A Quarter of Football League Players Don’t Intend to Get ‘Jabbed’
Coverage of the vaccination rates within English football clubs rages on, with the papers and Government figures likely fuming that a quarter of Football League players don’t intend to get ‘jabbed’. Unsurprisingly, reports blame “conspiracy theories” for swaying the minds of the “vaccine rebels”. The Mail on Sunday has the story.
The proportion of footballers who have been double-vaccinated has increased from approximately 18% in August to 49% in the latest set of figures collated by the League.
But the number of players who have been immunised or plan to get the jab has gone up by only 5% over the past month, the Mail on Sunday has learnt.
“Approximately 75% of players this month across the EFL are fully vaccinated, have had a single jab or intend to be vaccinated, which is up from 70% in the last set of figures,” a source said.
It is understood that some players are reluctant to get vaccinated against the disease because their youth and level of fitness mean they are unlikely to suffer should they contract it.
They are also concerned by stories of people suffering heart inflammation after taking the vaccine, even though official medical agencies have reported such cases as “very rare”.
One theory circulating among players is that Christian Eriksen’s cardiac arrest at Euro 2020 might have been linked to the jab, despite no medical evidence to support the suggestion.
The latest figures emerge even though the EFL have stepped up efforts to “bust the myths” around the vaccine’s safety and to educate players on its benefits for individuals and society. Posters and leaflets containing such information have been distributed to clubs in the hope that they will be displayed in stadiums and training grounds.
The EFL are also working with the NHS to increase the number of mobile vaccination centres visiting clubs.
“Vaccinations will preserve the integrity of our competitions and we’re continuing to educate players and staff,” the source said.
The EFL and Premier League recorded a video with professor Jonathan Van-Tam last month in which the Government’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer debunked some of the conspiracy theories.
It was circulated among players’ WhatsApp groups, with the Government hoping their willingness to get vaccinated would encourage other young people to follow suit as take-up stalled in the general population.
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When, not if, the Nazi pass is introduced, it’s going to be interesting to see how they’ll justify all the fans having to be injected when the players aren’t.
A real spanner in the works, hence the witch hunt to get them jabbed.
My guess is it’ll all go quiet with none of the players having to declare they’re jabbed or shamefully admit they aren’t.
No checking of the Nazi pass for them.
“It is understood that some players are reluctant to get vaccinated against the disease because their youth and level of fitness mean they are unlikely to suffer should they contract it.”
This is of course true for everyone under the age of about 70 who are otherwise healthy. And true of most older people too.
I haven’t had the jab and I’m fit and healthy. Caught covid. Was rough for about three days. I was much worse when I had flu. If you’re fit and healthy, the chances are you’re highly likely to be fine, as Whitty said at the beginning of all of this. He soon changed his stance when he found out the money he will make from vaccines though.
Yes, maybe the footballers refusing the jab listened to the Whitty statement last March about most people experiencing no symptoms or mild illness from the virus, and then switched off the BBC and got on with their lives, rather as I did.
Whitty’s volte face was an early sign for me that the response had little to do with public health and everything to do with money, corruption, or something even more sinister, being undertaken glibally, in lockstep.
Whitty said the same as this on 11 May 2020, after the fear campaign had begun. He must have forgotten the script. It’s still on Y.tube.
Professor John Ioannidis has conveyed the same message since March 2020, i.e. keep calm and carry on. Some experts can’t be ‘bought’. Unfortunately, governments mainly employ the kind who can.
The Government seem determined to get the best scientists that
Pfizermoney can buyglibly or globally?
I haven’t had the jab, but I am suffering from inoperable and incurable cancer. Apparently I had Covid two weeks ago; no symptoms whatsoever, apart from a slight sore throat. No temperature, not in bed, no cough, nothing. My wife was told she had it as well, also no symptoms. I have had worse hangovers in my youth, let alone a normal winter cold or flu. Maybe taking vitamin supplements helps, especially if you are old like me. I had been extremely fit and active all my life so getting cancer was a bit of a shock four years ago.
Good luck to you beancounter, I don’t really know what to say except enjoy each day, suffer no fools and take no prisoners.
I’ll echo this. Best wishes, beancounter, and do exactly as you please.
Glad to know that. Also, lot’s of us don’t even know precisely. It was not the norm to try and find out exactly what the cause of similar infections was – something affected me just before the panic was announced in early 2020. No-one wants to know the detail re like that at all; no profit that way, after all (unless one wants to pay for certain firms to do the work to assess what one had in the recent past and thus likely to be immune to).
