No Vax Djokovic

[Ming the Merciless]

Now it turns out he was meeting people indoors and maskless the day after his so called positive test.

 

[MrGrumpy]

That was my thoughts too with him not getting the jab, terrified of some adverse reaction, iirc weren't tennis players & Spanish top tier soccer teams embroiled in Operation Puerto & Dr Fuentes? and covered up by the Spanish Authorities,
Edit, From Wikipedia
On 5 July 2006, Fuentes was indignant that only cyclists had been named and said he also worked with tennis and football players.[2] On 27 July 2006, IAAF was assured by Spanish prosecutors that no track and field athletes were involved.[58] On 23 September 2006, former cyclist Jesús Manzano told reporters from France 3that he had seen "well-known footballers" from La Liga visit the offices of Dr Fuentes.[59]

In May 2007 Sepp Blatter, president of FIFA, at a World Anti-Doping Agency meeting in Montreal, was reportedly interested in the contents "of the Puerto file".[60] Le Monde had reported in December 2006 that they had possession of documents of Fuentes detailing "seasonal preparation plans" for Spanish football clubs FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. These plans did not specifically name any players.[61] No other athletes had been named.

Long thought there is more to him on that front.

 

[Time Waster]

Wasn't there something about match fixing betting in tennis allegedly involving a Spanish player? Can't recall the details and not really relevant. Just iirc the couple of articles I read were basically implying there's a lot more dirty stuff going on in tennis and football that's not being brought out like in cycling and even cricket with their match fixing allegations and player involvement in betting rings against the sport governing body's rules.

 

[steveindenmark]

How do you get a medical exemption certificate if you have had Covid? Is there an assumption that you cannot catch it again and pass it on to other people?

Australia are going to look so bad if they cave in to this.

I hope they do not come up with some weak solution that he can stay but can only travel between the hotel and the tennis court or some such thing.

 

[vickster]

How do you get a medical exemption certificate if you have had Covid? Is there an assumption that you cannot catch it again and pass it on to other people?

Yes

 

[Drago]

How do you get a medical exemption certificate if you have had Covid? Is there an assumption that you cannot catch it again and pass it on to other people?

Its not a very good assumption, as Keir Starmer has discovered to his detriment.

 

[Drago]

I see some of the more hysterical news outlets have described No-Vax's situation as "imprisonment", while conveniently forgetting to mention that he is free to leave Oz any time he likes. Who'd have thought the Sunday Sport would stoop to such poor journalism?

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

It may not be directly his mistake but he did enter the country without a valid visa
and has chosen to remain and try to appeal

so being in a detention facility is not inappropriate - he may think he is special but legally he is just some numpty

 

[figbat]

It may not be directly his mistake but he did enter the country without a valid visa
and has chosen to remain and try to appeal

Or did he? Reading the court document linked provides a compelling case for his innocence. Well, of course it would as it is from his law team and only one side of the argument, but it lays out a credible case for his vaccination exemption.

For clarity, I am not defending him and I am a fully-vaccinated believer, but there are some assertions being made that are not based on primary knowledge.

 

[Arrowfoot]

Or did he? Reading the court document linked provides a compelling case for his innocence. Well, of course it would as it is from his law team and only one side of the argument, but it lays out a credible case for his vaccination exemption.

For clarity, I am not defending him and I am a fully-vaccinated believer, but there are some assertions being made that are not based on primary knowledge.

They are going along with procedural error, because he got both state and federal approval. The State did not follow Federal rules when they granted the exemption and the Federal approval was predicated on state following the rules. The Federal approval system is highly automated for speed.

I have a feeling that that they are going to ask for his blood sample for testing. And that's when he will leave.

 

[MasterDabber]

I have a feeling that that they are going to ask for his blood sample for testing. And that's when he will leave.

That could be interesting. No telling what a full analysis might uncover.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Is NoVaxx the new Lance??

New balls please …

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Although the papers are today showing a picture of him at a party with children...taken the day after he claims he tested positive...

He's just digging himself in deeper and deeper. The Oz government have told him he is free to leave the country any time he wants to, and I cant help thinking it would not only be simpler if he did, but it might also stop his reputation unravelling as fib piles upon fib.

No only that, the border force will help facilitate his leaving. What a nice bunch.

 

[MrGrumpy]

They are going along with procedural error, because he got both state and federal approval. The State did not follow Federal rules when they granted the exemption and the Federal approval was predicated on state following the rules. The Federal approval system is highly automated for speed.

I have a feeling that that they are going to ask for his blood sample for testing. And that's when he will leave.

Did fail to declare his covid infection ? All very well getting a visa in Nov but if you then go into catch Covid a month later , surely that would have to be disclosed especially entering OZ ? A bit more to this ?

 

[PaulSB]

Djokovic has won his case. BBC News

It makes you wonder really. I would feel a government makes the rules and border officials enforce them. This doesn't seem so difficult to grasp. I'm not planning to attempt to enter France as I know the current French rules.

An exemption is either valid or invalid. I'm struggling to decide if this makes Djokovic look like a spoilt brat or the Australian authorities, federal, state and tennis, idiots. Probably both and nobody wins.

I don't agree with the "valid notice" argument. If I were to turn up at any country in the world without a valid visa I risk being refused entry. I do not understand how Djokovic and his "people" can make such a stupid and basic error.