Anyone know what is his medical exception?
And again. He didn’t give himself an exemption. 2 INDEPENDENT, AUSTRALIAN medical boards gave it to him. So I’ll ask again, why is he the villain of the piece.
Also, he is not anti-vax, he’s made no statements regarding the vaccination bar the one quoted earlier in the thread where he said he wouldn’t make a statement as both sides were too politicised and he didn’t want to be seen as taking either side.
He was granted an Australia Visa also, don't forget that.
Dunno, he's an anti-vaxxer so not the most popular at the best of times, less-so during a pandemic
As for this furore over this, he could indeed be the victim of a bad exemption process (or not), either way, people are mega-pissed at elite people getting exemptions while their relatives, etc have been stuck for years, so that ire is going his way now.
That’s the level of ignorance you’re dealing with.
Unfortunately it’s virtually impossible for any athlete to go pro without “juicing up,” never mind the best tennis player of all time. He’s loaded to the gills while polishing a dream catcher and sleeping through his cognitive dissonance.
And again.
HE. WAS. GRANTED. A. VISA. BY. THE. VICTORIA. GOVERNMENT.
He didn’t just rock up and demand to be let in. He had to go through 2 independent Australian medical boards, who both approved him. The state of Victoria then granted him a visa. He literally did everything by the book. He followed every rule. The absolute ignorance on this thread is astounding. Pity there’s no vaccine for that.
He should be stripped of all his titles because he applied for a medical exemption, was granted it and then got turned back at Customs?
Ah thanks Hun, happy new year
If that was me, with his money, I would have a Private jet on the way,Leave Quarantine and Fcuk off home and sleep in my own bed tonight.
He thought the rules were for little people. It appears, In Aus it's not.
We were already there, pal, when people started babbling on about footballers heart attacks and that anti vaxxer’s opinions are valid.
He should be stripped of all his titles for his carry-on.
There’s a natural vaccine called exercise and a balanced diet. It’s been around for millennia. People are educated about the dangers of smoking, drinking and drugs. Yet they still clog up the hospitals, during the pandemic and before/after it.
Yet they don’t get your ire. I’m gonna guess you’re a smoker, drinker or allergic to exercise.
Who mentioned infectiousness?
The post I replied to was talking about putting hospitals under pressure. Smoking, obesity, junkies and alkies all put hospital under pressure, especially “during a pandemic”.
Fcuk him.
this is exactly what’s wrong with the whole celeb culture. He thinks he can do what he pleases because he’s “famous” and the rules only apply to the small people of the world.
I hope he’s sent home, I mightn’t agree with these rules but it’s worse if they are only applied to the plebs of the world.
Yeah that's why I doubt he would have anything to do with peformance-enhancing drugs. Surely he would know that steroids can increase the risk of high blood pressure and inflammation and want to avoid that. He's some kind of 'power of the mind' homeopathic type.
So we’re into the realm of making up fantasies now? Very good.
Theres multiple studies connecting vaccine hesitancy with lack of education and lower IQ's.
They are actually of lower intelligence the poor things.
So why all the abuse towards Djok? He didn’t sign anything off. He didn’t self-declare. He travelled in good faith based on what the state of Victoria told him. How did he become the villain of the piece??
He has been openly against vaccines. He also has other strange ideas, one of them being that "positive thoughts" can cleanse polluted water. His wife has mentioned 5G conspiracy theories on her social media. He organised a tournament in Serbia which had little or no social distancing rules, resulted in himself, his wife and other tennis players contracting Covid.
If you believe I’ve called you anything, report away. Goodbye.
Obesity etc is not contagious, nor is smoking or heroin or alcohol. None of those are going to infect you by those people being out and about. Being anti vaccine on the other hand is a deliberate choice, against a vaccine which is meant to protect you from a pandemic which has been going on for 2 years.
Nobody has time for anti vaxers because by and large, they are assholes who think they are a level above the standard intelligence - same people had no problem calling everyone else “sheep” over the last year for masks etc when some of the **** couldn’t even tie their own shoelaces by 12 years old. The thick believing they are not imbibed with stupidity but an understanding of the whole thing that normal people just don’t get. They can all **** off.
A report in the Guardian says that Tennis Australia ignored Federal Gov recommendations. It seems that they are behind this whole farce
In another development, the Herald Sun published an information sheet sent from Tennis Australia to players on 7 December that shows it passed on advice regarding grounds for medical exemptions that differs from the recommendations it received from federal authorities.
The document advises a Covid-19 infection in the last six months could be considered grounds that would enable an unvaccinated player to enter the country, provided it was accompanied by documents certifying the infection. It states at the bottom that the information was correct as of 6 December.
Tennis Australia appear to have questions to answer as the sheet contradicts the advice the Federal Government sent to TA in November, via a letter from the health minister Greg Hunt dated 29 November, stressing that a prior infection in the past six months did not meet the requirements for quarantine-free entry.
The Victorian Government said on Friday that TA did not advise them of this development.
You should send that to judge Kelly in Australia who is handling the appeal.
Lots of solid facts for him to get his teeth stuck into!
The only thing is that he is more known for rejecting chemical interventions (he may be some kind of homeopathic medicine devotee?) so he does not fit the standard profile of the professional sports steroid/illicit drug abuser in that sense.
There's no vaccine for obesity, and it's not infectious
There's a pandemic, of an avoidable infectious virus, it has threatened to swamp our hospitals, the people who are unvaccinated are putting the hospitals under unnecessary strain by disproportionately taking up hospital beds and ICUs. That situation can be significantly improved by people getting a simple vaccination.
Are smoking/being fat/ being addicted to something infectious?
What recent guidelines said that you are essentially unvaccinated if you've had your initial round of covid vaccinations?
It’s well known that high-level athletes fabricate “pre-existing” conditions in order to use controlled substances prior to competition. A quarter of Olympic athletes are even alleged to have asthma. 🙄
It’s not out of the realm of possibility that Djokovic would fabricate a pre-existing medical condition in order not to get vaccinated, when he is a known anti-vaxxer and its standard practice amongst professionals. Double fault for Djokovic!
And that vaccine exemption for a tennis tournament which required vaccinated players is turning out to be controversial. Perhaps the exemption is solid, or perhaps they just rubber stamped him because he's one of the top tennis players.
He also donated $6.5 million out of his own pocket to the Serbian health service for Covid.
Now he's a wealthy guy but that is a still a sizable donation, even for him and Serbia is not a wealthy country so was badly needed.
Second of his donations talked about here.
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