England vaccine passport plans ditched, health secretary says

Re:England vaccine passport plans ditched, health secretary ... by hervature on Sunday September 12, 2021 @11:55AM (#28502261)

Is your argument that only "PhD in biohemistry or something similar" can make decisions about the vaccine? I think that's incredibly patronizing to the vast majority of humanity. There is literally vaccines that earned FDA approval in recent memory that were later found to cause problems in babies [1]. If people are concerned about vaccines, the best way to deal with it is to address concerns, show them the data. Not calling them stupid for not having a PhD.

[1] - https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/concerns-history....

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Re:England vaccine passport plans ditched, health secretary ... by junon on Sunday September 12, 2021 @01:10PM (#28502895)

> Not calling them stupid for not having a PhD.

GP simply stated that we should be consulting experts in the fields, not laypeople, when it comes to things of a scientific nature.

These were your words, not theirs.

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Re:England vaccine passport plans ditched, health secretary ... by hervature on Sunday September 12, 2021 @02:17PM (#28503466)

They said:

> If it’s not a PhD in biochemistry or something similar, then it’s not relevant to their decision making abilities

In my opinion, that is much closer to "if you don't have a PhD in biochemistry, you can't don't deserve to make a decision (i.e. stupid)" than "listen to experts".

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Re:England vaccine passport plans ditched, health secretary ... by arrosenberg on Sunday September 12, 2021 @08:39PM (#28506611)

I was responding to the comment of "Even people with PhDs are questioning it...". A PhD in English Lit isn't going to help you understand how vaccines, mRNA or viral transmission models work. Listen to experts in those topics.

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