Covid: Thousands sign petition against vaccine passports
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More than 200,000 people are urging the government not to introduce documents offering proof of vaccination.
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See the human rights groups are at it again, the only exception should be on medical grounds. No vac no access “Simple”
What a lovely society you propose
Why havent you been saying this for years with all other vaccinations, why are you just piping up now, 77th?
Why havent you been saying this for years with all other vaccinations, why are you just piping up now, 77th?
I want all you Vax zombies to keep well away from me and my family. It is you lot who are a danger. So get back under your bed and isolate forever.
Have you seen what happened in Gibraltar?! You fool! And also, are you happy to be vaccinated with dead fetal cells? Do you have any morals left?!
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You seem to have a problem with human rights as you sneer at the people who think they should have some
bit of a one sided argument here think the Nazi tried this approach in 1930s and 40s.
It's not so much the human rights groups as the personal liberties lobby - you know them, they're the ones who think their beliefs are more important than everyone else's.
The human right to be protected from those who refuse the vaccine.
What about the rights of the rest of society who have to come into contact with the unvaccinated? Do they count?
If you have been vaccinated why worry about those who havent
Its either
a) you dont believe the vaccine works
b) you like to tell others to do what you want
Im guessing in your case its b
Its either
a) you dont believe the vaccine works
b) you like to tell others to do what you want
Im guessing in your case its b
Surely if you’re vulnerable or worried about COVID, you’ll have a jab and be protected; therefore you won’t need to worry if you come into contact with the ‘unvaccinated’.
They aren't opposed to getting vaccinated, just to the passports.
Does vaccination reduce transmission? The jury is still out on that, but the pro-vaxxers have already decided the truth of the matter.
Cominus, if the vaccine works and it gives you sufficient protection, which they say they do, then what have you got to fear from an unvaccinated individual?
And I will have the vaccine when it eventually gets down to me.
And I will have the vaccine when it eventually gets down to me.
surely science needs to offer some proof that a virus can transmit between two people before considering that?
If you are vaccinated - aren't you protected enough not to worry about whether others are or aren't?
Unless of course you really have no faith in the vaccines.
Unless of course you really have no faith in the vaccines.
Our rights are not to live in a dictatorship like nazi germany where we have to present papers. Were you this paranoid about people having flu jabs? I think not. Go to N Korea if you enjoy totalitarianism, we won't miss you.
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What about the rights of non smokers? What about the rights of people that don't drive yet get killed walking down the road?
A petition urging the government not to introduce vaccine passports could be debated by MPs after it gained more than 200,000 signatures.
The online petition says the passports could be "used to restrict the rights of people who have refused a Covid-19 vaccine".
Proof of vaccination could allow people to travel or attend large events.
What is to stop airlines and other countries adopting this?
The online petition says the passports could be "used to restrict the rights of people who have refused a Covid-19 vaccine".
Proof of vaccination could allow people to travel or attend large events.
What is to stop airlines and other countries adopting this?
I really hope they do. I hope all private companies restrict access for those maniac anti-vaxxers
200,000 selfish (apart from medically exempt) individuals who do not trust the NHS - yet they are paying for the NHS via NI Contributions !!
I don't want to travel on an airline that allows non-vaccinated people on it!
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Look at how disproportionate the numbers are, circa 125.000 One Hundred and Twenty Five Thousand people have died and a good majority of the deaths couldn't have been avoided due to comorbidity health issues unfortunately, consequently, the Government are Insisting 65 Million People will have to be Vaccinated, How mental is that...?
Vaccine pasports / co-erced vaccination have been the hidden agenda since day 1
To put something such as this in an election manifesto would be electoral suicide, but to push it through under the guise of a pandemic is what the aim was
Vaccine pasports are the thin end of a globalist wedge that must be resisted at all cost
To put something such as this in an election manifesto would be electoral suicide, but to push it through under the guise of a pandemic is what the aim was
Vaccine pasports are the thin end of a globalist wedge that must be resisted at all cost
Idiot
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And pasports are unnecessary because the deep state can collect all the information they beed from the chip that Bill Gates has had inserted in every jab.
Now, where did I put my tinfoil hat?
Now, where did I put my tinfoil hat?
Passports would allow something to take place before it otherwise would.
In other words, the vaccination programme is going to reduce everyone's individual risk to COVID, but until uptake is high enough some events will still carry a higher risk.
The use of passports reduces that risk level such that they can take place.
So either you have the passport and hold events, or you don't - and don't.
In other words, the vaccination programme is going to reduce everyone's individual risk to COVID, but until uptake is high enough some events will still carry a higher risk.
The use of passports reduces that risk level such that they can take place.
So either you have the passport and hold events, or you don't - and don't.
I don't see how you can stop any country / airline / venue making their own determination on whether they will require proof of vaccination and, if I chose not to then I have to accept those rules. Also, if as a vaccinated person I know a particularly country/airline etc does not require this of its visitors/customers, I may chose not to go there or use those services for my own protections.
You HAVE to accept arbitrary rules, dreamt up by arbitrary spivs, which may be in breach of national law? I don't think so. Grow a pair mate.
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Exactly!
Not being govt mandated wont stop it happening.
Independent businesses have the right to make their own rules.
One of my local pubs wont allow baseball caps/tracksuit bottoms. You accept that or go somewhere else. This will be the same.
No one kicks up a fuss about having yellow fever, typhoid, tetanus, cholera, dengue fever, Japanese Encephalitis jabs for travel, why is this different??
Not being govt mandated wont stop it happening.
Independent businesses have the right to make their own rules.
One of my local pubs wont allow baseball caps/tracksuit bottoms. You accept that or go somewhere else. This will be the same.
No one kicks up a fuss about having yellow fever, typhoid, tetanus, cholera, dengue fever, Japanese Encephalitis jabs for travel, why is this different??
Totally agree. Civil liberties gone mad. It is going to happen whatever people say because many countries will insist upon proof of vaccination. I don't want to travel with people who haven't been vaccinated.
UK can't stop other countries. But UK can and does stop airlines / venues making their own determination, it's called anti-discrimination law.
Exactly. It's not government business, except in relation to international travel.
Surely that depends on your age and health; if brought in tomorrow, I won't be aloud into such venues, I'm not in the correct age bracket, so is this not being ageist against younger individuals?! Additionally, so can't have the vaccine due to other health conditions; do you stop them attending an event because of their individual circumstances? Its a very dangerous precedent to make!!
Not having a vaccination is a choice.
If you make that choice accept the consequences and don't whinge about your human rights.
If you make that choice accept the consequences and don't whinge about your human rights.
Well, for some, who have certain medical conditions, don't have the same choice as you or I.
"Not wanting the vaccine" and "not wanting vaccine passports" are two entirely different issues.
It's not much of a 'choice' if you loose access to all work. I'd agree for care workers and front line medical workers, etc and when it makes sense, but we can't leave it down to company directors to dictate our bodies for god's sake. As someone who WILL have the vaccines when offered, we still need legal protections to protect all parties, including those who won't/can't
You have to remember that Covidiots retain the right to infect other people. They also retain the right to encourage new variants of covid and thereby render the vaccine potentially useless. Remember we live in the age of the moron and as such government policy is determined by the cretins.
