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It was announced today (2022/01/05) that Novak Djokovic, the current No. 1 tennis player in the world, will be granted an exception to play at the Australian Open (2022).
He is currently on his way (flying) to Australia.
Allegedly Djokovic is not vaccinated, but is known to have caught COVID in 2020, and has since fully recovered.
This is a big deal because the Victorian government (i.e. the Australian state in which the tennis open is played), have been posturing for months now that no exceptions will be granted to any tennis players. (The health minister and premier have repeatedly stated, unequivocally, that no exceptions will be granted for anyone. period! They are going to have a very hard time justifying this latest development.)
The fact that they have changed their minds and an exception has been made is a really big deal, especially as Australia is in the midst of a huge Omicron outbreak. The largest outbreak they have ever seen and growing rapidly on a daily basis. (Tens of thousands of new daily cases. People overwhelmingly and waiting for hours to get tested. It is a real mess.)
Many people in the public, who have bought into the “narrative”, are shacking their heads in disbelief. It truly flies in the face of everything they have been told is true.
It reinforces the notion that there is a rule for the “elite” and a different set of rules for the masses. this will not go down well, and will probably cause a lot of people to rethink everything they have been told over the last couple years.
Observations
- There is no doubt this is going to draw huge media attention
- Djokovic will be questioned repeatedly by journalists and this will make it on main stream media
- I believe he will not shy away from clearly explaining his views and making people aware of the real science and government overreach in many countries. (He might even touch on the authoritarian nature of vaccine passes and drop major truth bombs.)
- Djokovic has a very large fan base and will garner a lot of attention
- He might discuss the real science of natural immunity over vaccine immunity (this would be huge)
Within the current Australian climate of a massive Omicron outbreak, more and more people are realizing the lies they have been told for months now. More than 95% of the Australian population is double vaxxed and yet the vaccines have done nothing to prevent the spread and transmission of the virus.
Health authorities and the media are in full “fear porn” mode trying to scare people into getting their booster shots.
The “narrative” is crumbling, and I hope Djokovic “smashes” the last few nails into the COVID fearmongering coffin.
Opinion piece for context: “Hating on Novak has become a national sport” James MacPherson, 7 January 2022. https://spectator.com.au/2022/01/hating-on-novak-has-become-a-national-sport/?fbclid=IwAR2sfxTV91xxJGO1-GVqnC2kxsVqEvneEZZJjZ4qGVFYcVgbfqRSQYjGhxc
Release
On January 10, 2021, Judge Anthony Kelly ruled Djokovic could be immediately released from immigration detention this afternoon after he won his challenge to the Australian government's visa revocation. The judge said the cancellation “was unreasonable”. The Australian government has been ordered to pay all of Djokovic's costs.1)