“ And true of most older people too.”
This is the bit that is forgotten – even here.
If it’s true about the hard running Leeds United side (for example) flagging towards the end of games, with a possible correlation with having a high number of “vaccinated” players in the squad compared to some other teams, there would in any case be sound professional reasons for wanting to avoid it – especially if it is likely to have effects (note – not “affects”!) in the days after “vaccination” that will affect (definitely not effect!) a player’s training.
Oh and true also of pretty much everything if you get to be born, do stuff between the two ‘bookends’, then do the natural thing and…Oh My Goodness.
DIE??!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58862839
So rare
Not funny for the player, but I had to smile wryly when I read the team manager saying about the player’s increased heart rate “I don’t know what that’s about”.
Blimey, another one! If we had so many incidents every season before 2021, I don’t remember it, and I’ve read a fair few sports reports in that time. Definitely nothing high profile like with Eriksen for years. I remember the Bolton player, I seem to remember a Manchester City player, and that’s about it in the last decade or two.
Maybe footballers are smarter than people think.
They are probably also aware of what happened to the 23 year old Irish footballer who died after the experimental jab.
https://thecovidblog.com/2021/08/23/roy-butler-23-year-old-irish-soccer-football-player-suffers-massive-brain-bleed-dead-four-days-after-experimental-johnson-johnson-viral-vector-dna-injection/
Nowadays they are really clued up on health and nutrition, many are teetotal for example, they have been attached to clubs from age five or so, live it 24/7 and given their earning power are not likely to jeopardise their money maker.
Remember that Brussels Times article about the cycling club (some members had adverse reactions competing after “vaccinations”)? I don’t see whty word wouldn’t get around among footballers and other sportsmen.
They’re certainly interested in things which will affect their professional performance, and more than capable of finding out (or at any rate getting their agent to find out for them!). Story I heard is that footballers tend to come across badly in interviews after games when they are knackered and in no state to give a particularly erudite interview. Still, I don’t doubt that there are plenty of intelligent, clued up footballers who will know about these things – and being social creatures, word will soon get around. Innit!
Good on them!
I have no interest in football, and normally not much time for professional footballers, but on this they definitely deserve praise for standing their ground.
Haha, I have an interest in sport, and my own opinions about professional sportsmen. And I’d love to see a league table with a column for the number of “vaccinated” players in each team (though I suspect information on this is patchy). Did we ever find out if Christian Eriksen had been “vaccinated”? RickH said my memory is playing tricks on me about this sort of thing suddenly becoming common. Still, I seem to remember a post that this sort of thing had actually seen an increase in American sport (i.e. “USA”) in 2021 compared to previous years. At any rate, it would be good to know for certain.
I’ve always loathed football, but my opinion of footballers – or some of them – has now skyrocketed.
Just seen two really interesting telly adverts at 1pm on Sunday in the UK, Channel 5.
First, Irwin Mitchell solicitors touting for personal injury business, focusing on a girl of about 10. Voiceover is about ‘accidents’ and no mention of ‘medical mistakes’ like there used to be but hopefully it’s a sign the govts legal case for forcing their evil on kids isn’t watertight.
Immediately afterwards, an advert for a company called Nature’s Bounty selling vitamins, the three products shown at the end were Vit c and zinc, a Vit b complex, and a skin hair and nails formula (which is Vit b and zinc).
If you happen to watch telly during the week it’s all about life insurance and non-attended cremations….
I’m sick to death of all this “myths around vaccine” bullshit. They’re not myths! They’re facts. So many young, fit and healthy people are dying from sudden death. Mostly heart related and surprise surprise! They all had the jab shortly before. Now if they’d contracted covid shortly before and get killed by a train, they’re a covid death!
Sensible young men and hopefully their young fans will take heed and follow suit.
The more “the powers that be”, assisted by their medical and media hangers-on, continue to lie and obfuscate, the less anyone with sense will believe or even trust them. That’s especially the case with the barefaced coercion and blackmail tactics being used.
I find it interesting that the figures split roughly 75%/25%, which approximates to the likely split across the population as a whole.
My take is that 25% have fully functioning bullshit antennae, and the rest just follow the herd.
In that 75% is those who’ve said they intend to be vaccinated.
reading carefully it would seem that you only get 75% if you include those who said they ‘intend’ to get vaccinated. The actual figure for double-jabbed today is under 50% so entirely possible that the rest are simply telling the survey what they think they want to hear.