A vaccination certificate can confirm that you have had the vaccine or that you are medically exempt. It is only those choosing not to be vaccinated that will be impacted. If airlines decide they need certificates before travel, then those who choose not to be vaccinated will not be able to travel. Simple as that. We cannot have GP's issuing these as they need to focus on treating patients.
Spot on, plus its not just our government considering it. I mean you can't complain of another country demanding you have one before you enter, they already do this with some other diseases.
A domestic one will not work because a) there will be so many legal challenges to it that it will never get implemented, b) our social framework is such that it will be impossible for the police/venues to enforce it, c) if the vaccine rollout continues to plan then we will have reached herd immunity before the system is ready. An international one will be needed by other countries.
So what if the consequences were that if you had the vaccination then you would be excluded from everything? If you cannot comprehend that human rights are there to transcend consequences, I would worry for your ability to make simple decisions around your own health.
The thing is, if the purpose of lockdown is to protect the vulnerable. If the vulnerable have been vaccinated and are therefore no longer vulnerable, then who exactly are you protecting?
It doesn't add up, it's just an excuse for an attack on our personal freedoms.
"Here, take this new drug with no long term studies in exchange for your personal freedom". This is the stuff of Nazis.
It doesn't add up, it's just an excuse for an attack on our personal freedoms.
"Here, take this new drug with no long term studies in exchange for your personal freedom". This is the stuff of Nazis.
I’d rather not have the jab through choice. Potential long term side effects still can’t be ascertained as there were no longitudinal studies allowing more than a few months. I may be forced into it but I’ll wait as long as possible for the Sheeple to get jabbed.
Are people who either can't be, or chose not to be, vaccinated not 'human' then in your opinion? Round them up? (only to protect everyone else, of course) Concentrate them in one place (only for their own safety, of course). Until a final solution can be found (one that benefits everybody, of course).... The most popular comment too - truly frightening.
Couldn't agree more. I would suspect the vast majority of people in this country support vaccine passports.
Of course those who can't have the vaccine for medical reasons should be given exemption (or be given a vaccine passport) but for those extremely selfish individuals who choose not to have the vaccine and in doing so risk other peoples lives, tough luck live with the consequences.
Of course those who can't have the vaccine for medical reasons should be given exemption (or be given a vaccine passport) but for those extremely selfish individuals who choose not to have the vaccine and in doing so risk other peoples lives, tough luck live with the consequences.
Not a choice if these vaccination passports are rolled out before every single person has the opportunity to be given the vaccine. It would be hugely unfair to younger generations to be prevented from travelling because they are at the back of the queue through no fault of their own. Once everyone is OFFERED a jab, then yes it makes sense.
Not having a car is my choice...but I could still get killed by one. That's life.
Absolutely right!! Either have the vaccine or choose not too - and put up with any restrictions this might put on you. Why should those that have had the vaccine have to worry that there might be people around them (say in a pub or music festival) who haven't?
What if, as with the Pfizer and Moderna 'vaccines', they don't confer immunity or stop transmissibility, but only reduce symptoms . This could mean pro vaxxers in receipt of one of these vaccines (like the whole of Israel), could still get COVID but display no symptoms, thus becoming asymptomatic super spreaders.
I had the vaccination this morning, but feel no need whatsoever for a piece of paper to 'prove' that I did, thank you very much.
If anyone has a genuine need to know I am perfectly capable of telling them, but for most people it is none of their business.
Oh, and where's the link to the petition, BBC?
If anyone has a genuine need to know I am perfectly capable of telling them, but for most people it is none of their business.
Oh, and where's the link to the petition, BBC?
It's my human right not to have any vaccination if I choose not to. Would you prefer the govt. to mandate all expectant mothers have the thalidomide vaccination? I am all for vaccination, I've had the Pfizer one, but that is my choice. If I choose not to, I shouldn't be barred from travelling where I like or prevented from accessing services. Britain is supposed to be a free country.
Vaccine pasports / co-erced vaccination have been the hidden agenda since day 1
To put something such as this in an election manifesto would be electoral suicide, but to push it through under the guise of a pandemic is what the aim was
Vaccine pasports are the thin end of a globalist wedge that must be resisted at all cost
To put something such as this in an election manifesto would be electoral suicide, but to push it through under the guise of a pandemic is what the aim was
Vaccine pasports are the thin end of a globalist wedge that must be resisted at all cost
No because you don't understand how herd immunity works.
The unvaccinated could be hosts for a mutation of covid that the vaccines don't work for. Then we're back at square one.
Thanks anti vaccinatiors
The unvaccinated could be hosts for a mutation of covid that the vaccines don't work for. Then we're back at square one.
Thanks anti vaccinatiors
How about:
a) the vaccine doesn't offer 100% protection (although it's pretty good)
b) some people can't have the vaccine (though no fault or choice of their own)
c) vaccines reduce the spread, the more spread, the more variants
a) the vaccine doesn't offer 100% protection (although it's pretty good)
b) some people can't have the vaccine (though no fault or choice of their own)
c) vaccines reduce the spread, the more spread, the more variants
I believe it's 85% effective (as confirmed by scientific investigation which may not matter to you). You have no right to put me in danger if I am one of the unfortunate 15%.
No vaccine is 100% effective, if you are vaccinated you can still catch covid. Please get some facts right before talking nonsense.
The more people in society who take the vaccine the more the the virus will spread will be controlled and less people needing hospital care, allowing the NHS to return to caring for non-Covid patients. Whose who chose not to get vaccinate are putting their own selfish beliefs before the wider good of society.
Do you wear a seat belt?
The vaccines currently available here are at best 95% effective so not all who have the vaccine are protected. There are also those who cannot for medical reasons have the vaccine so your point is invalid.
Those who choose not to have the vaccine have every right to do so but that does not mean the can choose not to accept the consequences.
Those who choose not to have the vaccine have every right to do so but that does not mean the can choose not to accept the consequences.
Good comment.
"If you have been vaccinated why worry about those who havent". There will be those that *can't* have the vaccine. They need to be protected from the selfish who *won't* have the vaccine. Your right to not have it has to be balanced against their right to not live in fear of you exercising your rights.
Ah yes because those are literally the only trains of thought.... don't be an eejit. plus the vaccine is best at cutting down the symptoms and isn't 100% effective and as such you shouldnt treat it as so
Yeah? Well good luck in the future then, when a host of shops, establishments and travel companies deny you access to their services because you chose not to carry a little card around with you.
I've had the vaccine. I trust the data and the experts when they say the two doses provides 90% protection and 99% protection against serious symptoms. To me, that means I'm safe.
Safety means a return to normal life. Normal life means not showing papers to get into the pub. Normal life means not giving a toss if the person next to me in the pub has chosen not to be vaccinated.
Safety means a return to normal life. Normal life means not showing papers to get into the pub. Normal life means not giving a toss if the person next to me in the pub has chosen not to be vaccinated.
Possibly going to another country whose vaccine program is not as advanced as ours where you may infect someone could be a consideration?
What a stupid Comment, don't get vaccinated, just whinge about your civil rights, you are one of life's "professional victims", and to protect your right to infect society with any variant or mutation of Covid that should come along , you have the morals of a sociopath
1. No vaccine provides 100% protection.
2. Those without vaccinations are much more likely to be a breeding ground for new mutations of the virus. Some will be more benign, but sooner or later there will be a mutation that ignores the vaccine and becomes a more efficient killer (or just putting more in ICUs). Increasing the number vaccinated reduces the possibilities for mutations to evolve.
