The Welsh & The Virus In The Valleys.

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...So what is the next covid restriction that will also promote the shari'a?

Oh come on, it wouldn't be fair to leave other religions out of the flu epidemic!
What's wrong with the 'Mark Of The Beast' discussion and its use transmitted via fear-porn?!

No10 stops short of ruling out Covid 'immunity passports' despite saying it is 'not something the

PM wants' - as Wales raises fears of spot checks at pubs and shops by bringing in ID-style cards
for people who get vaccine


*Pfizer vaccines licensed by UK regulator and will be distributed from next week
*Wales says people will be issued with ID-style cards to show they have had jab
*Fears that pubs and shops could demand proof of vaccine before allowing entry 

'No10 today stopped short of completely ruling out 'immunity passports' despite insisting it is 'not something the PM wants'.
Downing Street played down the idea of giving people who have had vaccines more freedoms, saying it would not be fair
while the jabs were still being distributed according to priorities.

But the PM's press secretary Allegra Stratton did not totally close off the possibility that such documentation could be used
after the full rollout, merely stressing that it was not Boris Johnson's preferred approach.   

The dodging came as it emerged that people in Wales are to receive an ID-style card to show they have been vaccinated
for coronavirus. Health minister Vaughan Gething revealed the move as he hailed news that that Pfizer jabs have been
approved by UK regulators.

The cards will include the date of immunisation, with the Labour-run Welsh government insisting it will serve as a 'reminder'
about when individuals need the second dose. However, they sparked an immediate backlash with fears of an 'authoritarian'
crackdown as pubs, shops and other public venues demand to see the proof before people are given access. 


Health minister Vaughan Gething and the Welsh enemy. Your choice which.

UK government ministers have tried to cool the idea they are preparing official 'immunity passports' that would allow people
to return to normal life once they have received a jab. But vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi suggested earlier this week that
although the jabs will be voluntary, businesses could ask to see proof before allowing people in.

Ms Stratton told journalists at a briefing this afternoon that there were no immediate plans to introduce 'immunity passports'.
She pointed to the way the vaccines were being spread through the population, with the elderly and most vulnerable getting it first.
'If we're saying to people there is a priority list... we can't then be denying people freedoms or liberties,' she said. 

Pressed repeatedly on whether the policy could ever be introduced, she added: 'Immunity passports is not something the PM
wants to go ahead with.'  

UK regulators today approved Pfizer/BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine, paving the way for mass vaccination to start in just days.
Officials said the jab — which the UK has ordered 40million doses of — will be made available 'from next week' as Health
Secretary Matt Hancock declared 'help is on its way'.

Department of Health and Social Care officials made the announcement just after 7am this morning, as England left its
second national lockdown and shops reopened for 'wild Wednesday'.  Pfizer/BioNTech's vaccine has been shown to block
95 per cent of coronavirus infections in late-stage trials, with equal efficacy among younger volunteers and those over 65
who are most at risk from Covid.  

Mr Hancock declared the end of the pandemic was 'in sight' today, revealing that 800,000 doses of the jab will be available
next week — enough to vaccinate 400,000 people because it is administered in two shots — but conceded the bulk of the
roll out won't happen until the New Year.

He said: 'The NHS stands ready to start vaccinating early next week.
The UK is the first country in the world to have a clinically approved vaccine for supply.' 

Mr Hancock revealed those 'who are vulnerable from Covid' will be first in line, meaning care home residents and workers
will be first to be contacted — despite claims NHS workers would be first. 

In a statement to the Welsh parliament, Mr Gething said: 'Those receiving a COVID-19 vaccination will be given a credit
card-sized NHS Wales immunisation card which will have the vaccine name, date of immunisation and batch number of
each of the doses given handwritten on them. 

'These will act as a reminder for a second dose and for the type of vaccine, and it will also give information about how to
report side effects.' Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford tweeted: 'Significant news this morning.

'Thank you to everyone who has worked so hard to make this a reality.
'Our vaccine programme is ready to go, but the impact won't be seen nationally for some months.
'In the meantime, we all must continue to follow the rules and protect each other.'

But Tory MP and former minister David Jones, who represents Clwyd West, said it was more evidence of the 'authoritarian'
streak in the Welsh government. 'It is not really surprising. The Welsh government has shown itself to be very authoritarian
throughout this pandemic,' he told MailOnline.

'They have imposed a lot more restrictions than England.
'You would hope that these cards are not expected to be carried, and if people want to throw them away then they should be
entitled to. 'We don't want to get to the stage where government are requiring people to carry cards.'

Grey Collier of campaign group Liberty said: 'Any form of immunity card raises more questions than it answers.
It is currently unclear how these cards will be used, and whether people could be asked to use them to prove they have immunity.
'Once cards like these have been created it would be easy for their use to be extended so they can be used like an immunity
passport.

This could result in people who don't have a card potentially being blocked from essential public services, work or housing
-with the most marginalised among us hardest hit. 'This has wider implications too because any form of immunity passport
could pave the way for a full ID system – an idea which has repeatedly been rejected as incompatible with building a rights
-respecting society.

'We have always supported proportionate action to protect lives, but that must not come at the expense of our rights and
freedoms.'...'

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