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Either that or the positive test is a fabrication that was backdated on paper to claim the „recovered“ status. I would also not rule out the possibility that th

Either that or the positive test is a fabrication that was backdated on paper to claim the „recovered“ status. I would also not rule out the possibility that there has not been a real positive test at all and that the tampering could include false data entry.

benmmurphy 5y ago
I think it is likely that there was no positive test at all. It all seems a bit coincidental that the only way an unvaxxed person without a medical condition could have gotten into Australia was via having a recent positive diagnosis and then Novak just happened to have a recent positive diagnosis. It's also suspicious that he has had a previous COVID infection. If there was no Omicron then I think this would be very suspect. Omicron makes it a lot less suspect because getting re-infected with this variant seems more likely and the base rate of infection seems to be higher.
jablan 5y ago
Considering his god-like status in Serbia, this wouldn't be hard to pull off at all.
- elzbardico 5y ago
  Yeah, because every poor country must be like Elbonia with completely ignorant and corrupt public servants. /s
  - bjtitus 5y ago
    In 2016 "22% of Serbian citizens who had contact with public institutions included in research (traffic police, public health, educational system, courts - civil litigation, public services that issue official documents, departments responsible for social welfare), had paid bribe at least once in the previous year." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Serbia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Serbia
  - michaelmrose 5y ago
    It's not just the Elbonians who are corrupt its all of us.
  - jablan 5y ago
    This would be not the first case where the rules are "bent" for the sake of Djokovic family: https://birn.rs/teniski-centar-novak-do-novih-kvadrata-uz-ustupke-gradske-vlasti/ https://birn.rs/teniski-centar-novak-do-novih-kvadrata-uz-us... (unfortunately I couldn't find the source in English; in short, they got some premium Belgrade land, which was initially planned for a public park, for their tennis academy)
  - aix1 5y ago
    Serbia is ranked #94 on the Corruption Perception Index: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index

benmmurphy 5y ago

I think it is likely that there was no positive test at all. It all seems a bit coincidental that the only way an unvaxxed person without a medical condition could have gotten into Australia was via having a recent positive diagnosis and then Novak just happened to have a recent positive diagnosis. It's also suspicious that he has had a previous COVID infection. If there was no Omicron then I think this would be very suspect. Omicron makes it a lot less suspect because getting re-infected with this variant seems more likely and the base rate of infection seems to be higher.

jablan 5y ago

Considering his god-like status in Serbia, this wouldn't be hard to pull off at all.

elzbardico 5y ago
Yeah, because every poor country must be like Elbonia with completely ignorant and corrupt public servants. /s
- bjtitus 5y ago
  In 2016 "22% of Serbian citizens who had contact with public institutions included in research (traffic police, public health, educational system, courts - civil litigation, public services that issue official documents, departments responsible for social welfare), had paid bribe at least once in the previous year." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Serbia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Serbia
- michaelmrose 5y ago
  It's not just the Elbonians who are corrupt its all of us.
- jablan 5y ago
  This would be not the first case where the rules are "bent" for the sake of Djokovic family: https://birn.rs/teniski-centar-novak-do-novih-kvadrata-uz-ustupke-gradske-vlasti/ https://birn.rs/teniski-centar-novak-do-novih-kvadrata-uz-us... (unfortunately I couldn't find the source in English; in short, they got some premium Belgrade land, which was initially planned for a public park, for their tennis academy)
- aix1 5y ago
  Serbia is ranked #94 on the Corruption Perception Index: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index