2. Those without vaccinations are much more likely to be a breeding ground for new mutations of the virus. Some will be more benign, but sooner or later there will be a mutation that ignores the vaccine and becomes a more efficient killer (or just putting more in ICUs). Increasing the number vaccinated reduces the possibilities for mutations to evolve.
How stupid.You forget the NHS will be harmed, many others won't be able to get treatments. The vaccine is 90% plus effective and not 100%. Get a jab or be isolated.
It's more a case of the unvaccinated being a risk to those who can't be vaccinated, the vulnerable, being carriers who may then be spreaders, be a burden on the NHS etc. WHICH DOES AFFECT THOSE OF US WHO ARE NOT QUITE SO SELFISH.
The vaccine does work but until coverage is 100% not having it puts people at risk.
Vaccination does not off 100% protection....it nearly does but not quite.
I suggest you watch the youtube clip "Vaccines: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)" - WANRING contain adult material. You will then understand why we should all be vaccinated - I know this has nothing to do with passports.
This is something akin to the no-smoking debate in pubs many years ago. The smokers lobby complained bitterly about their freedom, without a care in the world for the non-smokers who inhaled their by-product and went home with smoke smelling clothing. The anti-vaxxers are of the same selfish ilk and if passports were required then tough, you cannot travel, go into a pub or restaurant, suck it up!
Vaccine pasports / co-erced vaccination have been the hidden agenda since day 1
To put something such as this in an election manifesto would be electoral suicide, but to push it through under the guise of a pandemic is what the aim was
Vaccine pasports are the thin end of a globalist wedge that must be resisted at all cost
To put something such as this in an election manifesto would be electoral suicide, but to push it through under the guise of a pandemic is what the aim was
Vaccine pasports are the thin end of a globalist wedge that must be resisted at all cost
I can see other countries, airlines, travel insurance companies and various institutions in the UK insisting on some proof of vaccination, so I think it will a necessity, whether compulsory or voluntary.
This is no big deal.
The Govt can issue official verifiable vaccination certification (in whatever form) and after that it's up to everyone else, business, venue etc. whether to admit only vaccinated people or let in everyone.
Next!
The Govt can issue official verifiable vaccination certification (in whatever form) and after that it's up to everyone else, business, venue etc. whether to admit only vaccinated people or let in everyone.
Next!
The vaccine doesn't stop transmission, so what is the point of a vaccine passport when it is meaningless. The vaccines were designed to prevent serious illness and death, not stop transmission. Vaccinated people will still be spreading, so this passport idea is a bizarre. Only good for Big Pharma bank balances, not public health.
It almost certainly does have an effect on transmission. Final data is still being worked on.
Lol
Needing proof of vaccine to travel internationally is understandable, but unlikely to become mandatory this year, because no-one will be able to agree how to implement an acceptable system.
Needing proof in order to go about one's ordinary day-to-day life in the UK is both Orwellian and impractical.
Needing proof in order to go about one's ordinary day-to-day life in the UK is both Orwellian and impractical.
Yes like having a driving licence to drive a car etc., or having to buy a train ticket to travel by train, equally Orwellian and impractical
/sarc
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And so it begins again, the vociferous minority manipulating behind the scenes. The majority of the country has no objections to a "passport/ID" card. The benefits to this far outweigh the negative.
If proof were needed put it to the country in a vote and quieten those that speak the loudest but are the few.
If proof were needed put it to the country in a vote and quieten those that speak the loudest but are the few.
What information will it be 'mandatory' to include on these cards? Who will put the data on them, and who will have access to that data.
Because they will not be pieces of paper, they will very smart electronic cards, and probably replicated as smartphone apps.
Because they will not be pieces of paper, they will very smart electronic cards, and probably replicated as smartphone apps.
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The vaccine doesn't stop transmission, so what is the point of a vaccine passport when it is meaningless. The vaccines were designed to prevent serious illness and death, not stop transmission. Vaccinated people will still be spreading, so this passport idea is a bizarre. Only good for Big Pharma bank balances, not public health.
How do we start a petition calling for the introduction of Vaccine Passports for the greater good of us ALL. Something to counter these bleeding heart real ale drinking sandal wearing namby pamby liberals.
I heard that most of the deniers are nutter clown bots
I agree with your first sentence.
You destroy your credibility with your second sentence.
You destroy your credibility with your second sentence.
This is absolutely disgraceful. Vaccines aren't something only provided for the privileged. They are available, FOR FREE, to every citizen. You have to actively choose not to have it or refuse it. By doing so you actively endanger others. If you refuse it, you should have your rights restricted more than those who don't.
Not quite. By refusing the vaccine you are actively deliberately choosing to restrict your own freedom of movement.
Your free choice, you live with it.
Your free choice, you live with it.
or be unable to take the vaccine, as some sick people cannot take the vaccine.
if it happens it will eventually got to the courts and be classed as discriminatory
the final part would be the passports could be used for track nope I don't mean to see if you mingled in an outbreak area, it would become a digital map tracking you, you were in the pub, your phone now says you are driving, blue lights
if it happens it will eventually got to the courts and be classed as discriminatory
the final part would be the passports could be used for track nope I don't mean to see if you mingled in an outbreak area, it would become a digital map tracking you, you were in the pub, your phone now says you are driving, blue lights
I Agree with Lord Bagg entirely, no one can make you have a jab but we need to know who has not had a jab for whateverr reason so we can make an informed decision as to how we react to such people. I wouldnt fly on a plane with someone who hasnt been injected with the vaccine for instance.
lol find me somewhere, anywhere, in the annals of science that concludes conclusively that viruses can transmit from one person to another. It is called a theory for a reason.
So if you refuse the flu jab?
People are signing a petition against the passport scheme, not having the vaccine. I will have no objections to taking the vaccine but an extremely dubious about having to be on some database somewhere to be allowed visit any establishment and to live a normal life. I'd carry a card, but that's it.
If you are vaccinated then you are 90% immune so what are you worried about?
If you have it you should be quarantined for life - for being unable to think for yourself.
Vaccine pasports / co-erced vaccination have been the hidden agenda since day 1
To put something such as this in an election manifesto would be electoral suicide, but to push it through under the guise of a pandemic is what the aim was
Vaccine pasports are the thin end of a globalist wedge that must be resisted at all cost
To put something such as this in an election manifesto would be electoral suicide, but to push it through under the guise of a pandemic is what the aim was
Vaccine pasports are the thin end of a globalist wedge that must be resisted at all cost
I'd be more than happy to have such a document.
If introduced, there would need to be provisions to allow for those who genuinely cannot receive a vaccination on medical grounds. With most of us receiving a vaccination that helps protect those who cannot be given one too.
If introduced, there would need to be provisions to allow for those who genuinely cannot receive a vaccination on medical grounds. With most of us receiving a vaccination that helps protect those who cannot be given one too.
Vaccine pasports / co-erced vaccination have been the hidden agenda since day 1
To put something such as this in an election manifesto would be electoral suicide, but to push it through under the guise of a pandemic is what the aim was
Vaccine pasports are the thin end of a globalist wedge that must be resisted at all cost
To put something such as this in an election manifesto would be electoral suicide, but to push it through under the guise of a pandemic is what the aim was
Vaccine pasports are the thin end of a globalist wedge that must be resisted at all cost
Thousands sign petition against vaccine passports
They need to get a life
They need to get a life
ands you need to stop being abusive in your tone towards others with views different to your own.
