I’m not arguing against covid passports, I actually think it’s a good idea (albeit one our liberal country would not roll successfully if at all). It’s just a kick in the teeth for those of a certain age who are shafted if covid passports are rolled out sooner rather than and they are still waiting for a second dose due to being young. For International travel, it makes complete sense and I expect to see it soon because the airline industry desperately needs it.
On the hand, a covid passport internally would be another gimmick which is sort of half executed. If people choose not to be vaccinated I’m of the view their life is in gods hands and that’s fine by me - it won’t affect me if they die because I don’t have anyone close to me who has not had the vaccine.
As far as I am aware, having a vaccine doesn’t mean you can’t still carry the disease, it means you are less likely to die. So to have a situation where people who have had the vaccine, but can still carry it and pass it on, allowed out over those who can still carry the vaccine, and are still less likely to die even without the vaccine, doesn’t make sense to me.
As for the kids, it’s not just the piss ups. It’s the loss in valuable education time, where the poorest in society suffer the most. It’s the job opportunities from getting part time jobs to learn how to work, through to getting their first proper jobs in an economy which has had to stop. There’s a lot of things out there which we may not then want to give the youngsters credit for because they didn’t fight Germans in Normandy - fine - but they will suffer from the consequences of this more than us economically, in the years to come.
