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The whole thing is insane. What is the marginal cost of Novak entering the country unvaccinated?
by benmmurphy 5y ago
The whole thing is insane. What is the marginal cost of Novak entering the country unvaccinated?
- plantain 5y agoReputational damage for the government?
- jpgvm 5y agoSomewhat. If he had kept his exemption status private and had the appropriate documentation to support it there is a good chance he could have entered the country without fanfare. I think the problem stems from the fact that a) that documentation wasn't up to the level expected at entry and b) he and his associates made a big deal about his vaccination status, thus making it impossible for the government to make a special exemption - atleast without the support of the Victorian state government which had already made it abundantly clear the price of such endorsement was being fully vaccinated.
- jpgvm 5y agoLow but that isn't the point. Given the restrictions ordinary Australians have lived under and the vaccination rate (90%+ of those eligible) it's simply politically untenable to allow someone to bypass the entry rules. It's not like Australia hasn't been utterly clear on its stance for months, he had plenty of time to remediate his vaccination status.
- detaro 5y agoAs another commenter points out: it would send the message that the rich and famous get to ignore the rules everyone else follows.
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- sidibe 5y agoLikewise what is the cost of Novak getting vaccinated?
- spurgu 5y agoMaking people realize that we should all be free to choose?
- walshemj 5y agoAs some one said the needs of the many out way the needs of the (rich) few. Also Aussies hate sports personalities who they perceive as breaking the rules ask an Australia a cricket fan about the bodyline tour and Bradman.
- rudasn 5y agoWe should, but we can't. Not with all the other "freedoms" we (want to) enjoy.
- mewpmewp2 5y agoI know of at least one tennis player who got a reaction which made him pause the season. World's top 73 Jeremy Chardy. https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/Tennis_Interviews/102836/jeremy-chardy-i-regret-getting-vaccinated-i-have-series-of-problems-now/ https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/Tennis_Interviews... There is definitely a risk there. Just unsure of the exact frequency, but this has been happening to athletes all around the world. Where there's risk there should be choice and one should be able to weigh pros and cons.
- mewpmewp2 5y agoWhy wouldn't PCR test and isolation be enough? Besides with Omicron spread risk is not really reduced. Seems irrational decisionmaking to me and more of a power move.
- rasz 5y agoIt would undermine official position. You cant have special cases when you make spectacle out of "doing the right thing", even if that thing was already proven to be useless (vaccination preventing spread in case of catching covid, or even preventing infection in case of Omicron in the first place).
- ZetaZero 5y agoWhat's the marginal cost of any random Joe entering the country unvaccinated?