for playing tennis. they gave him an exemption but his visa, which australia fwrfw granted him, is very clear, you have to be vaccinated to enter the count riff australia. there are no exceptions. tennis hall of famer pam shriver joins me now. she is seven time australian open doubles champion. played for 19 years. pam, it is an honor to have you. thank you so much. you know a lot about australia, obviously. um, should djokovic be allowed to play in the australian open or not? well, he never should have been granted the waiver from the victorian health panel that gave him what he thought was the green light to fly down under. it s been very, very clear that the country of australia they have fought covid hard. they have mandated vaccines. all the other players that are there, minus one or two that had a health exemption that was deemed as legitimate, they ever all been double vaxed. and i think it really would have set a bad example for all of
COVID-19 is especially harsh on elderly people, and researchers think they know why
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Amy Chung said one of the most striking observations from the pandemic was the disproportionate disease severity and deaths in the elderly compared to children.
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Australian researchers have been investigating why elderly people respond so poorly to COVID-19, and theorise that it s linked to their repeated exposure to other seasonal coronaviruses.
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But older adults saw it as typical, seasonal coronavirus
It found children s immune systems could activate surrounding white blood cells to help clear the virus