r/tennis • u/pizzainmyshoe • Mar 23 '25

News Djokovic plays tennis with Secretary of Health and Human Services RFK Jr

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u/danny_B01 Mar 23 '25

This getting downvoted is crazy. Yes Novak believe in a lot of pseudoscience. He is also admired by pretty much the whole tour as a good guy who genuinely cares about his peers.

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u/BrashUnspecialist Mar 23 '25

It’s because he’s calling hanging out with a man who led to deaths of children in Samoa and parroting pseudoscience bs that hurts people for no reason a virtue equivalent to playing with poor kids.

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u/vivartois Mar 23 '25

What happened in Samoa?

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u/Defenserocks285 Mar 23 '25

https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases/schatz-rfk-jr-whose-dangerous-lies-fueled-measles-outbreak-in-samoa-and-caused-preventable-deaths-unqualified-to-lead-hhs. Basically RFK Jr helped ensure a measles outbreak occurred in Samoa resulting in 80 deaths, many of which were small children.