to be weighted by each group's share of the population. Since whites are 60% of the population, and blacks are 14% of the population, unvaccinated whites are 33% of the total population, while unvaccinated blacks make up only 9% of the population. In otherwords, there are almost 4x as many uvaccinated whites as there are unvaccinated blacks. So whites are contributing far more to the spread of the virus than blacks.

Remember: Mother Nature doesn't do narratives; Mother Nature does math.

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It's all making sense now. I was wondering if there was something wrong with him when he decided to shush the HOME crowd while they were cheering wildly for him. I think he saw Trae Young do it and thought that would be an appropriate thing to do at your own stadium. I think this dude might not be too bright.

I agree: Hocker seems not only to be an very promising young runner, he is also smart.

It should be wellknown by now that children and young adults have zero risk of death or severe illness from the virus!

Why should he take the risk to get "rare" serious heart desease (myocarditis) or "rare" blood clots or many other "rare" severe side effects?

The people who find he lacks solidarity can just take the jab themselves if they trust they will then be protected. If they don´t trust the jab: What is the problem by not getting vaccinated!

I’m speculating here but my guess is he had Covid or was recovering from Covid around the time he got beat by Nuguse in early May. That would probably explain why he wasn’t at his best that day.

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Questionable1 wrote:

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RIP Hocker wrote:
Oh no! According to the COVID fearmongers Cole Hocker has about a 96% chance of dying in Tokyo and a 100% chance of killing at least 16 grandmas during his short time there! What a travesty, to lose such a promising athlete at such a young age!

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Once again another dumb a$$ comment from an idiot on letsrun.

Hocker is an idiot for not being vaccinated. He can catch it and pass it on to others who will die. That is exactly how millions passed it on to 630K who died and the millions who were sick. 99.5% of those dying from the Delta variant are those who are unvaccinated!

If you aren't vaccinated by now, you are a complete idiot.

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Hocker not getting vaccinated shows Hocker has no respect for himself, his family, or the other Olympic teammates.

These Olympics are going to be a disaster. COVID is going to sweep through the unvaccinated just as it is across the globe.

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objectiveobserver wrote:
I agree: Hocker seems not only to be an very promising young runner, he is also smart.

It should be wellknown by now that children and young adults have zero risk of death or severe illness from the virus!

Why should he take the risk to get "rare" serious heart desease (myocarditis) or "rare" blood clots or many other "rare" severe side effects?

The people who find he lacks solidarity can just take the jab themselves if they trust they will then be protected. If they don´t trust the jab: What is the problem by not getting vaccinated!

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What. A. Clown.

Not sure how a 20-something finds themselves into the anti-vax category but he is from Indiana. Must be a socialization thing. Would guess his parents lean right. That, or he's just another athlete who thinks his body is above the vaccine.

Cannot risk the side effects of the vaccine.

Logical

I thought it was a Tokyo requirement for all visiting athletes to be vaccinated?

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DirtyT wrote:

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Mattyc wrote: bit certainly selfish too.

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How is it selfish to not get the vaccine? You can still get, and spread Covid if you get the vaccine. It’s literally only helpful in protecting yourself from getting bad symptoms. I know 4 people who got Covid after getting the vaccine and they all spread it to others.

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