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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDjokovic Quietly Admits He Got COVID--Again--So He Should Get to Enter Australia
In arguing that Australia was wrong to deny him a visa despite being unvaccinated, Novak Djokovic has quietly revealed that he caught COVID-19 for a second time just last month. The anti-vax tennis star made the disclosure in a legal filing Friday appealing the countrys decision to cancel his visa for not providing sufficient evidence to get around the countrys vaccine mandate. Djokovic, who flew in to Melbourne for the Australian Open, said the Australian government had radically and fundamentally misinterpreted guidance from the countrys medical board over whether the rules should apply to those who contracted COVID-19 within six months. Djokovic said he tested positive on Dec. 16. In June 2020, Djokovic publicly announced that he and his wife had COVID. The Australian government had no immediate response, but the countrys prime minister said Djokovics barring was simply a matter of following the rules. If his appeal fails, Djokovic could be banned from the country for three years.
Read it at The New York Times
https://www.thedailybeast.com/novak-djokovic-says-he-got-covidagainso-he-should-get-to-enter-australia
Read it at The New York Times
https://www.thedailybeast.com/novak-djokovic-says-he-got-covidagainso-he-should-get-to-enter-australia
NYT link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/08/world/australia/djokovic-australia-visa.html
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Djokovic Quietly Admits He Got COVID--Again--So He Should Get to Enter Australia (Original Post)
demmiblue
Jan 2022
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empedocles
(15,751 posts)1. A 3 year ban would end jokers dream of sweeping all 4 Majors [championships] in a single season
MineralMan
(146,255 posts)2. But...Sports Star!
They should always get different treatment, because...sports....
PCIntern
(25,482 posts)4. Or really good-looking, like star-quality...
Ive seen this happen in person .everybody gets turned away and some really hot lady or man shows up and everybody turns themselves inside out to help them. Airline counters, hotel desk clerks, doctors offices. My own doctor did it in front of my eyes. Boy, did I give him a hard time when he came on the examine room.
MineralMan
(146,255 posts)5. Yes, that, too.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)3. Send him home
Gosh, he's behaving like a brazen qpuke.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)6. I've got a bet with a friend that they let him in.
I hope to god I lose.
When he supposedly he had Covid in December he was still making public appearances, exposing everyone. What an entitled twit.
Walleye
(30,978 posts)7. Natural immunity