On 2021-05-02 10:37 a.m., Lucretia Borgia wrote:
> On Sun, 2 May 2021 14:44:14 +0100, S Viemeister
>
>>>
>>> Doubtful you could ever explain Sympathies.
>>>
>> Said relative has never left the US, but some time back, called to make
>> sure we knew we'd need 'Real ID' drivers licenses the next time we
>> flew!!! Well, no. We need passports. Of which I have two.
>>
>> So, yes - trying to explain would be a waste of time and effort.
>
> Correct! Did you ever have a non real ID drivers license ???
>
> Mentioning passports I am perplexed by this 'no vaccine passports' by
> the antivaxxers. Forever and a day one had to have doctors
> certificates to show one had Yellow Fever, Typhus, ParaTyphoid,
> Smallpox vaccination etc in order to travel between Hong Kong and the
> UK. Nobody challenged it. I did have a signed,sealed Dr's
> certificate absolving me of having a Typhoid shot because the reaction
> to the shot was almost worse than having Typhoid, and it was always
> accepted. I feel if they are antivaccine (for no medical reason) then
> the price they will have to pay for those beliefs is, no travel.
>
> I had my first Covid shot and by the time I was home I found in my
> email a note from our NS Health Care saying I had the first shot. I
> printed it off and put it in my wallet, as I will with the final shot,
> feeling it might be useful at some point.
>


I don't have a problem with the Covid passport, but I would expect it to
be something that is not easily forged. They may dry something secure
enough to fool some people, but there are people who seem to live to
beat the system.

The government could easily include that sort of information into your
driver license or other documentation, and those records are accessible
to law enforcement staff.

That was one of the reasons I objected to having to get a passport to go
to the US. If they want to check information about people entering the
country they only need to run your driver license and cross reference it
to criminal record data bases.


Here is but one of many sites where you can send away for a certificate
for that cute little dog that you want to take to the restaurant with
you and pretend it is some sort of support animal. If they can do it for
service animals they can do it for Covid.