Letters | Novak Djokovic’s vaccine stance is disappointing and self-defeating
- Readers discuss the tussle between tennis star Novak Djokovic and the Australian government, the questionable logic behind Hong Kong’s social distancing rules, the fate of art events in the city, and the difference between legality and morality
Court documents now confirm that Djokovic is not vaccinated. I laud the Australian government for the decision to deny him entry and initiate deportation procedures, although a judge later ruled in Djokovic’s favour over his visa.
Australia has some of the world’s strictest Covid-19 restrictions and has wisely shifted to a vaccination drive, gradually lifting the aforementioned tough restrictions. Granting a vaccination exemption to a tennis star would be spitting in the face of the population, who in the past were prohibited from even leaving the country.
In the case of all three Covid-19 shots I received, my arm was sore for a few days, but this did not even fully preclude me from playing racket sports. All of us could have some excuse one way or another not to take the vaccine.