Someone should open up a petition for vaccine passports....
Couldnt agree more.
Here it is: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/574479
Agreed - it’s the usual minority with a chip on their shoulder who think the world owes them a favour and full of their own self importance. If they don’t like what’s happening in Britain - break the travel rules and eff off.
And so it begins again, the vociferous minority manipulating behind the scenes. The majority of the country has no objections to a "passport/ID" card. The benefits to this far outweigh the negative.
If proof were needed put it to the country in a vote and quieten those that speak the loudest but are the few.
If proof were needed put it to the country in a vote and quieten those that speak the loudest but are the few.
If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear.
Agreed, it needs regulating but so do most things in our life for us to live safely.
So what - the headline should be "Covid: Millions don't sign petition against vaccine passports".
Spot on!!
No it shouldn't. What else, "billions didn't die in house fire in Rochdale"?
News is supposed to report the outliers
News is supposed to report the outliers
It's true what you say about the number that haven't signed the petition, but in fairness, it's a system to allow smaller groups to have their point of view heard and debated. It doesn't mean anything unless they can persuade enough MP's to back them and do something about it. Even then, there are probably more MP's that think the way of the people that didn't sign the petition.
Replying to the Leeds Utd. supporter in the above thread.
You seem not to understand the whole purpose of the vaccination programme is to stop the spread and, more importantly, the further mutations of CV19.
If there is a significant number of people who do not get vaccinated & the virus continues to spread, it is likely the mutations will undermine the whole vaccination programme.
You seem not to understand the whole purpose of the vaccination programme is to stop the spread and, more importantly, the further mutations of CV19.
If there is a significant number of people who do not get vaccinated & the virus continues to spread, it is likely the mutations will undermine the whole vaccination programme.
Yes. 3,746 signed it. Laughable.
The vaccine doesn't stop transmission, so what is the point of a vaccine passport when it is meaningless. The vaccines were designed to prevent serious illness and death, not stop transmission. Vaccinated people will still be spreading, so this passport idea is a bizarre. Only good for Big Pharma bank balances, not public health.
If these vaccine objectors are so selfish that they can’t consider the harm they could do to others in society then they are abrogating their right to be part of that society. Liberty say people who don’t want the jab are being shut out of society but they are rejecting it and shutting themselves off from the rest of this society. The vaccinated have a right to protection from these naysayers.
We have a vital principle of being allowed to refuse medical treatment in this country. The vaccine passport endangers this in my view. This is dangerous wherever you stand on the issue of vaccines. Who would vote for mandatory medication? The insane?
They have the right to refuse the vaccine, nobody is taking that away, it just comes with consequences.
It is a matter of choice, you could choose to be vaccinated and fly with anyone or choose to decline the vaccination and be restricted to Plague Airways.
And other countries have a right to refuse you entry if you have not been vaccinated in order to protect their population. Not sure about your argument but, you are correct, it is your choice. The passport gives people ease of travel; your choice. Such passports have been available for other diseases for decades.
Have these people nothing else to do with their time?
Instead they should be doing something productive.
No doubt all flat earth anti-vaxxers
Instead they should be doing something productive.
No doubt all flat earth anti-vaxxers
have you ever considered doing the stand up circuit? you're a very funny person
Does anybody know why jam jars are twisted anti clockwise to open; And who get to decide this sort of thing?
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Right-handers of course! Lefties are discriminated against. It is time the BBC had a quota for recruiting lefties!
"Does anybody know why jam jars are twisted anti clockwise to open"
If you hold the lid you can twist the jar clockwise to open.
If you hold the lid you can twist the jar clockwise to open.
Most people are right handed.
A common solution sometimes emerges when there are different ways of doing things.
But not always - such as which side of the road we drive on and whether electric switches should be up or down when on.
But not always - such as which side of the road we drive on and whether electric switches should be up or down when on.
When I arrived in Greece last Summer I was chosen @ random to have a swab taken. What would have happened if I refused, prison, returned on the next plane to the UK? Did that breach my human rights? No because it was for the common good. If you choose not to be vaccinated there will be consequences. It is not all about you, this is a PUBLIC health issue not an individual one.
For that reason a petition has been started for people to sign for those who are for vaccine passports
Indeed. I'll go even further: no jab, no job. And that applies to my current staff as well as to future employees. The Lord protects but He does expect us to do our part.
But testing is still a way forward. Some people cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons. Also The UK authorities may refuse to give passports. A certificate, like the one for Yellow Fever might be more acceptable.
And taking a vaccine with no medium or long term safety data is not also health issue?
Better results have been proven to be achievable through safe repurposed drugs like Ivermectin.
Better results have been proven to be achievable through safe repurposed drugs like Ivermectin.
Swab, non invasive, temporary discomfort, non interactive with your biology
Vaccine, semi perm, interacts with your biology.
Not comparable
I will get the jab.
Bigger problem is when the Govt put millions into a half baked app that doesnt work, get someone with track record of failure to oversee, pay your mates millions to help then go "no scrutiny, waffle waffle, baff, hmmm, pandemic you know..."
Vaccine, semi perm, interacts with your biology.
Not comparable
I will get the jab.
Bigger problem is when the Govt put millions into a half baked app that doesnt work, get someone with track record of failure to oversee, pay your mates millions to help then go "no scrutiny, waffle waffle, baff, hmmm, pandemic you know..."
Then why don't you leave an live in N Korea if you like totalitarianism so much? You know else said it was for the common good to have papers and yellow stars on you? The Nazi's. Moron.
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Having a test is entirely different to being forced to have a vaccination or being banned from travel or accessing services.
So is Obesity, Heart Disease and many other illneses don't see anyone running round dealing with those issues hat cost money and lives. You have been drawn into the mass hysteria.
Aquaintance was constantly tailed by police in China, hanging around outside his house, letting him know they were watching.
Why not have that here? Police pop into your house each week and have a look around, make sure nothing dodgy going on. Imagine the cut in crime - no weapons stashed, domestic violence detected, lives saved.
All common good but liberties destroyed, end doesnt justify means.
Why not have that here? Police pop into your house each week and have a look around, make sure nothing dodgy going on. Imagine the cut in crime - no weapons stashed, domestic violence detected, lives saved.
All common good but liberties destroyed, end doesnt justify means.
Precisely not everything is against your human rights just because you don’t want to do it. The self entitled generation ??
Exactly, you have the freedom to not be vaccinated but companies and others have the freedom to not serve you or to let you in as a result of your choices.
Freedom isn’t a one way street
Freedom isn’t a one way street
You mean a massive hoax.
For international travel the vaccination information could be held electronically on our existing passport’s record. Should be quite achievable.
For internal UK use it’s no so easy - a secure photocard would be necessary to avoid using someone else’s ID. Rather a pricey solution for such a short-term need.
For internal UK use it’s no so easy - a secure photocard would be necessary to avoid using someone else’s ID. Rather a pricey solution for such a short-term need.