In other words, half of them are well educated on the subject, and half of those are bold enough to say so robustly, up front. Maybe the other half refuse to reveal their health details at all – which they could do, of course.
Because professional athletes, who rely on their physical condition to earn a living, aren’t constantly consulting medical experts? Instead, we’re being told to believe that they’re listening to David Icke instead?
Of course they are, he played for Hereford United 71-73. He’s a great coach. Footballers all love him.
The ‘football’s vaccine shame’ stamps that accompany the article in the printed version is reprehensible but par for course for what is more or less a publication promoting the vaccine and laying into ‘anti-vaxx refuseniks’ all of which are apparently ‘misinformed’ by conspiracy theories.
Again I say, “convince me to take it”, it isn’t up to me to defend my default healthy position! It’s like “why not have a tattoo?” “But why?”
“Nothing theoretical” Doctor (n.b.) Mike Yeadon said it. I wonder if he was “misinformed by conspiracy theories”? And if professional sportsmen have access to clued up medical people? If their medical team was saying, you’ve got to have this or your career will slide, do you think so many would refuse?
Or for that matter if they knew for a fact that Eriksen (and the rest had not had these injections?
I still have some contacts from my time based in Newcastle as a reporter and my understanding from them on what the talk in the football world is about the Cristian Eriksen incident is that the heart attack happened very soon after his jab, which he took specifically for the tournament. Which might explain a lot about the reluctance.
Hi artfelix,
I thought Christian Eriksen hadn’t had the jab at the time of his cardiac arrest? At least, that was the official line at the time and those that made the (false?) claim that he was jabbed were quickly corrected and branded as purveyors of fake news. Do you know for sure that the claim he was unvaccinated was false and that he had in fact had the jab prior to his collapse? If so, that’s a news story that warrants exposure and would certainly explain why some players are reluctant to have it.
I think someone at the club denied he’d taken the injection, but why hasn’t he himself cleared it up.
I can’t say for sure, but certainly the word among the professionals at a large Newcastle-based sporting institution (cough) seems to be that he had been jabbed.
The chief medic for Inter originally confirmed this, but then (was made to) correct this.
However, all the subsequent announcements from the club and football authorities were very careful to say Eriksen was “not vaccinated” rather than he had not had an injection.
My understanding is that he had the first jab of the Pfizer vaccine on May 31st – less than two weeks before collapsing – but had not had the second jab and so was able to be declared “not vaccinated” by those with a vested interest in doing so.
However, most people in football know he had the jab and it is playing a big part in the hesitancy.
Ah yes of course, not “vaccinated” in their jargon until two weeks after the second “vaccination”! This same con is skewing mortality figures as well, isn’t it?
Why hasn’t he cleared it up? Maybe more than his career (life?) is worth or something? Certainly interesting that he never said definitively that he definitely did not have any of these injections!
Thanks for the reply artfelix – that all makes perfect sense.
The top 4 men in professional tennis (Djokovic, Zverev, Medvedev and Tsitsipas) are all unvaxxed or refuse to say or have said they won’t be vaxxed. Could get interesting for the Aus open in Jan if Australia follows through on the declared intention of only allowing vaxxed to enter country, other than Aus citizens. Hope they all boycott it.
After what happened to Jeremy Chardy, the top 4 men seem eminently sensible in steering clear of the injection:
https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/ATP_Tennis/102939/taking-vaccine-and-doing-common-good-for-humanity-force-jeremy-chardy-to-end-season/
Can be an absolutely brutal sport, especially in the heat. I don’t blame them for not taking the chance.
“…the EFL have stepped up efforts to “bust the myths” around the vaccine’s safety and to educate players on its benefits for individuals and society.”
It sounds to me like they are educated – why else would they decline the jab?
Indeed, they seem eminently sensible to me as well.
Don’t you love the 1984-style Covid journalistic double-speak:
‘Myth’ = reality
‘rare’ = common
‘incredibly rare’ = very common
‘misinformation’ = something which doesn’t fit the narrative (but is probably true)
Also:
’educate’ = coerce
The Premier league decided some time ago that it was happy to manage without unvaccinated supporters If necessary.
At that point, after attending regularly at Southampton for over 50 I decided that I can manage without them too,
why on earth would anybody want to return after being banned, or even continue attending under threat of the ban ?
if it wasn’t clear before then is surely is now. Money is all that matters, and anybody who is an inconvenience can sling their hook.
50 years that should say…….
I’ve started supporting my local non leauge team.
