Unvaxxed and Unmatched:

Novak Djokovic’s Secret to Staying in the Game and Winning

June 06, 2025

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A Message from Dr. McMillan

Across the world, many elite athletes - particularly in tennis - are now facing career-altering challenges: persistent tendon and joint inflammation, slow recovery, and unexplained physical decline. For some, these post-vaccination inflammatory syndromes may have cut short years of peak performance, costing not only titles, but millions in earnings and endorsements.

Yet, remarkably, none of these athletes were ever hospitalized for COVID-19. I did not hear about any of them dying in the early phase of the pandemic. The risk of severe Covid to their lives was negligible - their fitness, youth, and resilience well established.

So we must ask: Who took responsibility for mandating a novel technology on this low-risk population without long-term safety data? Where is the accountability for the injuries no one predicted, and for the silence that followed?

As reality begins to surface, the anger is likely to be felt - and the consequences will extend far beyond the tennis court.

Dr. Philip McMillan

In this week's June 6, 2025 update:

  • COVID-19: Novak Djokovic’s secret to staying in the game

  • Vejon: This week’s featured Vejon video

  • Health: The effects of Ozempic and Wegovy

  • Infographic: Unvaxxed and unmatched

  • News: Medical news in brief

  • Education: McMillan - Masterclass Live

    Read time: 6 minutes

FEATURE ARTICLE

COVID-19

  • Djokovic is the only top player who was openly unvaccinated, yet remains injury-resistant and competitive at 38.

  • Studies suggest vaccination may disrupt inflammation regulation, impacting tendon health and athletic recovery in elite sports.

  • A Korean study found higher rates of musculoskeletal disorders among vaccinated individuals, especially within weeks of vaccination.

  • ATP data shows a sharp post-2021 decline in the longevity of players over the age of 30, correlating with vaccine mandate timelines.

Why this is important: Djokovic’s resilience raises urgent questions about how vaccine-induced inflammation may affect athletic recovery and long-term performance. If elite athletes, whose bodies are finely tuned for stress, suffer after repeated immune stimulation, similar impacts on the general population’s musculoskeletal health may be unfolding silently and demand immediate scientific and public health attention.

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HEALTH

  • Semaglutide causes facial fat loss, leading to a hollow, aged look known as “Ozempic face.”

  • The drug reduces saliva production, causing dry mouth and contributing to bad breath and bacterial overgrowth.

  • Frequent vomiting from semaglutide use can erode tooth enamel and increase the risk of permanent dental damage.

  • Drinking water, chewing gum, probiotics, and good oral hygiene can reduce semaglutide’s oral side effects.

Why this is important: Semaglutide's impact goes beyond weight loss, revealing hidden risks to oral health, facial appearance, and long-term dental integrity. Understanding these effects empowers users and clinicians to take preventive measures such as hydration, oral hygiene, and meal adjustments, ensuring that the benefits of weight loss do not come at the cost of lasting harm.

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EDUCATION

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MEDICAL NEWS IN BRIEF

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

🚥 Eating a Wider Variety of Plant-Based Foods May Lower Risk of Chronic Illness and Early Death: Choosing a diverse range of flavonoid-rich foods - like berries, apples, tea, and oranges - may significantly reduce the risk of chronic diseases and early death, offering a simple, accessible strategy for improving long-term health outcomes without reliance on single-source supplements or restrictive diets. [SOURCE]

🚥 A Single Brain Signal May Hold the Key to Both Falling Asleep and Waking Up: One molecule performing opposite tasks in different neurons reveals a compact and efficient biological mechanism that could transform how we understand and treat sleep disorders. [SOURCE]

🚥 First-Ever Implant Approved to Slow Vision Loss in Rare Retinal Disease:
ENCELTO offers the first effective treatment for a previously untreatable retinal disease by delivering a long-acting neuroprotective protein directly into the eye—potentially transforming care not only for macular telangiectasia but for other neurodegenerative conditions affecting the retina and beyond.

🚥Personalized Nutrition May Be Key to Preventing Diabetes, Stanford Study Finds: Blood sugar responses to common foods vary significantly depending on individual metabolic traits, suggesting one-size-fits-all dietary advice may worsen outcomes. By identifying personal response patterns linked to insulin resistance or beta cell dysfunction, this research opens the door to tailored nutritional strategies that could more effectively prevent or manage diabetes. [SOURCE]

🚥 Real-Time Brain Monitoring Offers New Clues to Preventing Alzheimer’s: Tracking the brain’s waste-clearing system in real time during sleep offers a path to early detection, targeted therapies, and potential prevention of Alzheimer’s and other neurological disorders - marking a major advance in understanding how disrupted sleep may contribute to brain disease.

🚥 Plant-Based Portfolio Diet Linked to Longer Life and Lower Heart Disease Risk Across All Ages: Small, consistent shifts toward plant-based eating - like adding nuts or beans - can lower heart disease risk and extend life expectancy, even among young adults. These findings show the portfolio diet’s potential to delay cardiovascular illness by over a decade, offering a flexible, preventative tool across ages and ethnic groups.

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