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tishaLA

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11. There was such an outcry

Reply to LoisB (Original post)

Wed Jan 5, 2022, 11:56 PM

Jan 2022

it was almost like they didn't have a choice. I was watching the Aussie news early this AM and, you know, Australia has been very strict about its COVID policies--people not being able to go from Victoria to NSW, people not being able to go to funerals, lockdowns that happened the way lockdowns are supposed to if we want them to work. And Australia has been rewarded by having so few cases of COVID, so people were rightly resentful that the AO organizers (and, if it had worked, the government) would be so willing to spit on their sacrifices for a GD tennis player

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Per the BBC, Australia has canceled Djokovic's visa. [View all] LoisB Jan 2022 OP

Glad they enforced the rules rurallib Jan 2022 #1

So am I. LoisB Jan 2022 #2

You did great. secondwind Jan 2022 #3

Thank you! LoisB Jan 2022 #7

Got Nothing Against Djokovic WHITT Jan 2022 #4

I'll drink to that. LoisB Jan 2022 #9

You did it perfectly and it is a very good post to share. MLAA Jan 2022 #5

Thank you! LoisB Jan 2022 #8

Thanks! SallyHemmings Jan 2022 #6

Crikey! Deep State Witch Jan 2022 #10

There was such an outcry tishaLA Jan 2022 #11