Tony Blair wants shops & pubs to have right to ban unjabbed
Jun 6, 2021 3:52:17 GMT -5
Post by Midnight on Jun 6, 2021 3:52:17 GMT -5
Tony Blair calls for vaccinated Britons to be exempt from Covid restrictions: Ex-PM wants shops and pubs to have right to ban un-jabbed customers and says 21 'Freedom Day' MUST go ahead
Former PM Tony Blair advocates a cautious end of social distancing by June 21
But Mr Blair described the NHS app which proves vaccination as 'inadequate'
He said said it makes 'no sense' to treat the vaccinated and un-vaccinated alike
By HENRY MARTIN FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 19:04 EDT, 5 June 2021 | UPDATED: 04:29 EDT, 6 June 2021
Tony Blair has called for vaccinated Britons to be released from coronavirus restrictions and said it is 'time to distinguish for the purposes of freedom' between those who have been jabbed and those who have not.
The former Prime Minister also said he was eager to see the end of social distancing by the Government's June 21 'Freedom Day' target, but warned that 'every time we think it's over, [Covid] finds a way of bringing back uncertainty'.
But Mr Blair described the NHS app which proves vaccination as 'inadequate', and said it makes 'no sense at all to treat those who have had vaccination as the same as those who haven't'.
He was reacting to a report published by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change which says 'vaccine status matters' and champions the idea of health passes 'to allow citizens to prove their status in a secure, privacy-preserving way'.
The report backs the introduction of Covid passports and a vaccine-only policy for British venues, claiming that whether or not one has been jabbed should be a key component of international travel and access to domestic establishments.
Mr Blair said: 'Of course we are discriminating between vaccinated and unvaccinated. But the whole of risk management is based on discriminating between different types and levels of risk.
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Former PM Tony Blair advocates a cautious end of social distancing by June 21
But Mr Blair described the NHS app which proves vaccination as 'inadequate'
He said said it makes 'no sense' to treat the vaccinated and un-vaccinated alike
By HENRY MARTIN FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 19:04 EDT, 5 June 2021 | UPDATED: 04:29 EDT, 6 June 2021
Tony Blair has called for vaccinated Britons to be released from coronavirus restrictions and said it is 'time to distinguish for the purposes of freedom' between those who have been jabbed and those who have not.
The former Prime Minister also said he was eager to see the end of social distancing by the Government's June 21 'Freedom Day' target, but warned that 'every time we think it's over, [Covid] finds a way of bringing back uncertainty'.
But Mr Blair described the NHS app which proves vaccination as 'inadequate', and said it makes 'no sense at all to treat those who have had vaccination as the same as those who haven't'.
He was reacting to a report published by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change which says 'vaccine status matters' and champions the idea of health passes 'to allow citizens to prove their status in a secure, privacy-preserving way'.
The report backs the introduction of Covid passports and a vaccine-only policy for British venues, claiming that whether or not one has been jabbed should be a key component of international travel and access to domestic establishments.
Mr Blair said: 'Of course we are discriminating between vaccinated and unvaccinated. But the whole of risk management is based on discriminating between different types and levels of risk.
Full story at link