The US Open, which doesn't have an independent vax mandate, is nevertheless bowing to the arbitrary rules imposed by the federal government, which require all travelers from outside the country to get the COVID shot to enter the United States.

"The US Open does not have a vaccination mandate in place for players, but it will respect the US government's position regarding travel into the country for unvaccinated non-US citizens," the tournament's organizers said in a statement.

While many of the top-down restrictions imposed in response to the coronavirus pandemic have been removed, ruled unconstitutional, or simply fallen out of favor, the CDC's October 2021 mandate requiring non-US citizens to show proof of vaccination is one rule that hasn't been scrapped.

Ironically, Djokovic had been allowed to compete in the US Open last August, but the Biden administration's October mandate forced him to back out of two other US tournaments in early 2022, and will now keep him out of the 2022 US Open... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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