Yes, I have too, and I’ll be happy enough to carry on doing that.
stopped my Sky subs and BBC licence fee too, as football is all I ever watch, and I’m not prepared to support organisations that support discrimination and misinformation.
I follow Leeds under-23s now, tiny crowds unlikely to be affected by the pass, and they win a bit more often than the seniors!
Oh, the over-“vaccinated” seniors? Is that true about them being the most “vaccinated” team in the league, do you know?
You’re well out if it. The vaxxoids will be spreading flu as well as Covvie.
Indeed. And our home form is terrible anyway ……
Try the Northern League (if the vax apartheid doesn’t come there too!).
I’ve normally got a great deal of time for Jurgen Klopp but recently he’s lost my support. In an interview he said he simply couldn’t understand why players won’t be vaccinated, found my self shouting at the radio ‘2 words Jurgen, Christian Eriksen’. Why would a fit health sports person run the risk of heart problems. Before you say anything, if Eriksen had not been vaccinated prior to his collapse it would be all over the press and they’d have him actively promoting the jab.
It is the job of big stakeholders to get on board ready for digital ID, and people like Klopp are key to bringing customers with them.
i have lost a huge amount of respect for him.
My thoughts exactly. If Eriksen was not vaccinated then what could possibly stop him from saying so? He’s such an extreme privacy nut that he refuses on principle? Much more likely that he’s been convinced that he will cause terrible harm by admitting to the vaccination.
“Vaccinations will preserve the integrity of our competitions and we’re continuing to educate players and staff,” the source said.”….
“Vaccinations will preserve the integrity of our competitions and we’re continuing to re-educate players and staff,” the source said.”
Fixed it.
Surely it is up to TPTB to persuade people that they need a (useless, probably dangerous) jab, rather than for individuals have to defend their refusal position? This is all the wrong way round, being unstabbed should be the natural default position.
Karren Brady was hitting out at West Ham players not getting vaccinated. But if they do get coerced into being experimentally vaccinated perhaps they should change their name to Chest Harm United?
Healthcare advice from Brady ? Laughable.
all about money. And they think people will do anything to watch their team . Well many will, but a certain percentage won’t.
in the past I have noticed that people never go back. I wont if I am banned.
Oh great, the silly bint sees fit to give us another inane opinion.
“Vaccinations will preserve the integrity of our competitions and we’re continuing to educate players and staff,” the source said.
Educate? Indoctrinate more like.
‘“Approximately 75% of players this month across the EFL are fully vaccinated, have had a single jab or intend to be vaccinated, which is up from 70% in the last set of figures,” a source said.’
In any sane, rational society, given that, statistically speaking, COVID-19 poses no risk to this cohort, this would be the headline. But oh no, we have it bum about boat, and the establishment is rattled because only 75% of footballers have chosen to get a novel and experimental injection for a disease which poses them no risk.
Of course, generally speaking, footballers aren’t the sharpest tools in the tool drawer. It looks like the country at large has joined them. We’re all footballers now!
Ah, if only they were better ‘educated’ they would understand the importance of getting the jab. How condescending can you be.
Yay!
Still a quarter of EPL footballers holding out in Blighty? Let Dan Andrews from Jabs ‘R’ Us, located in bucolic Victoria, fix that for you with his patented Miracle Mandate for Sportspersons. Under the Glorious Leader’s latest edict, all workers in Victoria who have contact in any way, shape or form with other people must be double-stabbed to continue working (or face steep fines until they, and their employer, see the error of their ways). This includes professional athletes, who must have received their first jab by October 15th, and their second by November 26th, in order to train and play. This is expected to sift out the last remaining pockets of resistance in all sporting codes. ‘Vaccination’ rates were already high in many Australian Rules Football clubs, for example, with most clubs reported to be well over 80% double-stabbed (the defeated Grand Finalists, the Western Bulldogs, for example, had already revealed that 100% of their squad were double-dosed). Most had already caved to the blackmail that, as the Australian Football League boss put it, that “if we want to get our lives back and get back to doing things the simple way, and opening up, we need to be vaccinated”. They had all… Read more »
EFL. Not (just?) the Premier League. If EFL, that is the 3 professional leagues below the Premier League.
Oh, and do let me know if this affects the performance of Australians in elite international tournaments (re. the post above that the top four tennis players are not taking the “vaccines”).
Public Health England Technical Briefings 20-23
Deaths / Cases
CFR Unvaccinated: 469 / 106,308 (1 in 226)
CFR Vaccinated: 1211 / 110,392 (1 in 91)
Meaning, CFR is 2.48 times higher for vaccinated
Seems footballers aren’t as silly as I thought.