Why should people have a right to chose* to put others at risk? (*exemptions obviously for those who medically can't have one)
Because we live in a free and libertarian society, banning everything that posed a danger to others would result in life being impossible, its the balance that is being argued here, and also a 100% lack of trust in the Tory govt to do anything but line their own pockets and pursue and increasingly right wing agenda, their track record is horrific, one of the worst death rates in developed world
Because they want to be selfish and refuse to consider others. Of course it will be those who can't have the vaccine for medical reasons who will suffer the most.
is anyone being put at risk? Find me anything in the annals of science that proves viruses can be transmitted human to human. Why should people have a right to tell people they have to be part of the largest medical experiment in recorded history? Pepper, you are a massive fascist.
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Look at how disproportionate the numbers are, circa 125.000 One Hundred and Twenty Five Thousand people have died and a good majority of the deaths couldn't have been avoided due to comorbidity health issues unfortunately, consequently, the Government are Insisting 65 Million People will have to be Vaccinated, How mental is that...?
Surely those wanting to travel abroad will have to have evidence of vaccination. Simple solution.... make them available to those who choose to have one.
The worry if this is that anti vaccine people allow the virus to mutate and hence endanger the vaccine itself that we have had in our millions. Is that correct, no. Why should I or my family be exposed to danger line this. I have my rights too.
This is absolutely disgraceful. Vaccines aren't something only provided for the privileged. They are available, FOR FREE, to every citizen. You have to actively choose not to have it or refuse it. By doing so you actively endanger others. If you refuse it, you should have your rights restricted more than those who don't.
So we either accept an experimental vaccine in which we don't know the long term side effects OR we lose some of our freedoms? This is a slippery slope towards an authoritarian society. We don't even know if the vaccine will stop transmission!
not at all. by telling people they can't go somewhere if they don't have a vaccine you are restricting someones freedoms on the basis of propaganda around a disease that is yet to be isolated or even proven to exist, based upon your own petty fears. Have you ever heard of the Nazis?
And you are putting others at risk, those who can't have it.
"Your free choice, you live with it."
It is your free choice to support vaccine passports, but you live with the consequence that you'll be turned into a human pincushion for any experimental vax the gov deems fit. Every sniffle in future, big pharma will lobby gov to add their latest jab/booster to the list.
The same short-sighted supporters called this conspiracy theory last year.
It is your free choice to support vaccine passports, but you live with the consequence that you'll be turned into a human pincushion for any experimental vax the gov deems fit. Every sniffle in future, big pharma will lobby gov to add their latest jab/booster to the list.
The same short-sighted supporters called this conspiracy theory last year.
If that is the case then those choosing not to have the vaccine have not right to complain.
If more than half the population sign the petition I'd go along with it.
Can't you make your own mind up?
The fourth Reich is coming in this country, too...
100000 signatures in 2 days since there was a suggestion of the need for passports - Have the antivaxxers colluded with the so-called civil rights anti ID card barmpots and been busy. . If the vaccination / passports protects others then they are necessary. The choice is yours but the rest have a right to protection. There will be still be two issues - here and abroad
And other countries have a right to refuse you entry if you have not been vaccinated in order to protect their population. Not sure about your argument but, you are correct, it is your choice. The passport gives people ease of travel; your choice. Such passports have been available for other diseases for decades.
If people don't have the vaccine they simply cannot travel out of the UK. This is not restricting freedoms. Its simply protecting the health of people in other countries. It should be the same for all nations. Its up to the individual to decide. Being someone who has already had the vaccine I am keen to protect myself, family and anyone else I may come into contact with in the UK or overseas!
The issue is the use of a passport for domestic activities. Clearly our government can't control what other countries chose to do and there is precedent for international travel (yellow fever etc). There isn't any precedent for domestic use.
They're talking about banning people from supermarkets. That's restricting freedoms. Don't think they won't do it, they've banned us all from seeing friends and family for most of the last year now.
What if I’m returning home as a dual national which I plan to do. Leave nanny state UK. There’s no requirement to have vaccination in my destination country, but still you’ll force me to have an unproven vaccine that actually means very little given the strains and the fact you can still pass it to others.
Am travelling home to Switzerland, where there are 7 deaths daily, with less than 4% of the population vaccinated. How about if the UK would pay the elderly a proper pension, so they could stay in their houses, rather than having to go out to work, sharing flats or staying in lousy old people homes where they get infected by the thousand? It's all distraction tactics...typical.
A petition urging the government not to introduce vaccine passports could be debated by MPs after it gained more than 200,000 signatures.
The online petition says the passports could be "used to restrict the rights of people who have refused a Covid-19 vaccine".
Proof of vaccination could allow people to travel or attend large events.
What is to stop airlines and other countries adopting this?
The online petition says the passports could be "used to restrict the rights of people who have refused a Covid-19 vaccine".
Proof of vaccination could allow people to travel or attend large events.
What is to stop airlines and other countries adopting this?
If a person refuses a vaccine supplied by the NHS against any disease, then the NHS should refuse free of charge treatment to that person for that disease.
You have no right to decide what others do with their bodies! Who do you think you are?! People are being harmed by this vaccines, see Gibraltar as a perfect example. Be careful what you're saying. As if you're pushing this onto people and something will go wrong, then you could be liable! I'd be quiet if I was you!
Not every one is anti vaxxers so get your facts right before you spout the rubbish from your mouth
Most people are right handed.
If you have ever visited a south east asia then you need to have a malaria jab, whats the difference? Countries or airlines are not asking for your full medical history just if you have had a covid jab. If they was asking for more info than just the covid jab then i understand peoples concerns but this isnt the case
I think the concern is they don't want them to be a domestic thing. I have had the jab and I don't want to show that I've had it to just go to the pub, just doesn't sit right with me. With international travel vaccine certifactes already exist so I don't see any issue there really.
The difference is the malaria jab took 10 yrs + to be signed off. COVID 19 jab took 10 months. If too are in a rush that’s fine, but don’t insist others should rush with you.
You don't need a malaria jab to visit SE Asia. And having a covid jab doesn't mean you can't spread covid.
Not strictly true re. malaria, but yellow fever for instance often has a jab cert you need to enter some african countries.
And quite right too - I got a yellow fever the hard way from Zambia, which is generally considered low risk. It is downright hideous, though I at least I didn't go yellow!
And quite right too - I got a yellow fever the hard way from Zambia, which is generally considered low risk. It is downright hideous, though I at least I didn't go yellow!
The main difference is that the malaria jab has been proven to be safe long term. The Pfizer & Moderna jabs are the very first mRNA vaccines to be distributed to the human population. The AstraZeneca jab is based upon a genetically modified version of a chimpanzee adenovirus. We simply don't know the long term safety of the mRNA vaccines or the long term effectiveness of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
the difference is that the malaria jab is for your protection. And the covid vaccine is a medical experiment for a virus that hasn't been isolated and coincidentally shares its symptoms with a number of other illnesses, all of which have seemingly disappeared this year.
I had a jab when we went to Belize. 3 weeks in they told us to stop taking our tablets as we had been given the wrong jab
They are welcome to ask, and I am perfectly able to tell them.
what a load of bull... ive been to 3 countries there and there is no legal requirement for malaria jab or even be checked for it
You cannot be vaccinated against malaria - no such vaccine exists. Tablets are taken depending on the area visited endemic with the malaria infected mosquitos.
