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Re: Djokovic's PCR test was manipulated?

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That's a feature if you ask me.

Maybe, but it also is an unprecedented privacy invasion at mass scale. Medical data used to be protected private information. At least in my country. Now everyone and their grandmother is entitled to be informed about personal medical details. It leaves a bitter taste.

But only if you decide to give them access. By default no one except you and the professionals who work in testing have access.

Also positive test information for infectious diseases can always be expected to be disseminated.

Re: Djokovic's PCR test was manipulated?

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His exemption was a process provided by the Australian Open tournament. More than twenty people applied for it and only a handful got the exemption. The process they outlined was a blind process (those evaluating the applications did not know who the players were) and two stage. It's not like he tried to cheat the tournament or Australia with this. He was following a provided process. Note, this is separate from any…

> provided by the Australian Open tournament They're not the Australian federal government though, so it's moot.

Whose fault is it if the tournament didn't put a process together that worked properly with the government? The people who used the process or the organization that created it?

Re: Djokovic's PCR test was manipulated?

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"Absolutely wrong. Timestamp is the time of pdf download. Everytime you repeat the process timestamp will change. Difference in confirmation code is because he used 2 different state labs on 16th and 22nd. Very poor analysis, I have to conclude."[1]

"You need to understand that these papers are not fakes. Both tests, database records as well as pdf certificates are 100% legit. He and his family have enough influence in state institutions to organize 100% original PCR certificate but with false positive result."[2]

"I have now checked your theory with my PCR test from October 1st. I have downloaded it now from http://e-zdravlje.gov.rs, scan QR code and timestamp from URL is 1641917096 (Tue Jan 11 2022 16:04:56 GMT). So timestamp in URL is not when test is done, but when test is downloaded"[3]

[1]https://twitter.com/CharlieWafflees/status/14809568793249955...

[2]https://twitter.com/CharlieWafflees/status/14809588647617003...

[3]https://twitter.com/blokovi/status/1480938239515148297

Re: Djokovic's PCR test was manipulated?

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Ok, this is getting strange. There are two ways to get test results: - it's automatically sent to email (if they have it) - you can download it from ezdravlje.rs portal The test I shared above is the one I got on email. However, I went to portal, downloaded pdf, and now I have two copies. They're different! IDs and all the data are the same, but QR codes are different. This is the new one: https://pcr.euprava.gov.rs/…

This is super important for everyone to see. The timestamp is not proof of time of test but rather the time that the test was "generated" for download. Anyone prominent on Twitter should respond and assist with this information. I've done these kinds of systems many times in the past and there could be any amount of reasons why a timestamp is included like this. Especially with weird government regulations, policies…

Nah, let's just run with the story first, could generate a fair amount of clicks!

Re: Djokovic's PCR test was manipulated?

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Plenty of honest people care. Especially Australian natives abroad who weren't able to see their families for months due to travel restrictions. People like Australian snooker player Neil Robertson who was in tears last year when his wife was able to get his father to fly to the UK to see him for the first time in over a year.

They should complain to their useless governments, not to a tennis player who gamed the system.

He didn't "game" the system, he cheated the system and fabricated medical documents.

Re: Djokovic's PCR test was manipulated?

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Funny story I heard recently: Someone tested positive in Mexico but "had to" get home. Flew to Tijuana, walked across the border (no COVID test needed for land crossing), and caught a flight home out of San Diego. It still makes sense to protect the airline employees, but I no longer view a pre-flight test as a reliable measure to stop COVID from arriving in the US.

The Tijuana-San Diego no test trick was possible up until November. Land borders didnt have any testing or inoculation requirements before then. https://www.dhs.gov/news/2021/10/29/fact-sheet-guidance-trav...

That document applies to non-U.S. persons. I don't think they can deny entry to a US person at a land border.

Re: Djokovic's PCR test was manipulated?

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His exemption was a process provided by the Australian Open tournament. More than twenty people applied for it and only a handful got the exemption. The process they outlined was a blind process (those evaluating the applications did not know who the players were) and two stage. It's not like he tried to cheat the tournament or Australia with this. He was following a provided process. Note, this is separate from any…

> not like he tried to cheat the tournament or Australia with this If the evidence presented here holds, Djokovic submitted falsified documents to the Australian government and courts. That's potentially visa fraud, perjury and a bunch of things that would put an ordinary person behind bars for years.

I don't think I was clear enough. By going for an exception he wasn't trying to cheat the tournament or government. If he tried to cheat while in the process that's a different matter.

> Djokovic submitted falsified documents

If the dates are real from the records everyone has found then he would, in theory, still qualify. So, why change the dates?

Djokovic has people who do all this stuff for him. I wonder if something happened in translation or somewhere else.

The motive seems to be missing.

Re: Djokovic's PCR test was manipulated?

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No it recalled one specific test that had been granted emergency authorisation. There are now better tests that can also detect influenza in addition to covid. The older tests could only detect covid.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cdc-recall-pcr-covid-19-te...

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