Today is my 7th day of self-isolation because, quite expectedly, I got symptoms of Covid infection on New Year's Day. The first few days LFT showed negative results, while my family members showed positive, for the same symptoms. I am writing this to warn friends to pay attention to symptoms and common sense without blindly believing in tests. The PCR test, which I did a few days ago and which was of course positive, is very sensitive, but even there in exceptional cases it can turn out a false negative. We had all the symptoms of the omicron infection: a mild temperature of 37.5 oC highest, dry cough, blocked nose and mild body aches and fatigue. All this together in a very mild form, which is not surprising considering that all three of us were vaccinated three times.
Since we spend our days at home, and the disease is not devastating, more a mild discomfort, we have time to cook, read, write, and watch TV. I have once again entered the mode of listening to and watching the news every day, several times, so I did not miss the saga about Novak Djokovic and his efforts to participate in the tournament in Australia despite being unvaccinated. Novak did everything, literally everything that was possible, to play the law in Australia in the typical Balkan style and find himself in the desired tournament. For people who may not be familiar, Novak is a well-known and very loud anti-vaxer since the early days. But he somehow managed to find some two anonymous medical bodies that gave him a medical exemption that he could not be vaccinated. Now, despite the great interest of all world media and people around the world, it has not yet been leaked what are the medical reasons that prevent Novak from getting vaccinated.
But we have heard that Novak's mother accuses the Australian government of using Novak as a scapegoat. And now I wonder why Australia needs this kind of nonsense in the presence of all the world's media. We also heard that Novak's wife calls for love and forgiveness. It is not clear to me of whom she wants our love and forgiveness. For her husband, despite the serious limitation in knowledge and understanding which sets an extremely bad example to the people in the poorly vaccinated Serbia, who seems to be among the worst in Europe. With people like Novak, is that surprising? The Serbian government also announced that the whole of Serbia was behind Novak in this Australian crisis.
I am familiar with this mental structure, in the end I myself come from a region where there are people who believe themselves untouchable.
However, on this occasion, I pay tribute to the Australian Government for its consistency. Thanks to them for showing the world that there are no untouchables in Australia.
I'm sorry that one extremely talented, world number 1 in tennis has such serious limits in his understanding of this pandemic, but that he is also proud of them.
Kristina
Friday, January 7th, 2022
Covid i ja (i Novak)
Danas je upravo prošao moj sedmi dan u samizolaciji jer sam, potpuno očkivano na samu Novu Godinu dobila simptome infekcije Covidom. Prvih nekoliko dana LF test je pokazivao negativno, dok je mojim ukućanima pokazivao pozitivno, za iste simptome. Ovo pišem da upozorim prijatelje da obrate pažnju na simptome i zdravu logiku, a da ne vjeruju slijepo testovima. PCR test, koji sam napravila pred par dana i koji je naravno, isto bio pozitivan, je vrlo osjetljiv. Ipak i tamo se u iznimnim slučajevima može pokazati lažno negativan. Ja sam imala sve simptome infekcije omikronom, kao i moji ukućani: lagana temperatura, 37.5 najviša, suhi kašalj, blokirani nos i lagani bolovi po tijelu i umor. Sve to skupa u vrlo blagom obliku što isto ne iznenđuje s obzirom da smo svo troje trostruko cijepljeni.
S obzirom da dane provodimo u kući, a bolest nije razarajuća, više blaga nelagoda, imamo vremena za kuhanje, čitanje, pisanje, gledanje TV-a. Opet sam ušla u mod svakodnevnog slušanja i gledanja vijesti i po nekoliko puta u danu. Tako nije promakla saga o Novaku Ðokoviću i njegovom nastojanju da, usprkos tome što je necijepljen, sudjeluje na turniru u Australiji. Novak je napravio sve, doslovno sve što je bilo moguće, da u tipično balkanskom stilu izigra zakon u Australiji i nađe se na željenom turniru. Za ljude koji možda nisu upućeni, Novak je poznati i vrlo glasni antivakser, od početnih dana do danas. No on je nekako uspio naći neka dva anonimna medicinska tijela koja su mu dala medicinsko izuzeće da ne može biti cijepljen iz medicinskih razloga. E sad, usprkos velikom interesu svih svjetskih medija i ljudi širom svijeta, nigdje još nije procurilo koji su to medicinski razlozi koji sprečavaju Novaka da se cijepi.
Ali smo zato čuli da Novakova mama optužuje australsku vladu da koristi Novaka kao žrtvenog jarca. I sad se pitam, što bi to Australiji trebalo ovakovo sranje uz prisutnost u svim svjetskim medijima. Čuli smo i da Novakova supruga poziva na ljubav i oprost. Nije mi samo jasno dali ona traži da i dalje volimo njezinog supruga usprkos ozbiljnim limitima zbog kojih daje izuzetno loš primjer ljudima. To je posebno važno u Srbiji koja je loše procjepljena, čini se među najgorima u Evropi. Uz ljude kao sto je Novak, da li to iznenađuje? Oglasila se i Srpska vlada sa priopćenjem da je čitava Srbija iza Novaka.
Potpuno razumijem taj mentalni sklop, na kraju i sama dolazim iz regije u kojoj ima nedodirljivih, podložni smo njegovanju istih.
Ipak, ovom prilikom odajem priznanje australskoj vladi na dosljednosti. Hvala joj što je pokazala svijetu da u Australiji nema nedodirljivih.
Žao mi je samo što jedan iznimno talentirani, svjetski broj 1 u tenisu ima ovakove ozbiljne limite u razumijevanju osnova pandemijske krize, koje ne samo da ne vidi takovima, nego se još sa njima i ponosi.
Kristina
Petak, 7. siječnja, 2022.
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