Djokovic

Also as I'm sure others have commented upon on here, isn't it very convenient that he got a positive PCR test on the 16th of December. How was he planning on entering Australia if he hadn't contracted covid at that point? He hardly decided to enter the Australian Open on a whim after the 16th of December. A more cynical person might say that his team looked at all the possible ways he could get into the country unvaccinated and decided that a positive PCR was the best route.

It's about the public respecting and obeying the rules & guidelines, which has a major impact on public health. It's got nothing to do with Novak's diet, tennis abilities or his chances of infecting others.

Risky though. Even if he is a moron and probably believes he could heal himself with crystals up his arse, his team would advise that contracting a respiratory disease a month out from a major tournament stands a high chance of reducing his performance.

Given the involvement of high politicians in Serbia into this issue, it's very plausible that he was issued with a fake PCR result after a quick phone call to the ministry of health.

Where is the 99.9% figure coming from?

And your statement about flu being more deadly?

Anything I read doesn't back that up.

Even if you include pneumonia which you don't seem to be doing...covid deaths are higher.

"Data from the Office for National Statistics show that in England and Wales the number of deaths from influenza was 1598 in 2018 and 1223 in 2019.1 This is way below the annual deaths from covid-19, which at the current rate of around 800 deaths a week in England and Wales equates to more than 40 000 a year."

Precisely, I've been arguing this point from the outset, I care less about his vaccination status or stance, he got preferential treatment, took the Pee , showed breathing arrogance, then Farage sails in to defend the indefensible. Its been a farce from start to finish and whilst those who'll defend this arrogant clown based on the whole Covid Argument, they'll, not ever, ever see that this arrogant P****K did anything wrong and I might add Australian Tennis have questions to Answer also.

Excellent result , Game, set and Match 😁

people (especially australian people) have a right to be annoyed that somebody thought that being good at tennis made him special and above the rules applied to everybody else.

Nonsense.

People haven't given out about other players who stayed at home and sat out the AO due to not being vaxxed as far as I can see?

People have an issue with the fact he tested positive (rather conveniently) went to events after he knew this fact, plus he lied on his form on entry...which in Australia is a serious issue. He used his money, lawyers and status to attempt to stay but it looks like it won't work.

He can of course choose not to get vaccinated but Australia has a right to set it's own conditions for entering their country.

Honestly, Australian border controls are renowned for being one of the strictest in the world. I do agree the declaration if done in 2016 may not be so much of an issue, but looking at this objectively, there's a lot more than just the declaration form that has been considered, yes I accept the vaccine stance also in the mix, my entire argument has been the shenanigans that occurred, the wink and nod so to speak, I've Honestly stayed clear of the Covid angle.

The ire against Australia is a deflection from the fact that all the remaining tennis players complied with the rules and can play. There is only one person who is responsible for this mess and who should be blamed, and that is of course boof-head himself. Double fault - game, set, and match.

Djokovic is to blame for this whole imbroglio, not Australia. Had he tried to ignore the laws against illegal drugs and tried to smuggle 100g of cocaine in his briefs, he wouldn't be playing and it would be his fault. I would support such a decision, even though I think the war on drugs is more stupid than some of the covid stuff.

People shouldn't be using this as a pro-anti Covid measures cause célèbre, it's about a country having visa requirements and somone choosing to give the finger to them.

he lied on a visa application. it wasn't a slip of the pen.

Do you have actual proof that he lied?

you do know what lying is? It’s not just a mistake. It’s deliberately deceiving people.

He and his team said this was an error made on a form.

Yes, he was disliked by a lot of people who are tennis fans before this. The line judge incident at the US Open, his preachy personal beliefs, and, more recently, the tournament he held that turned into a super spreader event in 2020. More than enough reasons, even if he is an unbelievable tennis player.

He’s a dickhead but irrespective of that, he doesn’t meet the criteria and lied on his visa application. G’luck.