1. So, #Novax#Djokovic's family held a press conference, claiming the anti-vax tennis player was fighting for "personal choice".
Funny, I thought that this was about him fighting to be able to play in the #AustralianOpen.
2. But when the family was asked specifically about #Djokovic's public appearances on December 17th, the day after he found out he was COVID+ (FOR THE SECOND TIME!!!)...
Oh, well then, the family didn't want the attention of cameras anymore and adjourned the press conference.
3. It seems that the family has a distinct preference for unilateral communication during which they talk AT us.
4. The entire Djokovic family has opted to use this incident as a political platform put relations exercise to champion the #Antivaxxer argument...
They have made it about way much more than his simple right to play.
Neither it, nor the Australian government, can now allow themselves to be used and manipulated in this manner.
6. #Djokovic applied for his exemption on the 16th and received it on the 30th. Exactly 14 days.
This means he must have been aware of his diagnosis on the 16th in order to apply, which means he knew he was positive when he mingled with children and the public on the 17th.
7. Therefore, the Minister of Immigration must ban him for 3 years on the grounds that he is a danger to Public Safety.
Clearly, he is one.
And there are photos all over the web to prove it!
8. The only question remaining is:
Are @TennisAustralia, the government of the state of Victoria, and the government of Australia so beholden to money and celebrity that they'll allow the #Djokovic family to make fools of them by forcing them to accommodate anti-vaxxers?
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If hospital and ICU space is nearly completely maxed out...
Omicron is still spreading, and since we can't calculate the r number, we don't really know how much of it there is...
2. And, in that context we send kids, -- 0% of whom are vaccinated, if they are 0 to 5 years of age, with only ~4% of those 5 to 12 double vaxxed -- back to daycare and school, knowing a certain percentage of them will be infected...
3. And, circulating about, are all the adults, who would otherwise be home, needed to operate schools and daycares -- without vaccine mandates, being made priority for boosters, or N95s --, a percentage of whom will be infected...
2. And IMHO, this unfortunate taking away of the platform from the Indigenous community was made possible, in part surprising less meticulous than usual standard planning, communications, and expectations management by the PMO.
3. As a Canadian who wants things to get better, I was upset at the sloppiness as it left an opening for #CdnMedia to be as lazy as it could possibly be, and not make an effort to promote Indigenous voices on the day.
1. To my Twitter friends with whom I am exchanging on the issue of #Tofino, I asked you to remember that I am commenting from the viewpoint political communications strategy, and therefore that my critique of the Prime Minister and the PMO is strictly about that aspect.
2. I haven't suddenly gone rogue, and I'm not claiming that he's a phony.
I'm simply pointing out where there were planning, communications, and expectation management failings, and how things could have been done better.
3. And I don't think there's any doubt that things could have been done better, for had they been done better, #Tofino would not be the issue that has generated the most activity on my feed since WE.
1. The person taking over our apartment had asked us to leave our air conditioner and that she would buy it from us for $200.
She has confirmed several times.
Today, she let us know that she had found one at a better price and would not be taking it after all.
2. Of course, during the nearly TWO MONTHS we set it aside for her, she didn't tell us she was looking for a better deal.
Now she says she looked for another one when she didn't hear back from us for a week, but yesterday she confirmed she'd be sending us they money for it.
3. Of course, we've only been involved in a heat wave for most of the past two months and would have had NO PROBLEM selling it.
Now, with 7 hours left to move, we find out we must uninstall an AC.
The ceilings in two rooms are now fully painted, two coats, and they don't look half bad.
I may actually be able to do this.
We've had to stop painting for a bit to start moving furniture.
2. It is near impossible to find a rental vehicle or moving van, but we managed to find a flatbed truck... However, we only have it until 5 p.m. today. I'd say we have about two more full loads, but we'll have to take the bed apart to get it downstairs.
That'll be a big job.
3. Fortunately, we still have until noon on the 31st to clean up the old place, and rent a carshare for the few things that can still be packed in boxes, so we don't have to be 100% moved by 5 p.m.