Fri Oct 22, 2021 – 4:21 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – Orlando Magic basketball forward Jonathan Isaac went viral last month for his eloquent explanation for why he declined the COVID-19 vaccine and call for respecting differing personal medical choices on the subject, and has now expanded on his thoughts and reaction to the controversy in an interview with the Daily Caller’s David Hookstead.
Isaac drew headlines near the end of September for confirming that he would not get vaccinated, despite the possibility of missing future games depending on local mandates. He explained that he did not believe the ratio of his personal risk of COVID reinfection versus the possibility of an adverse vaccine reaction such as myocarditis made sense for him, between his age, fitness, and prior COVID infection.
“I’ve had COVID in the past and I feel like I’ve done a good amount of research that’s only getting stronger that suggest immunity from natural infection is just as good, if not better than immunity from the vaccine,” Isaac told Hookstead in his latest interview, published Thursday. “There’s the part about me being healthy. I’m young.”
Beyond his personal situation, Isaac lamented that “COVID hysteria” nationwide
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