vaccine passport
-
From Wuhan to Ottawa
A recent preprint meta-analysis by researchers from Denmark (Center for Political Studies), Sweden (Lund University) and the US (Johns Hopkins University) found that lockdowns in the spring of 2020 had no significant impact on mortality. Moreover, the authors highlight that the many “simulation studies” that claimed otherwise essentially presupposed that the entire decline in infections had been due to… Continue reading
-
Big Brother Watch issues legal claim against Welsh Ministers over “unevidenced” Covid Pass scheme
Civil liberties campaign group Big Brother Watch has issued a legal claim against Welsh Ministers over mandatory Covid Passes, arguing that the scheme is unlawful as it is disproportionate and unevidenced. Continue reading
-
No to Covid Passes
10 December 2021 — Big Brother Watch URGENT: PROTEST TOMORROW Tomorrow, Saturday 11th December, we’re staging an urgent protest against Boris Johnson’s plans for mandatory Covid passports on Parliament Squareat 12pm. The time to stand up and be counted is now. Continue reading
-
The Telegraph – Austria’s precedent-setting lockdown is an assault on human rights
Europe is in the midst not only of a public health crisis, but also of a dangerous shift towards authoritarianism. The Austrian government’s introduction of a lockdown only for unvaccinated people this week was a precedent-setting assault on human rights: liberty, privacy, freedom of movement, freedom of association and freedom from discrimination. And yet, if… Continue reading
-
Towards Technfascism: Vaccine Passports and the Inequality Virus in the Debate
Towards Technofascism: Vaccine Passports and the Inequality Virus in the Debate Posted by Internationalist 360° on October 23, 2021 Eder Peña As part of the normality that, like a promised land, they have repeatedly offered during the pandemic, some governments of the Global North have created mechanisms to control mobility based on the inoculation of… Continue reading
-
What’s Really at Stake with Vaccine Passports
In May 2020, Elizabeth M. Renieris, an adviser to the ID2020 Alliance, which aims to bring digital identities to billions of people, resigned over the organization’s direction on digital immunity passes and COVID-19. In her resignation Renieris cited ID2020’s opacity, “techno-solutionism” and corporate influence along with the risks of applying blockchain to immunity passes. Continue reading
-
Covid passports – illiberal, intrusive, and counterproductive
We consider that the ‘Plan B’ outline of Covid-status certification removes fundamental liberties, while having no justification in public health. Continue reading
-
Vaccine passports have already set us on a slippery slope
The steady march towards medical ID cards is on, after the Scottish Parliament voted in favour of vaccine passports this week. In Westminster, the Government is set to follow suit but won’t even commit to giving MPs a vote on the matter – as though votes in the House of Commons are now gifts from… Continue reading
-
Vaccine passports – we’re on the front foot..
“It is not something that we are implementing… The evidence [for vaccine passports] is not there and I hope it will never be” – Sajid Javid Continue reading
-
Discriminatory vaccine passports pose an even greater threat than ID cards
I have not forgotten that fifteen years ago, the Prime Minister wrote in this paper that if someone in authority demanded he show an ID card he would “physically eat it in the presence of whatever emanation of the state has demanded that I produce it.” Continue reading
-
The Road to Totalitarianism
People can tell themselves that they didn’t see where things have been heading for the last 17 months, but they did. They saw all the signs along the way. The signs were all written in big, bold letters, some of them in scary-looking Germanic script. They read … Continue reading
-
Thousands march across France as nationwide opposition to domestic Covid ID shows no signs of fizzling out
Huge crowds turned out in Paris on Saturday as riot police attempted to corral the seemingly endless columns of protesters filling the capital’s main thoroughfares. Drumming, chanting and exploding firecrackers could be heard in a Ruptly livestream of the massive demonstration. The protesters could be heard shouting “Liberty!” as they snaked their way through the… Continue reading
-
The worst U-turn on vaccine passes
You can’t have missed the news that the Government wants to make vaccine passes mandatory from September for large gatherings, without even the option of a test as an alternative. The front pages have been filled with Government threats confirming our worst fears – access to nightclubs, sports events, and even universities could be restricted… Continue reading
-
BREAKING: Vaccine passes to be mandatory!
The Prime Minister has just announced that vaccine passports are to be mandatory from September for nightclubs and large events. This means that not only will the NHS Covid Pass be mandatory – but tests will no longer be an option on them. Only the vaccinated will be admitted entry to events. Continue reading
-
The ‘Vaccine Passport’ Agenda
Overall, medical aspects are only the operational level of the coronavirus pandemic: in countries where the median age of covid deaths is above 80 years, the public health impact of the pandemic will be quite limited and primarily related to serious cases of ‘long covid’. Indeed, even the WHO recently acknowledged that the coronavirus pandemic… Continue reading
-
An Essential Journey My experience of international travel in Covid times
I had not planned to travel abroad this year, especially after the UK government’s announcement in early 2021 that foreign holidays were forbidden. Even heading towards the airport with an intent to go on a foreign holiday could result in a £5000 fine or imprisonment! Surreal. Continue reading
-
We’ve urgently questioned the legality of the Government’s Covid pass trials
In a letter sent today to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), we questioned how the stadium might use fans’ vaccination and test data and what the legal basis for the data collection is, citing multiple apparent failures in DCMS’ privacy policy. The letter sent by our solicitors, AWO, warns that the controversial vaccine passport trial appears… Continue reading
-
Big Brother Watch questions legality of Wembley vaccine passport trial
Big Brother Watch has urgently questioned the legality of the Government’s vaccine passport trials at Wembley Stadium for the Euro 2020 matches. In a letter sent today to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the civil liberties group questioned how the stadium might use fans’ vaccination and test data and what the… Continue reading
-
The Telegraph – Israel’s Green Pass system: A stark warning to the UK
Israelis had every reason to be optimistic – we were the first country in the world to achieve mass vaccination against Covid-19 and, thus, “normality” seemed within reach. Alas, a digital vaccination ID called the “Green Pass” was introduced as a prerequisite for returning to normal life. The Israeli Ministry of Health used two reasons… Continue reading
-
⚠️ Covid passes = ID cards *on steroids*
“NONE OF US LIKES THE IDEA OF COVID CERTIFICATION” Not our words, the words of Michael Gove… Yesterday he appeared in front of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee to receive a grilling on Covid passes. To say that it made for awkward viewing would be putting it politely! Continue reading
The New Dark Age 