Manipulated or not, a non australian non vaccinated should not have a visa, if I’ve been correctly informed. And he got one.
“A coronavirus test with the number 7371999 was actually supposed to be Novak Djoković’s ticket for unproblematic entry into Australia. That positive test is the most important argument the unvaccinated tennis player has presented for why he should be allowed into the country, despite its strict entry regulations, to play in the Australian Open, which begins on Jan. 17. The PCR test was performed at 1:05 p.m. on Dec. 16, and seven hours later, the positive result was returned.
That, at least, is the story told by documentation from the Institute of Public Health of Serbia, which Djoković’s lawyers later presented in court. But a closer look at the allegedly positive PCR test, especially its digital version, raises questions.
The digital data suggests that the test results aren’t from Dec. 16 at all. In the digital results, there is a timestamp for 2:21 p.m. Serbian time on Dec. 26. Such timestamps are normally produced automatically by corona test systems, marking when individual tests are entered into the relevant database. That usually happens just a few minutes after the test result becomes available.
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The test results also include QR codes, and when DER SPIEGEL scanned the QR code for the test from Dec. 16, things got strange. At 1:19 p.m. on Monday (CET), the result from the scan was “test result Negative.” Such a result would have destroyed Djoković’s case for being allowed into the country. About an hour later, though, at 2:33 p.m. on Monday, a second scan of the QR code returned a different result: “Test result Positive.”
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There are also additional indications that cast doubt on whether Djoković really tested positive on Dec. 16.The Serbian testing system, as is normal for such programs, assigns an identification number to every test. The number for Djoković’s positive test, allegedly taken on Dec. 16, is 7371999. But for the negative test taken on Dec. 22, the identification number is 50,000 spots lower.”We could reconstruct that these ID numbers are assigned consecutively,” say IT experts with zerforschung, a German group of digital sleuths that has examined IT security loopholes in test systems on several occasions. The group has also taken a closer look at the process relating to Djoković’s digital test certificates.Their findings indicate that, according to the ID numbers attached to the Serbian test results, the negative test was performed prior to the positive test and entered into the database. Not the other way around, as Djoković’s lawyers claim and as the Serbian health documents would seem to indicate at first glance…”
The Australian government will stop at nothing. I am pro vaccination and all, but the way they treated Novak Djokovic is simply far below the standards one may expect from a civilized country hosting a Grand Slam tennis event.
I hope that the minister concerned realizes that if he deports Djokovic, he will undermine the value of the Autralian Open for years to come. The Australian Open will become a 2nd tier tournament, a ‘Little Slam’.
Serbian government should not be involved in this. But it is hilarious how they are trying to make up for it. As if more lies will cover other lies.
I mean, why are we even debating this and acting like there is any doubt?
His test results are clearly faked so he can go and play. He’s been enabled at the highest level of the Serbian government and because the Australians are rightfully outraged at this they are being treated as if they are the cause of this diplomatic mess.
The guy is a liar, he is helping to set a terrible example regarding the value of vaccination in a country with one of the lowest uptakes and highest excess mortality rates due to covid. As far as I am concerned he has contributed to those deaths and I will never buy a thing from anyone who sponsors him.
The Australian government had the right idea to refuse him, but fucked the handling of it up.
Scumbag.
I mean this is the guy who gave up gluten after holding a piece of bread against his bare skin and claiming it sucked the energy out of him…
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Manipulated or not, a non australian non vaccinated should not have a visa, if I’ve been correctly informed. And he got one.
“A coronavirus test with the number 7371999 was actually supposed to be Novak Djoković’s ticket for unproblematic entry into Australia. That positive test is the most important argument the unvaccinated tennis player has presented for why he should be allowed into the country, despite its strict entry regulations, to play in the Australian Open, which begins on Jan. 17. The PCR test was performed at 1:05 p.m. on Dec. 16, and seven hours later, the positive result was returned.
That, at least, is the story told by documentation from the Institute of Public Health of Serbia, which Djoković’s lawyers later presented in court. But a closer look at the allegedly positive PCR test, especially its digital version, raises questions.
The digital data suggests that the test results aren’t from Dec. 16 at all. In the digital results, there is a timestamp for 2:21 p.m. Serbian time on Dec. 26. Such timestamps are normally produced automatically by corona test systems, marking when individual tests are entered into the relevant database. That usually happens just a few minutes after the test result becomes available.
…
The test results also include QR codes, and when DER SPIEGEL scanned the QR code for the test from Dec. 16, things got strange. At 1:19 p.m. on Monday (CET), the result from the scan was “test result Negative.” Such a result would have destroyed Djoković’s case for being allowed into the country. About an hour later, though, at 2:33 p.m. on Monday, a second scan of the QR code returned a different result: “Test result Positive.”
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There are also additional indications that cast doubt on whether Djoković really tested positive on Dec. 16.The Serbian testing system, as is normal for such programs, assigns an identification number to every test. The number for Djoković’s positive test, allegedly taken on Dec. 16, is 7371999. But for the negative test taken on Dec. 22, the identification number is 50,000 spots lower.”We could reconstruct that these ID numbers are assigned consecutively,” say IT experts with zerforschung, a German group of digital sleuths that has examined IT security loopholes in test systems on several occasions. The group has also taken a closer look at the process relating to Djoković’s digital test certificates.Their findings indicate that, according to the ID numbers attached to the Serbian test results, the negative test was performed prior to the positive test and entered into the database. Not the other way around, as Djoković’s lawyers claim and as the Serbian health documents would seem to indicate at first glance…”
The Australian government will stop at nothing. I am pro vaccination and all, but the way they treated Novak Djokovic is simply far below the standards one may expect from a civilized country hosting a Grand Slam tennis event.
I hope that the minister concerned realizes that if he deports Djokovic, he will undermine the value of the Autralian Open for years to come. The Australian Open will become a 2nd tier tournament, a ‘Little Slam’.
Serbian government should not be involved in this. But it is hilarious how they are trying to make up for it. As if more lies will cover other lies.
I mean, why are we even debating this and acting like there is any doubt?
His test results are clearly faked so he can go and play. He’s been enabled at the highest level of the Serbian government and because the Australians are rightfully outraged at this they are being treated as if they are the cause of this diplomatic mess.
The guy is a liar, he is helping to set a terrible example regarding the value of vaccination in a country with one of the lowest uptakes and highest excess mortality rates due to covid. As far as I am concerned he has contributed to those deaths and I will never buy a thing from anyone who sponsors him.
The Australian government had the right idea to refuse him, but fucked the handling of it up.
Scumbag.
I mean this is the guy who gave up gluten after holding a piece of bread against his bare skin and claiming it sucked the energy out of him…
Yes, Sherlock.