Posted on 08/22/2022 8:47:22 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The U.S. Open begins next week, but the betting favorite on the men’s side, Number 1 ranked, Novak Djokovic, will likely be prevented from competing, barring a last-minute pivot by the player or the U.S. government.
On April 21, the Department of Homeland Security extended “temporary Title 19 requirements” that mandate non-U.S. citizens entering the U.S. be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and provide related proof of vaccination upon request.
“These requirements were extended in consultation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and several other federal agencies,” DHS wrote in announcing the extension. “According to CDC, vaccines remain the most effective public health measure to protect people from severe illness or death from COVID-19, slow the transmission of COVID-19, and reduce the likelihood of new COVID-19 variants emerging.”
Djokovic doesn’t seem any more likely to change course. “I’m not planning to get vaccinated, so the only good news I can have is them removing the mandated green vaccine card or whatever you call it to enter United States or exemption,” Djokovic said last month after winning Wimbledon, his 21st Grand Slam title. At the end of July, the Serbian tennis ace posted on his social media channels, “I am preparing as if I will be allowed to compete, while I await to hear if there is any room for me to travel to the US. Fingers crossed!”
Djokovic fans received a glimmer of hope that the three-time U.S. Open champion will be able to travel to New York, based on updated COVID-19 guidelines announced by the CDC on Aug. 11. The revised guidance moved away from social distancing and COVID-19 quarantine requirements, while eliminating any distinction in the protocols between vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals.
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This is what we get with our @$$hole Fedgov.
*Majados crossing the Rio Grande exempted.
Ridiculous.
Yeah, what about illegal immig...errr, cough, cough, “asylum seekers?”
Really we are no different than Australia. The difference is that we are being a bunch of d***s. In Australia, at least for a while, they believed in it.
4.5 million during POTUS Potato’s time in office per FR threads.
If “Opens” can rig their tournaments, what good are they?
let him in.
You can’t make this stuff up.
He should just break in over the southern border
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWLb2F0MEoY
He refused the jab. Stood up to our rulers. He must be punished.
Continuing proof, as if it were needed, that CoupFlu policy has NEVER been about public health.
Djokovic needs to enter through the southern border, then have Gov. Abbott put him on a bus to New York. Problem solved.
So…. the CDC appears to be slowly walking back and away from their former positions (specifically what DHS used for their ‘Title 19 requirements’) for whatever reason, likely since those positions are so unsupportable that they don’t want the hassle and ridicule of continuing the charade. Meanwhile DHS ignores what the CDC is saying on August 11 and instead harks back and digs their heels in on a position the CDC held at least 4 months earlier. I’ve got no faith in either of these corrupt organizations, but one has to wonder how DHS which is not a ‘health body’ per se takes a position that even the CDC no longer supports. What are they up to and what’s the motivation for them to not follow suit? Or is this just the inertia of what happens in government or have they got a specific agenda with this?
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