You can be sure the medical teams advising them will have at least some sense.
“Jonathan Van-Tam last month in which the Government’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer debunked some of the conspiracy theories.”
Only lying is not debunking.
These scum need to be charged with crimes against humanity.
Van-Tam the Boston United fan should know better (and maybe does). A 17-year old collapsed (and later died) after a youth match involving Boston United (v. West Bridgford) at a time when 17-year olds were being “vaccinated”. I never heard if he had been “vaccinated” recently. Still, wouldn’t I have heard it if he definitely hadn’t had these injections (like with Eriksen).
It was a West Bridgford player who had a sudden cardiac arrest not a Boston United player.
Against Boston United though. FA youth cup I think. Either way, he must be aware of it.
“They are also concerned by stories of people suffering heart inflammation after taking the vaccine….”
I’m getting rather fed up with LS doing it’s bit to help the misleading, official narrative along. They’re not ‘stories’, they’re evidenced events and LS reporting in this case should read “They are also concerned by the mounting evidence of young, healthy people – particularly males – suffering heart inflammation after taking the vaccine”
To be fair, LS did link to the Brussels Times story about 3 young cyclists suffering adverse reactions after “vaccination”. I’m sure people can draw their own conclusions.
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Apologies to LS – appreciate it’s not you, it’s MoS
So had Eriksen had the jab? I believe that information has been suppressed.
But anyway, incidents of myocarditis/pericarditis amongst young men isn’t very rare. It is now very well documented. So they are quite right to decline the opportunity to wreck their health and highly lucrative, but relatively short career, in order to do what the Government wants and “benefit society.”
You are conflating two separate conditions. Eriksen had a sudden cardiac arrest, from which 12 young people die every week in the U.K., not necessarily myocarditis. From the myocarditis foundation: ”In simple terms, myocarditis is a disease that causes inflammation of the heart muscle. This inflammation enlarges and weakens the heart, creates scar tissue and forces it to work harder to circulate blood and oxygen throughout the body. While we often associate cardiovascular conditions with elderly populations, myocarditis can affect anyone, including young adults, children and infants. In fact, it most often affects otherwise healthy, young, athletic types with the high-risk population being those of ages from puberty through their early 30’s, affecting males twice as often as females. Myocarditis is the 3rd leading cause of Sudden Death in children and young adults.” ”Viral infections are a leading cause of myocarditis. Inflammation occurs during the course of infection, putting stress on the heart that remains even after the infection is resolved. Cancer, bacterial infections and other contagious diseases can also cause myocarditis, as can exposure to environmental toxins ranging from metal poisons to spider and snake venom. A significantly smaller group of individuals with autoimmune conditions, may develop giant cell myocarditis.… Read more »
“The known viral causes of myocarditis include: Parvovirus B19Parvovirus B19 spreads via respiratory droplets that are expelled when infected people cough, sneeze, or speak. Approximately half the population carries its antibodies. It is the cause of fifth disease, sometimes called slapped cheek syndrome for the red facial rash caused in children ages six to 10. Teens and adults typically experience rashes elsewhere, especially the hands and feet. Symptoms of infection usually occur within a week of exposure and last for approximately one week. Parvovirus B19 has also been associated with: Severe birth defects Miscarriage Infection in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), arthritis, and aplastic anemia (lack of red blood cell production) At this time, there is no vaccination against parvovirus B19. Human Herpes Virus 6This virus is transmitted via saliva and often presents with a rash and fever. It is so common that most infants are exposed by 13 months of age, although infection may occur during the first weeks of life. Approximately 20% of infant emergency department visits are linked to fevers caused by human herpes virus 6. Conditions associated with this virus include: Sixth disease (roseola infantum) Hepatitis Encephalitis Multiple sclerosis Chronic fatigue syndrome Fibromyalgia And more…… Read more »
“What non-infectious factors cause myocarditis?In some cases, the drugs prescribed to protect our health can also cause myocarditis. These include anti-cancer drugs, antibiotics, and anti-seizure medications.
Exposure to a variety of toxins can also result in myocarditis. These include:
This last week has been Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndrome awareness week. c-r-y (.) org and jhmt (.) org (.) uk
Will someone explain the down votes. Every statement made above is from physicians.
Looks suspiciously like it’s been suppressed doesn’t it? No comprehensive denial from Eriksen at any rate.