Djokovic

It's a golden opportunity for some of those people to take to moral high ground and use punitive measures against people they despise for not sharing their lazy outlook on life.

He's not being "held hostage". The Austrailan Prime Minister said today that he is free to leave Australia any time he likes. Now to understand what kind of person they are dealing with he has said that he believes that certain pars of the body "heal" at different times during sleep, so its lungs from midnight to 2.00am.....intestines from 2.00am to 4.00am and so on. He also believes that if you fill two glasses with water and you talk nicely to one and give dogs abuse to the other the one you abuse will turn a manky green colour and smell badly. Shades of Trump "The Chump" and injecting bleach here.

He doesn't seem like the sharpest knife in the drawer when it comes to other areas as well.

In his book Serve to Win, Djokovic described how in 2010 he met with a nutritionist who asked him to hold a piece of bread in his left hand while he pressed down on his right arm. Djokovic claims he was much weaker while holding the bread, and cited this as evidence of gluten intolerance.

And during an Instagram live, he claimed that positive thought could "cleanse" polluted water, adding that "scientists have proven that molecules in water react to our emotions."

His wife also posted some 5g covid nonsense as well.

It's his decision not to take the vaccine, but he has a platform and a track record of talking nonsense. The fact Serbia is less that half fully vaccinated he should use that platform more wisely imo

I preferred Nadals comments

"The only thing that I can say is I believe in what the people who know about medicine say, and if the people say that we need to get vaccinated, we need to get the vaccine. That’s my point of view,”

He also pointed out that Djokovic and his team likely knew the conditions of entry months ago.

He is being told by grade A qualified professional scientists what he should put in his body for the good of those around him.

They are not forcing him or saying he has to but just saying as people who have more knowledge on the subject than him that it is the best option

Speaking of ignorance:

"The Victorian Health Department and a Tennis Australia expert panel granted exemptions to the trio because the panels believed a prior infection warranted an exemption.

However, the federal government informed Tennis Australia in November it would not allow international arrivals to bypass vaccine requirements on this basis." https://www.smh.com.au/sport/czech-tennis-player-renata-vor-ov-detained-by-australian-border-force-20220107-p59mq2.html

Covid doesn’t care about your money or who you are. If you were in that position, would 1 minute in a vaccination booth cause you that much concern compared to what a bad dose and subsequent long covid would do to your career?

Vaccines aren’t a magic bullet but they are the best tool we have in the arsenal against this thing for now and they work.

In April 2020, well before Covid vaccines were available, Djokovic said he was "opposed to vaccination".

Seems pretty clear alright.

But is it wise ?

Well it's more fkin wise than all the conspiracy nonsense I keep hearing about vaccines.

Ya and then they took it off him because he couldn't prove his medical exemption.

You should watch that Aussie border show. People get turned round all the time after getting a visa. I lived in Canada and despite being granted a visa I still had to sit with a lad and prove loads of stuff I already proved online and answer loads of questions and agree to stuff I already answered.

Their border their choice

I'm not happy about the measures, but I understand them. We don't want to wear masks everywhere, or have lockdowns, but the majority of people understand why we have them. Aussies have shown in polls they support these measures. If you have some other opinion, okay.

He has stated that if vaccines were mandatory to play that he'd have a choice to make. That seems to indicate that he isn't completely against them.

However in this case there was an alternative that he used, was granted a visa on that basis and the rules were then changed on him when it was too late for him to do anything.

The rules were not changed on him.

Himself/his team had months to make sure he could gain entry, they clearly didn't ensure all ok.

On Wednesday, Australian Border Force (ABF) officials said the 34-year-old player had "failed to provide appropriate evidence" at Melbourne Airport.

Tough. He isn't a "prisoner" despite the claims from his team...he can leave anytime he wants.

I know one Phd who isn't a fan of the vaccine, so it's a generalisation at best but I beleive your theory is wrong. Asserting that people with Phd's don't engage in critical thinking is ridiculous.

The requirement is that governing entry to the country without quarantine - as entering Australia is part of the job, it's ipso facto a job requirement.

The rules were changed if he was initially told he could get a medical exemption, and then wasn't allowed in based on that medical exemption.

The only way it makes sense to me otherwise is if the Victorian state gave exemptions based only on what someone says, and then his actual paperwork was only checked after he arrived in Australia.

The fact that several players have this issue now suggests to me that it isn't the players at fault, but the application process.