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First footballers…

62 replies

RenGreen · 05/01/2022 09:03

Now tennis players…

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-59876203

Why are they not getting vaccinated? I imagine it’s because they see themselves at low risk of infection but I have a friend, a young mum and she’s also my neighbour. So fit and pre vaccination in May 2020 got covid and now has the worst long covid, even now she can’t leave the house for long as unable to walk for long. I believe her fitness saved her after getting covid, she only wishes the vaccine existed then. You just don’t know how covid will ‘get’ you.

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Dollywilde · 05/01/2022 09:05

Djokovic is well known as a complete on many things, covid only being the latest. Sadly idiots exist in all professions and walks of life.

FflosFfantastig · 05/01/2022 09:09

Idiot because they made a different decision... 🙃

Dollywilde · 05/01/2022 09:12

I quite literally pointed to his views on a range of subjects, not just covid, before I implied he was an idiot.

thewhatsit · 05/01/2022 09:24

It’s the double standards that makes me angry to be honest. If 10% of the population choose not to be vaccinated then it’s stands to reason that 10% of sports people will also choose not to be vaccinated..
What is so annoying though is that worldwide it’s becoming quite clear that it is one rule for them and another for us. See also - politicians here and vaccines mandates on other countries that conveniently exclude some public sector workers with powerful unions…

ElizabethG81 · 05/01/2022 09:28

I think the criticism of footballers is quite unfair as something like 80% of them are vaccinated, which I think is pretty much in line with the norm for people of their age group.

Djokovic is a twat though. If he won't have the vaccine then he shouldn't be given special treatment to compete somewhere where it's required.

Notonthestairs · 05/01/2022 09:30

It's all about money and sponsors.

I wonder if any lesser known/lower ranked tennis players have been given an exemption?

Bollocks2Covid · 05/01/2022 09:32

I’ve noticed a similar attitude from a lot of people in the fitness industry. They are arrogant and thick as mince IMO.

Tana433 · 05/01/2022 09:49

Honestly there are so many judgey people on MN (not sure why im surprised) Instead of slating a perfectly fit and healthy player who has decided to stay that way, why dont you instead challenge the ridiculous rules that someone has to prove their vaccination status in order to play a game of tennis. Djokovic has obviously found a way around it and has been allowed to continue. Good luck to him. If you dont like it, dont watch but it really has zero effect on the outcome.

frazzledali · 05/01/2022 09:54

@FflosFfantastig

Idiot because they made a different decision... 🙃
Yes. Why, what would you call him?
changingstages · 05/01/2022 09:54

@Tana433

Honestly there are so many judgey people on MN (not sure why im surprised) Instead of slating a perfectly fit and healthy player who has decided to stay that way, why dont you instead challenge the ridiculous rules that someone has to prove their vaccination status in order to play a game of tennis. Djokovic has obviously found a way around it and has been allowed to continue. Good luck to him. If you dont like it, dont watch but it really has zero effect on the outcome.
what do you mean by 'decided to stay that way'?
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RenGreen · 05/01/2022 09:58

What are you implying by ‘decided to stay that way’?

If he won’t get vaccinated he can’t play! I have friends in Melbourne who’ve lived through some of the toughest restrictions in the world! And now he just waltzes in, unvaccinated!

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Tana433 · 05/01/2022 09:59

@changingstages It is pretty obvious what i mean, no need to stir the pot. He doesnt want to take the risk of having an adverse reaction to the vaccine. He is obviously very healthy and the risk of being seriously ill with covid is small and he has decided not to take the chance. Totally up to him as it is to all of us. He shouldnt be punished for making a personnal choice that affects nobody but himself.

PurpleDaisies · 05/01/2022 10:00

Djokovic has a long history of behaving like a twat. This is just another example. I hope the backlash against special rules for him will see him not be allowed into Australia.

Narutocrazyfox · 05/01/2022 10:02

Good on him! Provided he's regularly tested and not posing a risk to anyone, I don't see how it's anyone else's business tbh.

PurpleDaisies · 05/01/2022 10:05

@Narutocrazyfox

Good on him! Provided he's regularly tested and not posing a risk to anyone, I don't see how it's anyone else's business tbh.
You’re missing the point that a special exemption has been made because he happens to be good at tennis. Australia need to apply their rules fairly and consistently.
Flapjacker48 · 05/01/2022 10:06

As Jamie Murray said in a press conference - he wouldn't have been given an exemption.

Narutocrazyfox · 05/01/2022 10:06

@PurpleDaisies the rules are ludicrous anyway. I'm glad he's found a way around them.

LumosSolem · 05/01/2022 10:09

@PurpleDaisies

Djokovic has a long history of behaving like a twat. This is just another example. I hope the backlash against special rules for him will see him not be allowed into Australia.
I agree.

He shouldn't have been allowed an exemption. If he doesn't want to be vaccinated that's his choice but that decision should mean not being able to compete at the Australian Open. The rules in Australia have caused so many problems and so much trauma to many of their own citizens. It must feel like a kick in the teeth to them, to see him given an exemption.

GiveMeMyKeys · 05/01/2022 10:09

@Flapjacker48

As Jamie Murray said in a press conference - he wouldn't have been given an exemption.
I heard him say that but it doesn't mean he's correct. The reason for the exemption hasn't been made public, he can't possibly know what would have happened had he submitted the same application. Applications which I believe are anonymous and decided by more than one person
NearlyAlwaysInsane · 05/01/2022 10:10

Idiotic rules. Vaccination status should not be a barrier to playing sports. End of.

Tana433 · 05/01/2022 10:14

@LumosSolem Then berate the ridiculously harsh rules in Australia, not one player who has found a way around them. Proving a vaccination status in order to play a game of tennis is frankly ludicrous and you are getting annoyed at the wrong situation.

WindyState · 05/01/2022 10:14

Jamie Murray is spot on.

Djokovic is an anti-vax lunatic so the rules have been bent somehow to allow him to play.

merrymouse · 05/01/2022 10:18

[quote Tana433]@changingstages It is pretty obvious what i mean, no need to stir the pot. He doesnt want to take the risk of having an adverse reaction to the vaccine. He is obviously very healthy and the risk of being seriously ill with covid is small and he has decided not to take the chance. Totally up to him as it is to all of us. He shouldnt be punished for making a personnal choice that affects nobody but himself.[/quote]
Maybe he has enough money to keep himself apart from society, but for most people vaccination reduces transmission and the chances of being hospitalised, which has an impact on others.

As a healthy 34 year old there is much higher risk that his health will be affected by long Covid than vaccination.

Tana433 · 05/01/2022 10:26

@merrymouse You have absolutely no proof that he has a higher risk of long covid than effects from the vaccine. No-one knows how either will affect us which is why we weigh up the pros and cons and make a decision about our own bodies for ourselves. Nobody else's choice to make.

ILookAtTheFloor · 05/01/2022 10:28

I really can't get worked up about this:

  1. We know 2 jabs doesn't prevent transmission and you can still have and spread Covid.
  1. The reasons for his exemption are his private business and hasn't it gone through two independent panels to decide?
  1. He's had covid before, clearly doesn't have long covid and it's none of anyone's business if he doesn't want to be vaccinated - it's not like he's 80 yo/compromised immune system/likely to be taking up a hospital bed if he catches it again.

And I say this as a pro vaxx person who has had all jabs and a booster.