The ongoing vaccine controversy surrounding Novak Djokovic has given him another excuse. It has been a real roller coaster ride for those paying attention to the plight of Novak Djokovic, who is trying to get around his unvaccinated status to play in the Australian Open later this month. If you are not one of those people, you can read our previous pieces on his medical exemption and his family press conference.
With his father, Sran, taking to the streets with cries of injustice and indignity and every word in between, calling the Australian prime minister a dictator for not making an exception for his son.
He said he tested positive for COVID on December 16 and would get a vaccine exemption for the tournament, but he didn't get the result until December 17. He received a positive result after attending a tennis event in Serbia where he was in close proximity to children.
According to the medical record, the result was returned to him later in the day on December 16.
Even if he didn't know, he attended another event the next day, where he was pictured maskless during an interview and photo shoot with a French magazine, which he is calling "an error in judgment." This is not a big deal for someone who has been careless throughout the epidemic, but it is a mystery why he thought this wouldn't come to light.
There was an error in judgement. There was a mistake on his visa. There are many different kinds of errors. How exciting! He stated on his visa that he had not traveled to any other countries in the two weeks before he flew to Australia. His social media showed him in Spain within two weeks, which is so stupid that it is funny. He is trying to get banned from Australia. Every time a lie is exposed, he has a brand new one in his pocket.
Novak is the most insufferable person in this situation, because his father, Srdjan, is riling up the anti-vax crowd by telling the world that his son is a political prisoner. Srdjan threatened to fight them on the street if they didn't release his son, who he was unclear about. If he had a chance to get the Australian government on his side, his father is making it hard to picture it happening by the day.
If he were to win the Australian Open, he would break the three-way tie for the most Grand Slam wins, which would be huge publicity for the tournament. The immigration minister has the final say at this point. He was released from jail a few days ago, but this new information may cause a re-cancellation of his visa.