(02-11-2021, 01:20 AM)DJC date Wrote:As LP said, it's not the players who would be happy to get $100K who are complaining. Of course, some of the big earners, like Serena Williams, have been very outspoken in favour of the quarantine.Yes, it's clearly the case there are split opinions, but perhaps this comes more from a personal experience perspective of COVID-19, than a position of privilege. Sort of like the published opinions of Bill Gates vs Greg Norman, until Norman got ill and flipped.
I wonder if Williams' ethnicity in respect to the exacerbated impact of COVID-19 on African Americans, has tweaked her awareness!
What I don't understand is the French/Belgian player who was actually infected, coming out after 14 days of quarantine, losing early but picking up a cheque for $100K. In effect she complains about being cared for while infected with COVID-19, at the AO's expense which I assert is ultimately the Australian tax payer, and being paid $100K for the privilege with all expenses paid. :o
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