Covid-19 vaccine rejection likened by Liverpool football coach Jürgen Klopp to drunk driving
Pedro Nunes, Reuters
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The 54-year-old coach said he had been vaccinated to protect the people around him and not himself. According to him, 99 percent of his charges are vaccinated and he did not have to convince any of them. Last week, the British media reported that only seven of the 20 Premier League clubs have vaccinated the majority of players.
“When I say I’m vaccinated, other people say, ‘How can you tell me I should get vaccinated? It’s a bit like driving under the influence of alcohol,” Klopp said before today’s match with Manchester City.
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“I guess we’ve all gotten into a situation where we had one or two beers and said we could still drive, but we can’t, by law, we don’t drive. But this law isn’t here to protect me if I drink two beers. and I want to drive. It’s to protect everyone else, because I’m drunk. We accept the law, “said the coach, who won the Champions League with Liverpool and the English title.
Klopp does not take vaccination as a restriction of freedom. “I don’t understand why this should be a restriction of freedom, because if it is, then a ban on drinking and driving is also a restriction of freedom,” he said. “I got vaccinated because I take care of myself, but even more about everyone around me. If I get it (covid-19) and suffer: my fault. If I get it and pass it on to someone else: my fault, not theirs, “he added.
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