Posted on 09/12/2021 7:11:23 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Plans to introduce vaccine passports for access into nightclubs and large events in England will not go ahead, the health secretary has said.
Health Minister Sajid Javid told the BBC: "We shouldn't be doing things for the sake of it."
He said the government had looked at the evidence, adding: "I'm pleased to say we will not be going ahead."
It was thought the plan, which came under criticism from venues and some MPs, would be introduced at the end of this month.
No 10 stressed it would be kept "in reserve" should it be needed over autumn or winter.
Under the scheme, people would have been required to show proof - whether of double vaccination, a negative Covid test or finishing self-isolating after a positive PCR test - in order to gain entry to clubs and other crowded events.
The Night Time Industries Association warned the plans could have crippled the industry and seen nightclubs facing discrimination cases.
The industry body has since welcomed the move, saying it hoped businesses could now plan with some certainty and start to rebuild the sector and regain customers' confidence.
The Music Venue Trust, which aims to protect grassroots venues, also welcomed the announcement, describing vaccine passports as "problematic".
There was opposition too from Tory MPs on the Covid Recovery Group and the Liberal Democrats, whose leader Ed Davey called them "divisive, unworkable and expensive".
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Winston Churchill visited them and said ENOUGH
“Health Minister Sajid Javid...”
A good English mane. No doubt a descendant of Cromwell...
Wouldn’t travel overseas if it were free.
...for now.
The British people must stay on guard. We are still in the middle of this globalist fascist attempt at world power. We are in a world war.
They know the vaccines don’t work...
RE: A good English mane. No doubt a descendant of Cromwell...
How do you like the name of the Lord Mayor of London: Sadiq Khan?
Just part and parcel of living in a global city...
Perhaps this will carry over to France ...
I don’t know anybody personally that has had Covid 1984. Until now. Two of my wife’s girlfriends are very sick with Covid. But. They were vaccinated. Gee what’s up. I’m in the control group and staying there.
My wife and I had it in early August, no big deal. We are both in our 60s. It’s not the death sentence they claim it is. But I was not able to get a single doctor to prescribe so much as a caught drop. I was only told to go home and when you have trouble breathing, go to the emergency room.
Sajid Javid
Screams English.
Good God. It’s not just the mayor anymore.
This says it all...
Health Minister Sajid Javid told the BBC: “We shouldn’t be doing things for the sake of it.”
Johnson is an idiot to even consider it.
“The British people must stay on guard”
In England we will NOT be having vaccine passports. In Scotland they have to use vaccine passports from 10/01.
In Wales and Northern Ireland the decision isn’t yet taken.
How the science can be so different between the four nations is a mystery to me.
Must be something to do with wearing kilts?
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