"If you have ever visited a south east asia then you need to have a malaria jab, whats the difference?"
There's no such thing as a malaria jab and having travelled and lived extensively in Asia, I can tell you that there are no checks to see if you have taken prophylactics.
African countries often want to see your yellow fever card.
If it is a COVID card, not an app, I would not object.
There's no such thing as a malaria jab and having travelled and lived extensively in Asia, I can tell you that there are no checks to see if you have taken prophylactics.
African countries often want to see your yellow fever card.
If it is a COVID card, not an app, I would not object.
I've never heard o a malaria jab - ar you sure about this one? Are you not confusing with yellow fever ??
you do not have to have a malaria jab there isn't one. it is a course of pills. most areas are malaria free. I have travelled to Laos, Thailand and Vietnam many times. The only country that required malaria pills was Myanmar
No you don’t need a malaria jab to visit south east Asia. Which countries you on about ?
the whole LD and Anti SD and Mask wearing is totally bizarre and has split our once tolerant society,
The level of ignorance on here is staggering. I would suggest people do some research before regurgitating right wing nonsense. Either that or move to China, where their hardline views would fit right in with a one party state system. The vaccinr doesn't stop transmission. So a vaccine passport proves nothing and is worthless. Wake up !!
The vaccine has been proven to reduce transmission. Nobody ever said it would stop it. It's about risk management.
Needing proof of vaccine to travel internationally is understandable, but unlikely to become mandatory this year, because no-one will be able to agree how to implement an acceptable system.
Needing proof in order to go about one's ordinary day-to-day life in the UK is both Orwellian and impractical.
Needing proof in order to go about one's ordinary day-to-day life in the UK is both Orwellian and impractical.
Human rights must be at the heart of any decision - the right of choice being prime. Passporting if restricted to travel is understandable but the liability to otherwise discriminate must be resisted. It is not solely personal choice or religion or culture that determines whether to vaccinate, some on medical grounds. Dangerous precedent if extended beyond travel.
Why? You have a right to refuse a vaccine. I have a right not to be infected by you. If you want to drive you have to have a driving licence. If you choose not to get a licence, you don't drive.
Most people don't care what happens next. We all need life to return to normal.
If people don't want a vaccine, that is their business. The vaccine is not immunisation, it reduces the risk of severe symptoms, just like normal influenza vaccine. Wait until next winter and then see what happens. The pro-lockdowners and anti-vaxxers can all join in screaming at each other during another outbreak,
If people don't want a vaccine, that is their business. The vaccine is not immunisation, it reduces the risk of severe symptoms, just like normal influenza vaccine. Wait until next winter and then see what happens. The pro-lockdowners and anti-vaxxers can all join in screaming at each other during another outbreak,
How about a petition for those in favour?
Would be the majority, given the vaccine take up. But I’m not sure we need proof domestically e.g. to go to the pub or theatre. It may be required for employment. If I was placing my mother ion a care home I’d want to ensure all the staff had been vaccinated. Those who don’t get the jab may find they can’t take flights or book holidays abroad or face similar restrictions.
Here it is: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/574479
just signed it
So far 17 million say yes, 200,000 say no. No real contest.
Ever dreamt of living in 1930s Germany Parker?
I'm having the vaccine so it's not just an antivaxxer argument, this is about the legal establishment of a medical record accessible by any public body in any country. Once you have that on this scale you're stuffed.
And if that doesn't persuade the inevitable plucked from the sky charge for the pleasure might!
I'm having the vaccine so it's not just an antivaxxer argument, this is about the legal establishment of a medical record accessible by any public body in any country. Once you have that on this scale you're stuffed.
And if that doesn't persuade the inevitable plucked from the sky charge for the pleasure might!
Where are you getting 17 Million, the vaccine vials half of which ended in the bin, many of those who were forced or in sick bays elderly going no where they did not vote for this !
Where you get your figures from a lot more than that haven't had their jabs
What a load of tosh. I'll probably have the jab when my age group is reached to protect others. But needing to prove I'd had it to go to a pub or sports event is something different. It is a persons individual right, the vac either works and you have nothing to worry about or it doesn't and a passport is worthless.
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Hahaha! You made your choice. You are immune. Leave the rest of us alone.
I really cannot believe the majority of these comments. The population have their civil rights curtailed for just short of a year and seem to think it should become the norm. The government will be delighted if they read these, they will think that they can introduce any legislation and the people will slavishly obey!
Over 122,000 people have died so far as a result of this virus. Does this mean nothing to you?
I find your selfishness hard to comprehend.
Our society has made huge sacrifices in order to minimise the deaths and misery of this wretched virus, and all you can do is whine. Grow up!
I find your selfishness hard to comprehend.
Our society has made huge sacrifices in order to minimise the deaths and misery of this wretched virus, and all you can do is whine. Grow up!
I believe it's 85% effective (as confirmed by scientific investigation which may not matter to you). You have no right to put me in danger if I am one of the unfortunate 15%.
Your choice, accept the consequences. This isn't any different from other diseases which require vaccination certificates when travelling i.e. polio, yellow fever, etc.
Nobody is saying you have to have the vaccine, just that you will need to accept the consequences of your choice.
No one is forcing you to have the vaccine. But if you choose to not play your part in society by refusing it (as is your right), then society needs to act to protect itself from you (as is our collective right). It's completely your choice: isolate yourself from society or not as you wish.
Of course you can not have a vaccine if you don't want to - provided what we want to do without the additional risk to which we would be exposed by you or other people who choose not to be vaccinated being present. So "don't have the vaccine but stay out of my home/pub/workplace etc."
Indeed - but there are consequences to your choice. Those consequences at the moment can affect me with no consequence to you. If the consequence to you is you don't get access to certain things without a passport, that gives you some 'skin in the game' when you'd otherwise be free to affect my life with no consequence to yourself.
The more people in society who take the vaccine the more the the virus will spread will be controlled and less people needing hospital care, allowing the NHS to return to caring for non-Covid patients. Whose who chose not to get vaccinate are putting their own selfish beliefs before the wider good of society.
The level of ignorance on here is staggering. I would suggest people do some research before regurgitating right wing nonsense. Either that or move to China, where their hardline views would fit right in with a one party state system. The vaccinr doesn't stop transmission. So a vaccine passport proves nothing and is worthless. Wake up !!
Oh no, not anther pointless petition to keep the twatterati busy.
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We have many rules for participating in society at many levels -pay your taxes, maintain personal hygiene, behave decently towards other people.
Vaccine passports are just another one of those rules. If you want to go to the pub/get on a plane during covid -get the vaccine. Simple. Your choice (unless of course you haven't been offered - perhaps they should be brought in after everyone is offered
Vaccine passports are just another one of those rules. If you want to go to the pub/get on a plane during covid -get the vaccine. Simple. Your choice (unless of course you haven't been offered - perhaps they should be brought in after everyone is offered
None of what you list are 'rules of society' since when did you have to show your tax return to enter a pub or supermarket. What absolute utter tosh.
ID cards, mandatory in some other EU countries, MMR jab is also basically mandatory in some other countries. Vaccine passport will be mandatory in other countries. Yet mention any of the above and you get left wing agitators and the human rights people, who aren't concerned about the majority.
Agreed. You cannot travel to many tropical countries without a yellow fever vaccine certificate. This protects only you, not the general population.
