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From what I've seen, there was very little public support for the covid certificate. People sort of put up with it because they were banned from public places w
by elric 5y ago
From what I've seen, there was very little public support for the covid certificate. People sort of put up with it because they were banned from public places without it. It was difficult to mount any meaningful protest, because protesting was difficult and dangerous at the time.
Of course you've failed to mention that the use of a covid certificate was largely elective. You could simply not go out for dinner or on vacation and you would have been fine. Things are bit different when it comes to mass surveillance, databases, and facial recognition.
- jimmydorry 5y ago>Of course you've failed to mention that the use of a covid certificate was largely elective. You could simply not go out for dinner or on vacation and you would have been fine. Huh? In most of Australia, varying on a state by state basis, signing in via QR code was not elective and was mandatory for all public venues _including shops_. Most people do not have >1 month of food, and restrictions remained in place for a lot longer than that. These sign-ins were tied to vaccination status and the state governments made a two-tier system where they classified what types of business would only allow vaccinated people in. GP has it right in their assertion that people will just follow what the government says is best. We had a mass-scale demonstration of this in action!
- elric 5y ago> Huh? In most of Australia, varying on a state by state basis, signing in via QR code was not elective and was mandatory for all public venues _including shops_. This is highly location dependent. In (most of? all of?) Europe signing in was only required for pubs/restaurants/hotels/concerts and never for essential services like shops or pharmacies.