I admit to being a huge Novak Djokovic fan, all the more when he was willing to forgo his opportunity to win yet another Australian Open, his best tournament, during COVID-19 for his refusal to take the mRNA vaccines.
The matches took over nine hours en toto, and the two men he beat were a combined 27 years younger than Mr. Djokovic who is 37.
The Serb is doing his best to demonstrate to the world the extent of human physical capability as we age. It’s inspirational, if you think about it.
Where Dr. Fauci Fits In
As Mr. Djokovic was playing the second of these marathon matches, at more or less the same time, Dr. Anthony Fauci was testifying before a congressional committee.As is often the case, the hearings were mostly unimpressive, preparation mediocre at best, with opinions of the doctor breaking along partisan lines.
Mr. Daszak is said to be Dr. Fauci’s conduit to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the lab from which, most of the world now admits, the virus leaked.
This was a “theory,” the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases sought to obfuscate, since it would have perhaps pointed some of the blame for the pandemic toward him. He would have been partly responsible for the greatest worldwide disaster since World War II plus the extraordinary enrichment of drug companies and others who profiteered endlessly off the suffering of millions of people.
But we know all this, don’t we?
The doctor denied all culpability and they applauded, calling him an American hero. They asked us to sympathize with his problems when his policies contributed to global suffering beyond comprehension.
Democrats, too, are supposedly subject to health mandates, good or bad, whether they come from our government or, yet more ominously, the World Health Organization, whose alliance with China is well known.
At the very least what happened should be thoroughly investigated by our legal system, not just by Congress. Unfortunately, our current system has been so thoroughly weaponized that they are as likely to conduct such an investigation as I am, at age 80, to play tennis for the United States in the forthcoming Olympics
So, on that theme, let’s return to Novak Djokovic.
He is the opposite of Dr. Fauci because he symbolizes the individual’s responsibility for one’s own health care as opposed to governments or international organizations.
Admittedly, the tennis star, great as he is at his sport, is no saint. He has made his acknowledged mistakes—as when he sponsored a tournament in his native Serbia that featured an excess of partying, with several players contracting COVID-19.
His diet ideas also did not just spring from his own head. As a young player, he was having energy problems in his matches with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, and consulted a doctor who discovered his gluten allergy. The doctor then recommended a diet to Mr. Djokovic that the athlete has extended himself in consultation with others.
Message: We are not alone. We do need doctors. Just pick them wisely and consult more than one when it’s serious.
But the further message of Novak Djokovic is that we are ultimately responsible for ourselves. It is “our bodies, ourselves,” but in an intelligent way. We do not belong to the state. We must always scrutinize their decrees. Dr. Fauci represents the dangers if we don’t, which only encourages increased state power, leading, inexorably, to communism. Like Novak—just say no.
We belong to ourselves, our families, and to G-d. My observation is that He, ultimately, is the arbiter of our health. I would imagine most of you agree.
Because of an injury to his right knee sustained in his victory over Francisco Cerundolo, he had emergency meniscus surgery in Paris with the hopes of being ready for the Olympics in that city in late July. Wimbledon maybe next year.