Why shouldn't the same apply to Covid vaccine which shows protection of the individual and the general public.
There are very few cases of yellow fever among travellers, and many don't know the symptoms are like Ebola
Why shouldn't the same apply to Covid vaccine which shows protection of the individual and the general public.
There are very few cases of yellow fever among travellers, and many don't know the symptoms are like Ebola
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In my 50s dear, The difference is the ease of spread that this virus has shown. Your society would watch people die, what a lovely person you are!!!!!!!!
A lot have been saying it for years, eg no MMR vaccine, no access to state schools. Hopefully COVID will bring this topic to a sensible conclusion as the anti-vaxers have been able to inflict their nutty beliefs on us, to the detriment of others, for far too long.
I have certificates for vaccines I had as a child. These diseases are no longer a threat so they are no longer needed. Covid-19 is a world wide threat. It is your choice whether you have the vaccine or not. If for having the vaccine injures you it affects the countries you would be able to visit. If you choose not to have the vaccine you also choose the restrictions that come with that decision
Other than medical reasons why would anyone not want something that saves lives - theirs or otherwise?? It’s same people who have refused to distance and keep to rules that have cost more lives in this pandemic and if they choose not to have vaccine now then fine but don’t call it discrimination when they aren’t allowed same access as others because it will be Only their fault
And how do you thing Smallpox was eradicated? By a very successful vaccination program, it was just accepted that it was the best thing to do.
Look at the issues we now have with Measles because vaccination rates have fallen significantly.
The trouble with society now is everyone believes they have rights and entitlement but have no concept of responsibility.
Look at the issues we now have with Measles because vaccination rates have fallen significantly.
The trouble with society now is everyone believes they have rights and entitlement but have no concept of responsibility.
Could it possibly be because COVID has killed over 100k people in this country over the past year? Maybe you missed that...
If we go abroad and need jabs, we get jabs. Only the selfish wouldnt. And those refusing the jab are selfish. The only people who can't see have there heads stuffed up there own poo chutes on top of there high towers made of pure self rightiousness. Sooo, pull your head out, wash your hair and climb down and get the jab.
A lot of people have been saying this for years - for example tuberculosis can return if enough people refuse to be vaccinated for it - or polio -or smallpox or any of these diseases - which haven't gone away - but most people take the vaccines so they remain suppressed.
Look at how disproportionate the numbers are, circa 125.000 One Hundred and Twenty Five Thousand people have died and a good majority of the deaths couldn't have been avoided due to comorbidity health issues unfortunately, consequently, the Government are Insisting 65 Million People will have to be Vaccinated, How mental is that...?
Oh dear, i wouldn't say the comment is abusive.
Just because YOU'RE offended it doesn't make YOU right
Just because YOU'RE offended it doesn't make YOU right
I don't see any abuse there. I see antivaxxers as potentially spreading death.
And you need to have grammar lessons
The antivaxers and the lunatic left are at it again. Pure and simple having the vaccination is a choice and if one doesn't have it then so be it. But such reckless action could have serious health consequences that one has to live with. But whatever you do don't shove your radical anti vaccine agenda down our throats.
It's not just an antivaxxer issue. Based on your wanton desire for a vaccine ID, what argument do you have for your entire medical record not be made available to any organisation or individual that makes it a requirement? Should we add mental health issues to your version of utopia?
And I'm having the vaccine.
And I'm having the vaccine.
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This is absolutely disgraceful. Vaccines aren't something only provided for the privileged. They are available, FOR FREE, to every citizen. You have to actively choose not to have it or refuse it. By doing so you actively endanger others. If you refuse it, you should have your rights restricted more than those who don't.
or be unable to take the vaccine, as some sick people cannot take the vaccine.
if it happens it will eventually got to the courts and be classed as discriminatory
the final part would be the passports could be used for track nope I don't mean to see if you mingled in an outbreak area, it would become a digital map tracking you, you were in the pub, your phone now says you are driving, blue lights
if it happens it will eventually got to the courts and be classed as discriminatory
the final part would be the passports could be used for track nope I don't mean to see if you mingled in an outbreak area, it would become a digital map tracking you, you were in the pub, your phone now says you are driving, blue lights
The Queen spot on, think of other people for the first time in your selfish irresponsible little lives
Not having a vaccination is a choice.
If you make that choice accept the consequences and don't whinge about your human rights.
If you make that choice accept the consequences and don't whinge about your human rights.
What medical condition prevents you from getting vaccinated? How many need to be afflicted before you can justify inconveniencing everyone else?
For those who have a relevant medical condition, can alway apply to their GP / Consultant for a letter stating that in their case, they don't recommend any vaccination. That should be applicable to the UK. As for foreign countries, we have no jurisdiction there.
yes, medical conditions are problematic.
if one has a condition and can't take a Yellow Fever vaccination jab, then countries like Bolivia, Kenya, Nigeria, etc might not allow you to come in through their borders.
similarly, if one can't get a Covid Jab because of a medical conditions, sadly the governments of many countries might not allow people to come into their countries.
if one has a condition and can't take a Yellow Fever vaccination jab, then countries like Bolivia, Kenya, Nigeria, etc might not allow you to come in through their borders.
similarly, if one can't get a Covid Jab because of a medical conditions, sadly the governments of many countries might not allow people to come into their countries.
If you have a condition that prevents having it then a passport could say that - fair enough. Unless there is a medical reason I am happy for the passports if it allows me the freedom I would like to have. Sadly too many people are just too lazy to go and get this vaccination. That being the case then take away some of their rights is my answer.
Can't and won't are different things though. People refusing the vaccine due to ignorance / stupidity need to understand there may be negative consequences (over and above the increased likelihood of death from the virus).
Fair point well made, and for those there should be exemptions and reasonable adjustments if they havevalid and recorded health conditions, not the made up nonsense used by the anti mask/ covid deniers etc who make us reasons to not wear mask.
If you refuse a vaccine, then accept the restrictions of that decision. don't cry like a child sent to his / her room.
#thatslife
If you refuse a vaccine, then accept the restrictions of that decision. don't cry like a child sent to his / her room.
#thatslife
well they don't travel abroad then!
This applies to many medical conditions. Many people can't drive because of a condition or, have to travel abroad without insurance because the insurance companies see them as too high a risk. The only option for them would be compulsory testing before travelling.
Do you mean that they need to be careful about not travelling?
I don’t know what those conditions may be but you could mark the vaccine passport as ‘medically exempt’.
This could ultimately leave us with a choice - discriminate directly against those who CHOOSE not to or discriminate indirectly against those who cannot and are thus forced to shield in perpetuity.
So, reluctantly, I am forced to the view that for those who can choose, the offer should be a programme, not a menu.
So, reluctantly, I am forced to the view that for those who can choose, the offer should be a programme, not a menu.
Ok, so that's a shame, but it doesn't change the situation for the vast majority of the rest of the country. We shouldn't all be penalised because of your specific situation.
Yes you are correct but on the other hand these people could be given exemption passports. Why should people who take the vaccine e penalised by not having the right to a vaccine passport, which we probably will need for foreign travel in any event.
