"Fancy a pint?" may one day require paperwork in England
Author of the article:Jane Stevenson
Publishing date:Mar 27, 2021 • 4 hours ago • 2 minute read • Join the conversation
A man with a drink as Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, is seen on a television screen in a pub in London.
A man with a drink as Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, is seen on a television screen in a pub in London. PHOTO BY HANNAH MCKAY /Reuters
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“Papers for pubs,” as it’s being called across the pond, could become a real thing in England where going down to the pub has been a way of life for centuries.
After nixing the idea that pub goers could need to show proof of vaccination before having a pint at their local public house as recently as last month, British Prime Minster Boris Johnson is now saying it could be up to individual pub owners whether they need to see a vaccine passport before allowing people to enter and if they don’t then have social distancing in place.
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“The initial government reaction was very much that there weren’t going to be vaccine passports because I think there’s a feeling in Britain that our, let’s say passion for freedom, that’s that the sort of thing that a Conservative government especially would be very unlikely to consider,” said British journalist/commentator Jonathan Sacerdoti down the line from London.
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“But I think that, over time, it’s become clear that such a thing is really a practical measure.”
Sacerdoti says pubs in England, which can currently offer takeaway, are set to reopen with outdoor seating, occupancy and other restrictions in mid-April and obviously any kind of vaccine passports wouldn’t be ready by then.
The key, he says, is to find a way of not being “too heavy-handed” about not only the passport idea but getting the actual vaccine.
“There’s still the sense that it should be one’s personal choice even though they want us to have them,” said Sacerdoti, 41, who got his first jab ten weeks ago.
“And the case that people keep mentioning here are pregnant women. Some people keep saying, ‘Would a pregnant woman not be allowed in a pub because she hasn’t had a vaccine?’ because pregnant women may not want to have it.’”
Sacerdoti adds the vaccine passport idea seems to be one the British government is now floating as they’ve done with previous measures during the pandemic.
“They often (test) what they’re thinking of doing, or going to do, in informal ways first,” he said.
“Whether it’s a way of getting us used to it or kind of testing the waters, it winds a lot of people up enormously. But I suspect they find that it’s a good way of preparing us.”
Sacerdoti says with 3 million Londoners now vaccinated, “the vaccine passport is kind of a moot point still because very few people are even there yet. (Before the lockdown), Johnson mentioned ‘the inalienable right of the British to go to the pub.’ And so the constant mention of pubs, both (then), and now in talking about possible vaccine passports, as we come out of (lockdown), it’s a very symbolic thing. Because everyone knows the pub.”
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Author of the article:Jane Stevenson
Publishing date:Mar 27, 2021 • 4 hours ago • 2 minute read • Join the conversation
A man with a drink as Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, is seen on a television screen in a pub in London.
A man with a drink as Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, is seen on a television screen in a pub in London. PHOTO BY HANNAH MCKAY /Reuters
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“Papers for pubs,” as it’s being called across the pond, could become a real thing in England where going down to the pub has been a way of life for centuries.
After nixing the idea that pub goers could need to show proof of vaccination before having a pint at their local public house as recently as last month, British Prime Minster Boris Johnson is now saying it could be up to individual pub owners whether they need to see a vaccine passport before allowing people to enter and if they don’t then have social distancing in place.
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“The initial government reaction was very much that there weren’t going to be vaccine passports because I think there’s a feeling in Britain that our, let’s say passion for freedom, that’s that the sort of thing that a Conservative government especially would be very unlikely to consider,” said British journalist/commentator Jonathan Sacerdoti down the line from London.
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“But I think that, over time, it’s become clear that such a thing is really a practical measure.”
Sacerdoti says pubs in England, which can currently offer takeaway, are set to reopen with outdoor seating, occupancy and other restrictions in mid-April and obviously any kind of vaccine passports wouldn’t be ready by then.
The key, he says, is to find a way of not being “too heavy-handed” about not only the passport idea but getting the actual vaccine.
“There’s still the sense that it should be one’s personal choice even though they want us to have them,” said Sacerdoti, 41, who got his first jab ten weeks ago.
“And the case that people keep mentioning here are pregnant women. Some people keep saying, ‘Would a pregnant woman not be allowed in a pub because she hasn’t had a vaccine?’ because pregnant women may not want to have it.’”
Sacerdoti adds the vaccine passport idea seems to be one the British government is now floating as they’ve done with previous measures during the pandemic.
“They often (test) what they’re thinking of doing, or going to do, in informal ways first,” he said.
“Whether it’s a way of getting us used to it or kind of testing the waters, it winds a lot of people up enormously. But I suspect they find that it’s a good way of preparing us.”
Sacerdoti says with 3 million Londoners now vaccinated, “the vaccine passport is kind of a moot point still because very few people are even there yet. (Before the lockdown), Johnson mentioned ‘the inalienable right of the British to go to the pub.’ And so the constant mention of pubs, both (then), and now in talking about possible vaccine passports, as we come out of (lockdown), it’s a very symbolic thing. Because everyone knows the pub.”
"Fancy a pint?" may one day require paperwork in England
"Fancy a pint?" may one day require paperwork in England
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