Yes and Yes.
I agree with both. If you are going to introduce a Vaccine Passport, you can’t have exemptions OF ANY KIND INCLUDING AGE AND MEDICAL REASONS. Life isn’t fair. Deal with it. If you allow people with medical exemptions to gain access to places that require the vaccine passport, it is likely they are at horrible risk (otherwise why have a passport?). Same goes for kids and the ones that live in the their household. Kids are little petri dishes. If the logic states that unvaccinated people are at serious risk of spreading, they CANNOT be allowed access to places that require vaccine passports and then spread it. THE END. Your kid can’t be vaccinated because of their age? Oh well. No OHL hockey games for your kid. Exemptions derail the entire point of a passport. Letting 300 (under-12) of 1000 people in an OHL rink in to the game is stupid IF the reason for the passport is to reduce risk and reduce spread.
If you introduce a Vaccine passport, the “LAZY PEOPLE” will then get off their ass and get vaccinated. Those that are philosophically opposed will remain stubborn for the time being. Some may change their mind but Ontario has already seen upwards of 85% acceptance. I don’t see those numbers dramatically increasing as a result of a vaccine passport. Maybe 1-3%?
The reality is, a Vaccine Passport doesn’t really work to “protect” people. If you are vaccinated, you can get infected and spread it. The numbers are lower than unvaccinated but the reality is Covid isn’t going away for many years, if ever. People will learn that getting vaccinated keeps you at a lower risk of serious illness (and almost zero chance of death). Those that hold out for philosophical reasons will likely get infected (especially with the spread of the Delta which is pretty easily spread with an Rx of around 6.0) and about 5% of them will require significant medical assistance and about 15% will probably develop “long Covid” where they struggle with symptoms for weeks or months.
All I can say is I am not in favour of a vaccine passport because to do it right (so it would be effective), it would take many months to implement properly and the odds of the government doing it effectively and efficiently is pretty much zero because they F most everything up. If the point of a Vaccine Passport is to half ass it to get a few more percent of people vaccinated and the goal isn’t to stop the spread, then so be it. That makes some sense but otherwise, meh. Ontario has done a tremendous job with vaccine acceptance. We should be fine without any additional measures IMO. Those that are unvaccinated will face the consequences of not being vaccinated and some will die. I have ZERO sympathy or care, regardless of their reason (medical or otherwise).
People pollute their bodies on a daily basis (myself included). I have no idea why anyone would call the vaccine a poison, meanwhile they stuff their faces with junk food, smoke cigarettes, drink booze and coffee etc etc etc. To me it is silly BUT, I also believe people have a right to be stubborn and have a right to manage their personal risk in all areas. If their personal risk management means no vaccine then so be it. Stopping those people from access to public places where they’d normally be allowed access is egregious to me. It creates a second class citizen. I don’t believe people should be treated differently and have their freedom of movement and access restricted because of their belief system, regardless of whether I agree with their reasons or not.
EDIT: I do agree that Hospital, LTC, Nursing Home and Retirement Facility Workers and any contractors working in those places should be required to vaccinate. PERIOD. Same goes for Teachers/Professors, Police, Fire and Paramedical. I’m probably missing a few groups. But this is a professional courtesy on behalf of those that work FOR the public in a Medical or Safety capacity.
Any of those workers that are Medically exempt should be given other tasks where they are not on site or receive paid leave (Government assistance) if those tasks do not exist. Keep it consistent while also somewhat compassionate for those with medical issues.