Novak Djokovic

I don’t believe for one minute that he has a valid reason for a medical exemption from vaccination. He’s known as an anti vaxxer. This sends out all the wrong messages to people who have followed all rules and got themselves vaccinated.

I think the whole of Australia will not let him off that plane

Chippy individual I think.

Germanshepherdsmum

You can use that excuse for ages Lucca, call it long covid!?

I’d prefer that my Covid just went away !

You only have to pretend Lucca. I hope you’re soon completely recovered.?

Scott Morrison isn’t happy about this decision and there was talk on the one o’clock news that Djokovic could be put on the next plane out of Australia.
We haven’t heard the last of this.

How can he have a medical exemption yet be fit enough to play tennis at that level?

However, I do have one question:

If the vaccines prompt a response by the immune system to produce antibodies, could someone who has had Covid have a similar level of antibodies as a vaccinated person?
If so, why would they need to be triple vaccinated?

I still believe there are a lot of unanswered questions about Covid.

I'm not saying that I think he should be allowed into Australia (I haven't seen my family since 2019 either), just that I wonder why more antibody testing is not carried out.

What an arrogant man.

Calistemon

How can he have a medical exemption yet be fit enough to play tennis at that level?

However, I do have one question:

If the vaccines prompt a response by the immune system to produce antibodies, could someone who has had Covid have a similar level of antibodies as a vaccinated person?
If so, why would they need to be triple vaccinated?

I still believe there are a lot of unanswered questions about Covid.

Our late teen GD had Covid in summer 2020, she has tested positive for anti-bodies and therefore reluctant to have the vaccine (studying in mainland Europe) the only way she can come to U.K. is to be vaccinated which she has now agreed to.

If it’s the case that he doesn’t require vaccination because his body has produced antibodies after an earlier infection why is it being kept so secret?

No idea, Germanshepherdsmum but the situation prompted my question.
It isn't offered as an alternative anywhere and I wonder why.

I asked this before I heard about Djokovic but there are no answers.

I'm not defending him in the slightest because I'm not at all keen on him and think he is arrogant.

Our late teen GD had Covid in summer 2020, she has tested positive for anti-bodies and therefore reluctant to have the vaccine (studying in mainland Europe) the only way she can come to U.K. is to be vaccinated which she has now agreed to

You see, I find this strange, GrannyGravy.
Why does someone with antibodies have to have a vaccination?

Perhaps like the effects of vaccination the antibodies wane over time? On a general note, it must be far cheaper to vaccinate people than test them all for antibodies?

That is probably one answer.

I'm just playing Devil's Advocate, aren't I and irritated because cricketers and tennis players plus actors are there and I'm not.

You’re absolutely entitled to feel irritated Calistemon. I think it’s a fix and hope it’s proved to be.

If I were Australian and endured the strict shutdown they have, I would be furious if he is allowed to stay. Put him on the next flight back and get payment up front. No nonsense. He has no consideration for the country he is in, what arrogance. I can’t see them standing for it. Being a sportsman is more than the technicalities of the game.

Calistemon

That is probably one answer.

I'm just playing Devil's Advocate, aren't I and irritated because cricketers and tennis players plus actors are there and I'm not.

I feel your anguish, FaceTime is just not the same.

It was all rather a shambles last year because of Covid and should never have taken place then.

Who rules - the Australian Government or the ATP?

GrannyGravy13

Calistemon

That is probably one answer.

I'm just playing Devil's Advocate, aren't I and irritated because cricketers and tennis players plus actors are there and I'm not.

I feel your anguish, FaceTime is just not the same.

No, it's not!

BBC. News flash.
Visa cancelled, for deportation Thursday.

Yeesss, well done Australian government ???

It will be appealed, but great.

People that have had Delta or Alpha can still catch Omicron and pass it on. I’m glad he’s not going to be allowed to play. Arrogant man.

Good for them - out he goes!

Yes, good decision on behalf of the people of Oz. Of course, money always comes into it. NJ playing would have brought in a lot of punters and hence a lot of money.