Maybe I’m the one being dense here, but I just can’t understand what on earth the point of trialling a vaccine passport during a lockdown would be?
The DM article says they’ve pumped a whopping £75k into the initiative so far, so it’s not going to be much of a trial! That won’t even cover the cost of a few internal letters for our government!
Honestly seems like media twisting it to get a story. I haven't seen it referred to as a 'passport' in any official capacity with regards to the study, this worded by the writer or the article.
Also 75k? Do people really think a trial for the sort of immunity passport that is going to be used for controlling people, tracking them and refusing them jobs or access to services could even be trialled on a measly 75k??
This is clearly just some sort of more up to date way of medical records being recorded via an app. The first several million people to receive this vaccine will only have a piece of paper to record their date and batch number.
Personally the entire NHS medical record system needs to be dragged into the 21st century imo, a much more streamlined online system needs to be widely in use. For example it baffles me that in 2021 so trusts do
paper notes for your pregnancy book??
I'm sure that would just play into the conspiracy theorists hands though.
There are a lot more important things they need to pump money into right now, no one is going anywhere so who needs a passport. If you’ve had the vaccine you’ve got a card that’s meant to be kept with you.
There is always an argument that money needs to be spent on other things but if that is always the line then innovation would never happen. I don't think carrying a piece of paper with you at all times is really the best way to record something in 2021.
75k to trial something better than a scribbled on piece of paper is literally nothing.
