No one is above the law. Not even that thick cnut, covidiot Renata Voráčová. She should have got the vaccine, instead of trying to cheat her way into the tournament.
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No one is above the law. Not even that thick cnut, covidiot Renata Voráčová. She should have got the vaccine, instead of trying to cheat her way into the tournament.
Correct. There's been a short supply of rapid antigen tests across the country and many people have been turned away at PCR testing because they are unable to test everyone.
It's safe.
Mate our PCR test lines are hours long and our Federal Government decided that corporate donors selling RA tests at high is more important then giving them out for free to Aussies.
Well if there’s a short supply of tests in the country, how would Djokovic be able to test every day?
You are assuming Australia has planned that far.
What a farce, I would say if players were lead to believe from official gov agencies through AO that recent infections are good for exemptions (which they have actually granted and other players were waved through the border) than they have thrown players under the bus as otherwise they might have taken a vaccine instead knowing that exemption won’t be granted. Tournament basically lost all its integrity before it has even started.
Are her circumstances different to Djokovic?
IF Djokovic was led to believe by TA/Tiley that a Covid positive within 6 months would suffice and IF he actually has been Covid positive in that time, then I have some sympathy for him. I don’t think it’s especially unreasonable to expect TA/Craig Tiley to give accurate, up-to-date guidance and for him to rely upon that without necessarily questioning its veracity. But that’s where my sympathies stop. If the Australian state/government has mandated entry requirements and he hasn’t met those - regardless of whether a few other players have snuck through - then he has no business being in the country, even if he’s only there because of the incorrect advice from TA/Craig Tiley. His argument lies with them for misleading them, not the Australian state for refusing to honour the promise TA/Craig Tiley were seemingly never entitled to make, either to him or others. And no amount of others who have been allowed through, presumably in error, remedies that.
Maybe the other 2-3 players would have then taken vaccines. Djokovic? No chance.
I do believe that Djokovic may have been mislead by Tiley/TA even though the latter was clearly informed that an infection is not grounds for exemption. However, Djokovic only has himself to blame. We can absolutely respect his decision, however brainless, to not take a vaccine but he also has to respect the decision and rules of any country that denies him entry.
Here is how it has gone as far as I know.
TA/Tiley said its all good come in
The Victorian state government said if you are allowed in you have an exception
The Feds said you are allowed in during 2021 but now not allowed in because its a wedge issue and scotty needs the votes, plus Novak came in with just 1 piece of paper and our border control is quite strict
ABC News reported on Friday the Australian Border Force (ABF) had cancelled Voráčová’s visa, and the Czech ministry, in response to questions from Reuters, has said that it had sought an explanation to the situation but also that Voráčová had decided to leave the country.
The Czech player does not look like she will be contesting the decision and is leaving Australia.
The Czech player does not look like she will be contesting the decision and is leaving Australia.
a) You need to get clued up, it doesn't matter how long ago he had it, he still retains a high level of immunity against it. b) it should be, having natural immunity should be a valid reason to be allowed in without vaccination, if not, then you aren't following the science.
I don’t care about the facts, I just want to yell.
Let's not make it a debate about semantics. Obviously when I said respect them, I meant adhering to them. Not suddenly believing in them.
Australia has a period of 6 months since last infection.
That is the rules for entering the nation, showing up with 1 paper that is suss and being infected in 2020 is not good enough, hell our nation is fecking over citizens who want to come back.
Send him home already. It's boring now.
The public making him out to be some sort of freedom fighter is even more hilarious.
The public making him out to be some sort of freedom fighter is even more hilarious.
I think the point is that Djokovic and the Czech player said they were infected in the past 6 months.
Novak showed up with 1 piece of paper, He has to do better or at least get better dodgy doctors.
How many papers do you need to show a past infection? Across the EU we have a common covid certificate that is digitally linked to your medical records (i.e. positive PCR test) and it states when you have had Covid or have been vaccinated.
There had been mention of more players or officials receiving exemptions but it seems the rest of those were based on different grounds to having Covid in the past 6 months.
I hadn't realised until now how far Djokovic was down the rabbit hole and how long he's been there. Choice quotes from the article
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-59897918
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-59897918
What a Karen.He must have a good chance of being allowed to play otherwise surely he would have already left by now.
That's not all.
When he had issues with his elbow in 2017 he wanted his body to heal naturally, rather than undergoing surgery (naïve but whatever). He eventually had surgery the in 2018 but felt guilty about it all.
“The multi-millionaire athlete was taken to the Park Hotel in Melbourne's Carlton where dozens of immigration detainees are housed on bridging visa or as they await urgent medical care.
Just days ago detainees posted photos online allegedly showing maggots in the meals they had been served along with mouldy bread.
The facility has also been the scene of multiple fires and Covid outbreaks.”
He needs to toughen up. Can’t believe anyone would complain about such living conditions. What a wuss.
Just days ago detainees posted photos online allegedly showing maggots in the meals they had been served along with mouldy bread.
The facility has also been the scene of multiple fires and Covid outbreaks.”
He needs to toughen up. Can’t believe anyone would complain about such living conditions. What a wuss.
I guess in a way such a fecked up mindset has allowed to still be at the peak.In his book he talks about how he found out he was gluten-intolerant. A nutritionist told him to hold bread in one hand and nothing in the other, he then stretched his arms out and felt how much weaker the hand with the bread in it felt and said this was the proof. The man is smart as a rock, so don't be surprised by all his antics.
The idea that unvaccinated players wouldn’t be able to play Slams again was always daft. We only need look at the low vaccination rates of footballers to know that sports administrators don’t want to grasp that particularly nettle.
It would have been presence of other players in Oz under similar exemption, with others leaving I suspect he will soon drop the case and head back himself.
He is adhering. And I don't think we're discussing semantics when the two terms are clearly very different. It's just bad English.
After reading some of his crazy antics a few posts above I’m not so sure he will.
He probably believes his power of thought is gonna get him in. I mean If he can cleanse polluted water just by thinking about it this is gonna be a walk in the park….
Is Djokovic a health risk to the players and officials etc? Is he infected with Omicron, does anybody know?
Having traveled reasonably often and having many friends who travel fairly regularly, I've only ever heard of two instances where people have been turned back after they entered a country and one in Saudi Arabia as the person had visited Israel in the past. Maybe it's different for countries with visa on arrival and countries such as Saudi Arabia but I'm genuinely amazed if people get visas cancelled "all the time"
I was also aware of a few cases during heightened security times about people under risk of being deported after arrival, but still it would be very rare.
I have lost all visa papers in transit and landed Newark, NJ once and went through second and third level of vetting and was let inside NJ. I had to travel to an immigration center to produce papers after the visit. Strictly speaking, Border security agents have the final right of entry but there is a reason why visas are issues after vetted. Especially red tape bureaucracy doesn't affect the famous and rich because come on, Djokovic is hardly going to become an illegal alien in Australia. I'm happy to see an anti-vaxxer suffer but seriously, he got the visa approved and was provided exemption by both Tennis Australia and Victoria state it seems. It looks more of a cock up between Australian state and federal authorities.
Even setting aside Djokovic, Australia's ridiculous hardline stance towards some of the immigrants need to be highlighted here.
Youre asking the wrong questions mate.
Is Djokovic exempt to the rules that govern the rest of the population?
The answer to your question is no. What the answer to my question?
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