The Djok's On Them

[douglas9401]

Australia, famous as a land of plain speaking, no-nonsense people decides that a man who can hit a ball with a bat is worth waiving strict rules for.

Another farce involving the rich and famous + big money business.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-59876203

[davebro]

we are all in it together - except...

[emmie]

the rich and famous.....

[Cloverjo]

Novax isn’t popular at the best of times. He’ll get some stick for this from the Aussie crowd.

[Gromit]

Djokovic is aserbic.
His exemption leaves a bitter taste in the mouth.

[dannyk13]

Has Djokovic given any reason why he should be exempt?

[New Judge]

No he hasn't. But then he should not be expected to discuss his medical history publicly. The rules state he must either be vaccinated or gain an exemption from an independent panel. He has done the latter.

[davebro]

I think the reason given is that he had covid 18 months ago & "may" have had it again within the past 6 months & vax isn't considered necessary or desirable.

[Gromit]

He told them he was ace, and they gave him entry in a deuce.

[dannyk13]

If he has a legitimate reason for his exemption why is he being villified?

[bobbinwales]

Yes, its perhaps the system thats wrong so we should'nt focus on him as his played by there rules... but I doubt you or I would get into Australia without a vaccine dannyk13 if we said we 'may' have had covid recently or had it 18 months ago

[New Judge]

But you don't know if that's his claim.

[davebro]

rumoured

[naomi24]

Seems he has some pretty 'way out' beliefs and is a proponent of alternative medicine.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jan/05/novak-djokovic-flies-into-australian-open-vaccination-storm

[Gromit]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-tennis-djokovic-idUSKBN23U1UX

[bobbinwales]

True newjudge... his convinced the panel and good luck to him... but it looks like one rule for them and one for us given his opposition to vaccines for healthy sportspeople and given that his unlikely to have underlying health conditions that allow him to play elite sport but not get a jab.
Of course he may of had one jab for all we know

[ichkeria]

Although I don’t really understand why sports stars especially refuse vaccinations (and then complain about rough treatment from the authorities over scheduling) I don’t think any individual deserves to be picked on. No doubt Djokovic, of whom I’m not the biggest fan, will get targeted for this.
It’s always been different for certain individuals. It’s not fair in one sense but on the other hand I understand it

[ToraToraTora]

TBF just heard the aussie PM on the roger, he says that "... Djokovic must provide medical evidence that he cannot be vaccinated or he's on the plane home" - does anyone know if he has a true medical reason not to be vaccinated?

[jno]

he's passed a panel from TA and another from the Victorian government; what else is he supposed to do?

[ToraToraTora]

.....get vaccinated??

[johnny.5]

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