A British perspective, but just as easily applies to Canada or the U.S.
Vaccine passports are unnecessary, unsupportable and totalitarian - the Government must stamp out the drive to impose them
TOBY YOUNG
September 1, 2021
I was disappointed yesterday when a spokesman for Boris Johnson confirmed that the Government intends to press ahead with its vaccine passport plans. From the end of this month, visitors to nightclubs and other large indoor venues will be required to produce evidence they’ve received both doses. And just today Nicola Sturgeon announced that Scots will be required to do the same.
We now have strong evidence that the Covid vaccines don’t hugely prevent you getting infected or infecting others. If they did, Israel and Iceland would not currently be in the midst of their biggest waves so far. After all, both countries have been world leaders when it comes to vaccinating their populations against Covid-19, with 72.9 per cent of Iceland’s population being double jabbed and 60.6 per cent of Israel’s.
The number of daily Covid deaths in both countries is lower than it was in earlier waves, suggesting the vaccines reduce the risk of dying from the disease. But the early trial data suggesting they cut the risk of infection by more than 90 per cent seems inaccurate.
Vaccine passports do not stop people in nightclubs from infecting each other, but they might lull customers into a false sense of security, persuading them to throw caution to the wind. ...
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