Matisse Thybulle officially confirmed that he won’t be available to play in road games against the Raptors in the first round of the playoffs because he is not fully vaccinated. Canada requires players to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, but the 76ers forward told reporters he has only gotten one shot of the Pfizer vaccine, per The Athletic’s Rich Hoffman.
In order to be considered fully vaccinated against the virus in Canada, a players needs to have been administered both shots of a two-dose vaccine or one shot of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Thybulle explained why he is not fully vaccinated.
“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 has been kind of thrown around to label people,” he said. “We grew up with Chinese medicine and neuropathic doctors. And 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 more me.”
