Having stood up for human rights for 40 years despite harassment from foreign governments who took exception to my activism in the face of torture, detention without trial, gender discrimination and targeting the gay community. I welcome todays decision in the Australian court.
I also applaud Djokovic for having the gutsy determination and faith in his right to play that endured despite the gruelling interrogation he received whilst imprisoned against his will. There is no excuse for how he was treated. He is entitled to demand full reparation by law!
This legal case should not be seen as an anti-vaccine stance, it is simply a victory for voluntary vaccinations which I support. The state does not have the right to override anyone’s human right to refuse any medical procedure.
In reply to those who were given vaccinations in the past whilst working in the NHS, they ought to have been consulted and certainly not pressured by line managers to take vaccines against their will as some reported.
Based on the Djokovic case, I hope that politicians and governments will give serious thought to whether vaccines should now be made mandatory and in so doing, separate their political agenda and personal interests from the rights and wrongs of imposing mandatory vaccination.
Governments must now be honest with the public as to the actual period of protections given by the current vaccines and demand full disclosure by the pharmaceutical companies of all data that pertains to that fact so that we have a properly informed citizenry.
As the recent case in the US involving the FDA and PFIZER educates us, an informed citizenry is the basis of our democracy and that statement clearly infers the right of the individual to act on the basis of that information and demand better of government who fail to provide it!
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