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This question has been on my mind since the vaccine roll-out first started. Despite various "ethics councils" saying providing extra privileges to the vaccinated is unethical, it seems like private enterprise is moving toward required vaccination. Which I'm honestly OK with, AFTER we reach a point where all people have been offered the vaccine.
Pretty much everyone has been living under some degree of uncomfortable restrictions for nearly a year now. It could take six or more months between the first vaccinated and the last. The "Israeli" model described below only works if you can vaccinate the entire population quickly. Otherwise, if certain people can go to restaurants, cinema, holiday, etc. in April while many others living under restrictions until October, I do think there will be social unrest. This could range from widespread failure to follow the rules, to illegal certificates (already happening), to queue-jumping, to perhaps violence.
The Guardian's take:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...id-vaccine-passport-plans-cause-global-unease (replace * with o)
Germany:
France:
Sweden:
Israel:
Pretty much everyone has been living under some degree of uncomfortable restrictions for nearly a year now. It could take six or more months between the first vaccinated and the last. The "Israeli" model described below only works if you can vaccinate the entire population quickly. Otherwise, if certain people can go to restaurants, cinema, holiday, etc. in April while many others living under restrictions until October, I do think there will be social unrest. This could range from widespread failure to follow the rules, to illegal certificates (already happening), to queue-jumping, to perhaps violence.
The Guardian's take:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...id-vaccine-passport-plans-cause-global-unease (replace * with o)
It is the question being asked with increasing urgency around the world, at least in countries where the vaccine is already available: how much freedom to live life as it was before the pandemic should be granted to those who have been vaccinated against Covid-19?
Its impacts range from the speed at which economies can open, to when grandparents and grandchildren can hug again, but it is causing growing unease among decision-makers who warn there is a danger of dividing societies already under huge strain due to pandemic restraints.
A universal document, probably digital, providing official proof that someone has been vaccinated against, or tested for, coronavirus may become a reality within months – as much a part of life as going out of the house with a face mask.
Germany:
Germany’s ethics council, an independent body that advises the government, has recommended that no special conditions be granted to the inoculated. [...] But private enterprises including restaurants and cinemas could not be prevented from applying their own rules, the council conceded, and last week the German ticket company Eventim said it had already revamped its online booking service to allow for customers to upload proof that they had been vaccinated in anticipation that organisers of events from concerts to sports tournaments will in future require it as a condition of entry.
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Germany’s ethics council has meanwhile ruled out allowing top sportsmen and women to jump the vaccination queue before the Olympics.
France:
France’s European affairs minister, Clément Beaune, has objected to the idea on grounds of equality, since vaccines have not yet been offered to all. “We are very reluctant,” he said. “It would be shocking, while the campaign is still just starting across Europe, for there to be more important rights for some than for others.”
Sweden:
“When Sweden and countries around us start to open up our societies again, vaccination certificates are likely to be required for travel and possibly for taking part in other activities,” he said.
Israel:
Israeli officials have hinted at the prospect of a “green passport” to allow vaccinated people to eat in restaurants, go to the theatre and cinema, travel freely and be exempted from quarantine when travelling internationally.