Commonwealth Games Proves ‘Double Standards’ for Vaccines

Brendan O’Neill of Spiked Online says the Commonwealth Games, which allows cricketers to play during COVID-19, is one of the “worst cases of double standards”.

Australian cricketer Talia McGrath has been cleared to play in the Twenty20 match against India, which O’Neill compared to the deportation of unvaccinated tennis star Novak Djokovic.

“There were healthy men who were banned from playing in Australia and America and who were totally demonized for breaking the rules or risking breaking the rules,” O’Neill said.

“And then there’s this unhealthy woman in the sense that she has COVID-19, but she was allowed to play and was rooting for her.”

O’Neill added that Novak Djokovic’s case was “an embarrassing moment for Australia”.