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Re:England vaccine passport plans ditched, health secretary ... by gruez on Sunday September 12, 2021 @11:06AM (#28501823)
>That's widely practiced and accepted without issue

There's two components to this.

1. It's widely accepted because in most cases the cashier just glaces at the ID. How is the vaccine passport going to be implemented? Are they going to give you a laminated ID card, or is it going to be some QR code thingy on your phone? The latter would necessitate some sort machine scanner, which would mean it's trivially easy to turn this into some sort of a tracking system.

2. "being 18" isn't a medical intervention that's forced onto people.

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Re:England vaccine passport plans ditched, health secretary ... by tomatocracy on Sunday September 12, 2021 @12:33PM (#28502589)
The last time I was asked for ID to buy alcohol in a supermarket in the UK was over 15 years ago (and the last time I was asked in a pub was probably 20 years ago). It's not like parts of the US where venues are required to check literally everyone - it's only people who look like they might be underage.
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