Novak Djokovic situation: a mad world!!!

Madness!

The issue here, is not about anti-vaxxers or the principles around the need for people to get the jab etc. How on earth can a civilised country get into this kind of embarrassing situation?????

A daft battle of egos between their government and the organisers of the tennis event. With Djokovic caught in-between. Not entirely faultless, given his needless coyness relating to the vaccine, BUT still, the adults in the room should be the Aussie government and their event organiser.

A World Number 1 tennis player who has for a while been known to oppose vaccination and has never said he has been vaccinated, says he has been granted a medical exemption, tells everyone he is heading to Australia, is allowed to board a flight (just think about this: if you don’t have a visa to enter Australia, will an airline let you get on the flight from your departure point?)

If Australia’s Prime Minister has so much time on his hand to comment about this, while his country is being ravaged by Covid, could he not have come out the day Djokovic was about to leave Dubai for Australia, that he needs to head home as Australia won’t let him in? If he (the Australian PM) cares so much about his country, would he not have pre-empted this embarrassment by just saying ”exemption or no exemption, Australia will not allow any non-vaccinated entry”. Djokovic could then have stayed in Dubai and started legal action from there, if he wants to challenge

To lock a World Number 1 tennis player in a refugee hotel and think that demonstrates toughness or Australian principles or anything else, is just idiotic:

1. The event (Australia Open) promotes Australia and prima donna or not, Djokovic’s presence elevates the event
2. The usual objection to ”one rule for some and another for others” is a semi-illiterate’s folly. Of course it is one rule for some and another for others. When has life never been that? Some of us who are not part of the elite, just have to deal with it. That is what it is. Anyone who thinks politicians and rich people are ever going to face the same treatment or challenges as us mere mortals is either a semi-illiterate or just an idiot. So, Djokovic is well within his right as a rich elite, to think he is above the laws that us mere mortals have to comply with: that’s how they (the elite) all see it and that’s the privilege they have always enjoyed
3. Why is the Prime Minister of Australia commenting on this? can he do the same for the thousands of refugees and asylum seekers they have in Australia? if not, why not? After all, he is saying Djokovic should be treated just as every other traveller right? so why isn’t he giving us his thoughts on every person denied entry into Australia? this is all just political point-scoring.. And pathetic at best

The saga makes Australia look like a third world country where individuals can just make it up as they go along. They will now perhaps try to overrule the common sense judgement handed down by a judge today, confirming Djokovic is to be let alone. Madness indeed!!!

I would like to think the UK government unlikely to get into such a dumb situation as we approach Wimbledon later in the year. They would likely have applied common sense immediately. Either stop the guy from leaving where he was (Dubai) or let him in, if he has arrived and does indeed have the exemption, which he clearly has, as your event organisers confirmed it!!