Australians should be mad at their government’s strict lockdowns, not Djokovic’s vaccine exemption

Published January 7, 2022 9:57pm ET



Australians apparently don’t like that tennis superstar Novak Djokovic received a (partial) exemption from COVID-19 immigration restrictions while they are forced into brutal lockdowns. But perhaps their anger should be directed less at Djokovic and more at their own government.

Djokovic, who is reportedly unvaccinated, was granted a vaccine exemption that would allow him to play in the Australian Open by Tennis Australia and the Victorian government.

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