Sick Boy
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It’s a global pandemic, it’s hardly comparable to something like obesity or smoking.
Passport Control (14 Viewers)
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Nick
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Grendel
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I don’t see what that has to do with an argument regarding having a passport which will be skewed towards vaccines. Perhaps 12 year olds should have to have them
Sick Boy
Super Moderator
IMO, if the UK carries on as it is, it’ll end up back in lockdown.
Nick
Administrator
If we ban obese people from things until they lose weight then the strain on the NHS will be massively lifted.
Grendel
Well-Known Member
Why? We have high cases but not massive increase in hospitalisation. France I think has a similar number in hospital I think?
jimmyhillsfanclub
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As @jordan210 rightly points out, a passport doesn't magically make the vaccinated non-contagious....so its the non-vacinated that remain at a higher risk....so if they wanna go clubbing (at greater risk) let them.....its their lookout...
I'm still hopeful the constant talk of passports is just nudging a few more to take up the vaccine........
skybluetony176
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I can’t believe I’m not allowed to drive a car without a driving license. My liberties are being taken away from me grrr.
jimmyhillsfanclub
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Sick Boy
Super Moderator
And then what happens if the vaccinated person is carrying the virus and then goes to see an elderly relative before they’ve been offered a booster?
jimmyhillsfanclub
Well-Known Member
...to (glibly) quote Alan Partridge......what if your arm bursts?
I admire your persistence at trying to push this obesity angle still despite it being shot down every time.
It's not remotely comparable. Last time I checked obesity still isn't contagious.
skybluetony176
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I can’t believe I’m not allowed entry into (enter several destinations here) without a yellow fever vaccination certificate. My liberties grrr.
jimmyhillsfanclub
Well-Known Member
.....On the plus side....vaccine passports would be a great shot in the arm for the illegal rave scene.
skybluetony176
Well-Known Member
I can’t believe that I’m not allowed to work with children and vulnerable people without a background check. My liberties grrr.
skybluetony176
Well-Known Member
Anyhow. The majority of people on here are in favour of them and by about the same amount as the country as a whole. It’s a minority issue but as always the government pander to a minority of mostly fruit loops amongst their own ranks.
COV
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People keep talking about liberties, what about the liberties of the much larger group, ie those who've been vaccinated and don't want to share a room with someone who isn't vaccinated? If they want us to carry around a bit of paper/ email to show we've been vaccinated then who gives a toss, maybe its my ignorance but don't see what the big deal is
Sick Boy
Super Moderator
Ha! Good point
JAM See
Well-Known Member
8,000 phase one elites.
3,000 shirts sent out (medium and large only)
Be careful what you wish for...
jordan210
Well-Known Member
There is no scientific proof for vaccine passports work.
If you look what highly regarded professional body
Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
No justification for Covid passports, say Committee
"Government has so far failed to make the scientific case"
"Overall, we found that the Government has not established a clear scientific case, nor a good overriding public interest case for the introduction of a Covid-status certification system. There remain a large number of uncertainties about the rationale for an operation of such a system, as well as serious ethical concerns in regards to discrimination and infringement of individual rights and significant data protection concerns. When we consider that the Government’s own assessment that the case for introduction is “finely balanced”, it is our clear recommendation that the Government abandon the idea of using a Covid-status certification system domestically."
committees.parliament.uk
As I said its a complete false sense of security.
If you look what highly regarded professional body
Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
No justification for Covid passports, say Committee
"Government has so far failed to make the scientific case"
"Overall, we found that the Government has not established a clear scientific case, nor a good overriding public interest case for the introduction of a Covid-status certification system. There remain a large number of uncertainties about the rationale for an operation of such a system, as well as serious ethical concerns in regards to discrimination and infringement of individual rights and significant data protection concerns. When we consider that the Government’s own assessment that the case for introduction is “finely balanced”, it is our clear recommendation that the Government abandon the idea of using a Covid-status certification system domestically."
No justification for Covid passports, say Committee - Committees - UK Parliament
<p>The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee call for Government to abandon unjustified plans and says they have not made the scientific case, in its report on Covid 19 vaccine certification published today.</p>
As I said its a complete false sense of security.
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hill83
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Minimises the risk of a conversation about Bill Gates?
Sick Boy
Super Moderator
And ‘them’ and ‘the agenda’.
COV
Well-Known Member
Has anybody actually clarified what the "agenda" is, its a very common word thrown around but nobody can explain what it actually is
There is no scientific proof for vaccine passports work.
If you look what highly regarded professional body say such as the BMJ
COVID-19 vaccine passports are not evidence-based and violate people’s freedom of choice
That is not an article or paper by the BMJ, it is a letter in response to a BMJ article.
Edit: and it appears to have been written by an Australian reporter who got stood down from her TV program for inaccurate stories about WiFi frying kids brains.
jordan210
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A couple of points why this analogy is completely ridiculous.
Vaccine for yellow fever prevents illness not spread. As yellow fever isn't spread by close contact. Its spread by Mosquitoes. Who amazingly have not been vaccinated.
Also when have you ever shown your yellow fever certificate to go to the football or a pint down your local ?
Answer you havent as its not a domestic passport. Its a condition to travel to certain places.
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Sick Boy
Super Moderator
How many were at the protest with the woman calling for doctors and nurses to hang?
Grendel
Well-Known Member
no as some countries have low vaccine rates and the risk of new variant transmission is higher. That’s also an entry to a country not a restriction within the country
So you don’t agree with British citizens having to quarantine once they enter the country then?