Covid Passport

[jennyjoan]

Just ordered a paper one - it's on its way within 10 days. Mind you don't have any parties/events to go to, but I do think they will become mandatory in supermarkets etc. Better have it than not.

[Maydup]

As far as I know they don’t show the boosters yet, and they need to be renewed every few weeks, so I might wait until I need one.

[bobbinwales]

I think paper ones you send for have no end date on? The ones you can print from the NHS app have dates on but these are updated on the screen every so often so need to be reprinted.
I dont think the goverment has the appetite for a battle about using them especially for supermarkets (there will be to many Tory votes against and the protestors/anarchist groups will riot, also some stores say they wont enforce masks so they aint going to check papers), so it wont happen in England.... and very unlikley IMO in Northen Ireland /Ireland

[johnny.5]

will they be blue ?

[New Judge]

Yes bob is correct. The ones issued on paper and sent to you by the NHS have no end date. The ones you download using the NHS app last for thirty days from the date of download, but you can download them as frequently as you like. The downloaded ones now show all three jabs. I imagine any new paper ones will too, though I haven't checked.

I think bob is also right when he says the UK government has no will to enforce their use for entrance to pubs, shops, etc. I also doubt that the devolved governments will extend their use beyond the current arrangements for nightclubs, large events, etc. (though I believe they are also required for cinemas and theatres in Wales).

The resistance to it is not confined to Tory voters. We don't do "papers" in the UK. People are generally free to move about unhindered for most purposes. You don't even have to carry your driving licence with you when driving. The need to produce proof of having had a non-mandatory medical procedure carried out smacks of a totalitarian regime. That said, nothing surprises me when it has the term "because of Covid" attached, but I'd like to think any UK government would deem this a step too far. Apart from that, there are the practical problems. Hospitality venues have been badly hit by the restrictions of the last 18 months and I doubt they can afford the extra staff required to vet their customers' health status at the door on a busy Saturday night. As far as public transport goes, where I live they cannot even prevent people travelling without tickets so it's hard to see how they would prevent suspected plague carriers from boarding their services.

[Maydup]

The passports are just catching up with the boosters. It looks like they are included now as this was the latest at the end of November. However, unless you're travelling and need one, I see no reason to carry one.

....Booster and third doses will show up automatically in the digital COVID Pass and will be visible from midday on Friday for users in England but will not immediately be available via the COVID Pass letter service. This will be updated in due course.

The booster vaccine will appear on the COVID Pass in Wales from 29 November. However evidence of a booster vaccine is not needed to enter venues in Wales which require a COVID Pass for entry. Evidence of 2 vaccinations or a negative lateral flow test in the last 48 hours remain the requirement......