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9/10 Australians think this guy is a grade-A dickhead. It would have been politically unpalatable for him to have been allowed to stay.

guilhas 5y ago
According to this poll is only 4/10 https://www.sportskeeda.com/tennis/news-local-survey-shows-novak-djokovic-welcome-stay-australia-least-50-public https://www.sportskeeda.com/tennis/news-local-survey-shows-n...
input_sh 5y ago
As someone that speaks Serbian, him and his family offer an endless source of entertainment. Like for example his father comparing the situation to Jesus' crucifixion, or Novak's regular pilgrimage to Bosnian "pyramid" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_pyramid_claims https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_pyramid_claims) for its magical healing power.
Arisaka1 5y ago
I'm a Serbian who used to be a fan of Djokovic in spite of the fact that I'm not big into tennis, but after losing a family member to Covid seeing him deciding to die on the anti-vax hill broke my heart and I don't want anything to do with him.
- t0bia_s 5y ago
  By your logic... I know personaly two people dead two weeks after vax and one paralyzed on half body week after vax. Schould I consider Djokovic as hero?
  - ggrelet 5y ago
    Was all this the consequence of the vaccine or the Covid itself?
    - jokethrowaway 5y ago
      The half paralysis sounds like Guillain Barre syndrome which can happen after the flu vaccine, after the COVID vaccine or after gastroenteritis. It can be temporary or permanent or kill you. i
      - t0bia_s 5y ago
        I know also 2 kids with terrible health condition after hexavaccine. And also friend of my parents that get dermatomyositis after hepatitis vaccine (back in 80's). His name was Julius Varga from Czechoslovakia (you can google more info, there is documentary about him with his mother: https://www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1185258379-cesty-viry/316298380030005/ https://www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1185258379-cesty-viry/31... Vaccines do harm.
    - t0bia_s 5y ago
      Heart-failure (healthy, 69y man, two weeks after second dose), myocarditis (79y woman, month after 1st dose, I'dont know what was her health condition exactly), half body paralysis (55y, man, week after fisrt dose).
- MrRiddle 5y ago
  I’m Serbian as well and I haven’t heard him say any anti-vaxx statement. It’s more of a result of witch-hunt than him actually being anti-vaxx. Another thing is, why he needs a vaccine? He had Covid, giving him long lasting immunity. Vaccines stop the spread at the same level or even less than Covid immunity, so what’s the point? Just politics, there’s absolutely no reason for someone like him to risk myocarditis, he is immune enough.
  - nexxer 5y ago
    He's had covid twice, once in June 2020 and now in December 2021, a good example of immunity by infection not being worth much.
    - ghostDancer 5y ago
      Also if We believe that He got it in December, that is probably a lie to not get the vaccine and enter Australia.
    - JPKab 5y ago
      This is illogical. Did he die? Did he suffer severe symptoms? No. What makes this different than a vaccinated person contracting the virus and having mild/no symptoms? You took a vaccine that has not been updated since it was created to target the Alpha variant. He caught a previous variant, and both of you are not protected from contracting omicron. However, both of you are at far lower risk of severe illness due to the previous exposure your immune systems have to the virus. The only difference is the payload. He was exposed to an entire virus, and therefore his antibodies/t-cells are less targeted and broader. You were exposed only to the spike protein which coats the virus, and therefore have a highly targeted immune response that is less broad. So what? The results are what matter. This is just religious posturing. You want everyone to take the same sacrament as you, regardless of outcomes. There are multiple studies with massive cohorts (the Israeli study has 2.5 MILLION people in it) that show that this virus is TYPICAL in the sense that when someone catches it, then clears it, the immune system is behind this. Previously infected people were proven in this study to have superior immunity to delta than fully vaccinated people, and the margins were not small. But sure, ignore that and focus on your sample size of 1 to confirm your priors.

guilhas 5y ago

According to this poll is only 4/10 https://www.sportskeeda.com/tennis/news-local-survey-shows-novak-djokovic-welcome-stay-australia-least-50-public https://www.sportskeeda.com/tennis/news-local-survey-shows-n...

input_sh 5y ago

As someone that speaks Serbian, him and his family offer an endless source of entertainment. Like for example his father comparing the situation to Jesus' crucifixion, or Novak's regular pilgrimage to Bosnian "pyramid" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_pyramid_claims https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_pyramid_claims) for its magical healing power.

Arisaka1 5y ago

I'm a Serbian who used to be a fan of Djokovic in spite of the fact that I'm not big into tennis, but after losing a family member to Covid seeing him deciding to die on the anti-vax hill broke my heart and I don't want anything to do with him.

t0bia_s 5y ago
By your logic... I know personaly two people dead two weeks after vax and one paralyzed on half body week after vax. Schould I consider Djokovic as hero?
- ggrelet 5y ago
  Was all this the consequence of the vaccine or the Covid itself?
  - jokethrowaway 5y ago
    The half paralysis sounds like Guillain Barre syndrome which can happen after the flu vaccine, after the COVID vaccine or after gastroenteritis. It can be temporary or permanent or kill you. i
    - t0bia_s 5y ago
      I know also 2 kids with terrible health condition after hexavaccine. And also friend of my parents that get dermatomyositis after hepatitis vaccine (back in 80's). His name was Julius Varga from Czechoslovakia (you can google more info, there is documentary about him with his mother: https://www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1185258379-cesty-viry/316298380030005/ https://www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1185258379-cesty-viry/31... Vaccines do harm.
  - t0bia_s 5y ago
    Heart-failure (healthy, 69y man, two weeks after second dose), myocarditis (79y woman, month after 1st dose, I'dont know what was her health condition exactly), half body paralysis (55y, man, week after fisrt dose).
MrRiddle 5y ago
I’m Serbian as well and I haven’t heard him say any anti-vaxx statement. It’s more of a result of witch-hunt than him actually being anti-vaxx. Another thing is, why he needs a vaccine? He had Covid, giving him long lasting immunity. Vaccines stop the spread at the same level or even less than Covid immunity, so what’s the point? Just politics, there’s absolutely no reason for someone like him to risk myocarditis, he is immune enough.
- nexxer 5y ago
  He's had covid twice, once in June 2020 and now in December 2021, a good example of immunity by infection not being worth much.
  - ghostDancer 5y ago
    Also if We believe that He got it in December, that is probably a lie to not get the vaccine and enter Australia.
  - JPKab 5y ago
    This is illogical. Did he die? Did he suffer severe symptoms? No. What makes this different than a vaccinated person contracting the virus and having mild/no symptoms? You took a vaccine that has not been updated since it was created to target the Alpha variant. He caught a previous variant, and both of you are not protected from contracting omicron. However, both of you are at far lower risk of severe illness due to the previous exposure your immune systems have to the virus. The only difference is the payload. He was exposed to an entire virus, and therefore his antibodies/t-cells are less targeted and broader. You were exposed only to the spike protein which coats the virus, and therefore have a highly targeted immune response that is less broad. So what? The results are what matter. This is just religious posturing. You want everyone to take the same sacrament as you, regardless of outcomes. There are multiple studies with massive cohorts (the Israeli study has 2.5 MILLION people in it) that show that this virus is TYPICAL in the sense that when someone catches it, then clears it, the immune system is behind this. Previously infected people were proven in this study to have superior immunity to delta than fully vaccinated people, and the margins were not small. But sure, ignore that and focus on your sample size of 1 to confirm your priors.