Contact your MP and demand that any system introduced allows this to be placed upon your electronic vaccination record. The validity to be exempt on medical grounds will not valid just because you say so. It will be authorised by qualified medical practitioner(s)
Sorry, do not understand your argument. The passport is to 'proove' you have had the jabs. I have a certain medical condition -T1DM- but it is still my choice wether to have the jab or not. If say I was allergic to the jab then I would expect that there will be an appropriate certificate to cover that, but it will still be up to venues to admit or not.
That old chestnut goes without saying. Of course there should be a medical expemption...but thats only a small number in comparison.
ipsa, no right thinking person would ever castigate anyone who was unable to take the vaccine for health reasona, it is those who are unwilling for no real reasons other than sheer stupidity that this post is aimed at. I am fortunate that my health allows me to have the vaccine, which I have done today but I have seen stickers on lamposts imploring people not to have the jab, pasted by lunatics!!
The vaccine either stops you getting the virus altogether or it just reduces severity of the symptoms, which is it?
Either way, as long as you are vaccinated what difference does it make if you are standing next to a person who has been vaccinated or not?
If it stops you getting it, you’re protected, and if it doesn’t it’s irrelevant whether the person you are standing next to is vaccinated or not
Either way, as long as you are vaccinated what difference does it make if you are standing next to a person who has been vaccinated or not?
If it stops you getting it, you’re protected, and if it doesn’t it’s irrelevant whether the person you are standing next to is vaccinated or not
You don't get it, The more unvaccinated people the greater chance of a new strain that may beat our current vaccine.
No vaccine is 100% effective. Its all about reducing risk, not eliminating it.
Totally missing the point
Vaccinated = less likely to pass on the virus, much less likely to be burden on society's health system, bottom line safer.
So would you rather stand next to someone who was vaccinated or someone who wasn't?
Personally I totally support the concept of a Vaccination Passport to enable travel, work, etc. Those that choose not to have the vaccination - their choice.
Vaccinated = less likely to pass on the virus, much less likely to be burden on society's health system, bottom line safer.
So would you rather stand next to someone who was vaccinated or someone who wasn't?
Personally I totally support the concept of a Vaccination Passport to enable travel, work, etc. Those that choose not to have the vaccination - their choice.
It's not that binary. Some who have the vaccine will be fully protected some will still have symptoms but less severe. A small percentage will get no protection from the vaccine.
There are also those who cannot have the vaccine for medical reasons.
You have the right not to get the vaccine, you do not have the right to be exempt from the consequences of your choice.
There are also those who cannot have the vaccine for medical reasons.
You have the right not to get the vaccine, you do not have the right to be exempt from the consequences of your choice.
If you want to travel abroad, I would think the issue regarding a " Vaccination Passport ", would rely upon the laws of the Country you are travelling to.....???
Spot on.
If a foreign country puts the UK on a travel ban list, then you cannot fly there. If a foreign country insists on you having a clean covid test less than 48 hours before flying there, then you cannot fly there without said test result.
The UK is currently operating the above and could add a vaccine passport to the rules to protect the UK and its citizens from further variants.
If a foreign country puts the UK on a travel ban list, then you cannot fly there. If a foreign country insists on you having a clean covid test less than 48 hours before flying there, then you cannot fly there without said test result.
The UK is currently operating the above and could add a vaccine passport to the rules to protect the UK and its citizens from further variants.
Do you wear a seat belt?
No it means some poor police officer or fire brigade or ambulance worker doesn't have to come and scrape you off the road.
Wearing a seatbelt is also to protect the other people in your car. In the event of a crash anyone not wearing a seat belt will be thrown forwards, sometimes from the rear seat forwards and out of the windscreen. There are loads of incidences where unsecured rear seat passengers have killed people wearing seat belts in the front.
If more than half the population sign the petition I'd go along with it.
Yet another way of creating further division and animosity in our society.
Those that choose not to have the vaccine are essentially sticking two fingers up to the rest of society, not caring about anyone else but themselves and going around as if Covid 19 doesn't exist infecting others.
Science tells us Covid 19 exists, and it also tells us the vaccines are safe. Which bits of science are these people selecting?
Science tells us Covid 19 exists, and it also tells us the vaccines are safe. Which bits of science are these people selecting?
Human rights must be at the heart of any decision - the right of choice being prime. Passporting if restricted to travel is understandable but the liability to otherwise discriminate must be resisted. It is not solely personal choice or religion or culture that determines whether to vaccinate, some on medical grounds. Dangerous precedent if extended beyond travel.
This is absolutely disgraceful. Vaccines aren't something only provided for the privileged. They are available, FOR FREE, to every citizen. You have to actively choose not to have it or refuse it. By doing so you actively endanger others. If you refuse it, you should have your rights restricted more than those who don't.
So why didn't you care before now, about other people's vaccinations? Guarantee you've flown alongside plenty of people who haven't been vaccinated for a plethora of viruses.
we need to do something on this issue. i know people feel their civil liberties are curtailed and they are far to often but we have to look after ourselves. lets hope in the near future that we can once again be able to go about our business and lets not forget all those who sadly are no longer with us.
Narcissistic people believe they should be able to do what they want, no matter how it affects others.
Narcissistic people have less empathy.
Narcissistic people have a hard time believing anyone knows better than they do.
Not surprising the that 50% of Brexit Party supporters intend not to have a vaccine. ??
Narcissistic people have less empathy.
Narcissistic people have a hard time believing anyone knows better than they do.
Not surprising the that 50% of Brexit Party supporters intend not to have a vaccine. ??
And as usual, every single HYS leads back to Brexit or the Third Reich...no matter what the original subject....
You'll probably find that the ones complaining against reality and facts are still the remainers.
The vaccine either stops you getting the virus altogether or it just reduces severity of the symptoms, which is it?
Either way, as long as you are vaccinated what difference does it make if you are standing next to a person who has been vaccinated or not?
If it stops you getting it, you’re protected, and if it doesn’t it’s irrelevant whether the person you are standing next to is vaccinated or not
Either way, as long as you are vaccinated what difference does it make if you are standing next to a person who has been vaccinated or not?
If it stops you getting it, you’re protected, and if it doesn’t it’s irrelevant whether the person you are standing next to is vaccinated or not
I've just had my vaccine this morning, I'm fine with vaccine passports, if people want to choose to not have it thats fine, but when they go to a concert or other event, let them instead have to sit and have a lateral flow test every time before they get access to the venue, in the end its for other peoples safety, not their own, they can make an informed decision on whats most convenient.
The way I see it we have competing rights issues here. Yes, it should be your choice not to have the vaccine. But it is also true that people should have the right to travel/enter venues/everything else and have a reasonable guarantee that it is safe to do so.
It's a judgement call, plain and simple. I would hope they go with the one that is in the interests of the majority.
It's a judgement call, plain and simple. I would hope they go with the one that is in the interests of the majority.
Yes like having a driving licence to drive a car etc., or having to buy a train ticket to travel by train, equally Orwellian and impractical
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We have many rules for participating in society at many levels -pay your taxes, maintain personal hygiene, behave decently towards other people.
Vaccine passports are just another one of those rules. If you want to go to the pub/get on a plane during covid -get the vaccine. Simple. Your choice (unless of course you haven't been offered - perhaps they should be brought in after everyone is offered
Vaccine passports are just another one of those rules. If you want to go to the pub/get on a plane during covid -get the vaccine. Simple. Your choice (unless of course you haven't been offered - perhaps they should be brought in after everyone is offered