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“I made this choice, and I thought I could keep it to myself, I can keep it private, but people are always gonna wonder why. I was raised in a holistic household where anti-vax is not like a term that was ever used.
“It’s a weird term that’s kind of been thrown around just to label people. We grew up with Chinese medicine and naturopathic doctors.
“Just with that upbringing, coming into the situation, I felt like I had a solid foundation of medical resources that could serve me beyond what this vaccine could do for me.
“It got to the point last year during the playoffs where I did actually consider getting vaccinated and went through with getting the first dose.
“At that point, I was under the impression that getting vaccinated would mean I could not get the disease and transmit it to other people.
“As things progressed, as the virus has changed in many different ways, it just showed that wasn’t the case anymore. Even while being vaccinated, you could still spread the disease.
“For me, in my reasoning, it felt like getting vaccinated was not something I needed to do to protect other people and was something that I would have to do to protect myself – Philadelphia 76ers player Matisse Thybulle.
76ers’ Matisse Thybulle ineligible for playoff games in Toronto after revealing he’s not fully vaccinated https://t.co/pznbpf3cJL pic.twitter.com/xYyIfNiqNo
— Globe Sports (@Globe_Sports) April 11, 2022
“I just didn’t feel like it would benefit me.”
Matisse Thybulle will be unavailable for road games against Toronto because he is not fully vaccinated.
(via @NBCSPhilly)pic.twitter.com/4PIIxx6Qy3
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) April 11, 2022
Thybulle spoke on why he’s ineligible for road games in Toronto, making it clear his decision has been made.
“I’ve accepted that this could hurt money, contracts, reputation, but I felt like this was the right thing that I needed to do for myself.”https://t.co/oUuhTV03gA
— Kyle Neubeck (@KyleNeubeck) April 11, 2022