(09-30-2021, 06:48 PM)Ninurta Wrote: Yup, they're everywhere. Grace has locked horns with one on a religious website.
She demonstrated how the Holocaust of WWII started with medical edicts "for public health", and ended in
extermination camps for the medically undesirables - i.e. Jews and others.
That's where the dreaded Yellow Stars came from - as a way to identify the medical undesirables at a distance.
She made a logical argument, complete with links and references to, of all things, US government websites
regarding the holocaust and it's origins... and one of those trolls promptly shit-jumped her, accused her of
spreading "fake news" (from a US government website, mind you) and called her an idiot for believing
"conspiracy theories" (again, information from a US government website!)...
Ha-ha... who would implement such a controlling 'badge' these days! That would be ridicul... that would be...
Oh dear.
Quote:Anger on campuses as freshers given wristbands to signify Covid vaccinationArchived Telegraph Article:
Parents express alarm at 'vaccine passports by stealth' as millions of students return
for the first Freshers’ Week in two years
'Freshers have been given wristbands to signal whether they are vaccinated against coronavirus
amid anger at emerging “two-tier” university campuses.
Students arriving this week at the University of Bath have been given a different coloured wristband
on club nights if they can prove in advance they are double jabbed, or have Covid-19 immunity.
Covid-19 passports are required for nightclub or arena events in Bath students’ union, but those who
can only show a negative lateral flow test enter through a different queue.
Parents expressed alarm at “vaccine passports by stealth” as millions of students return for the first
Freshers’ Week in two years, despite the Government ditching plans for the certificates for venues
in England.
At Sheffield University, students must present a Covid-19 pass to enter freshers events or union nights
out, with double-jabbed students and those with negative tests offered separate wristbands to jump
queues.
Meanwhile, Cambridge University and two Oxford colleges have asked students to disclose their
Covid vaccination status to staff.
Private medical information on display
“We are worried that some universities appear to have implemented what amounts to a vaccine passport
via stealth,” said Arabella Skinner, the director of parents group UsForThem.
“The idea of making students display their private medical information in such a public way is unacceptable.
This echoes examples of discrimination we have seen in schools through the pandemic and raises concerns
of a two-tier system for students to access education.”
One second-year student at Sheffield felt “excluded” when told he could not enter freshers’ fair without a
Covid-19 passport, and feared being “shamed in front of friends”.
At Cambridge, Prof Graham Virgo, the senior pro-vice chancellor for education, has emailed all students asking
for their vaccination status in a survey to help “assess risk in different contexts” and “plan outbreak control measures”.
“The higher the rate of vaccination, the less onerous the control measures for everyone,” he wrote.
Lincoln College and St Edmunds Hall at Oxford have asked students to state if they are vaccinated to help plan
mitigations around face coverings and visitor numbers.
Organisations must have 'compelling reasons' to check status
The Information Commissioner's Office has previously said organisations need "compelling reasons" to check
Covid-19 status, as this is private health data.
At least nine student unions across England are requiring students to show Covid-19 passports to enter their
nightclubs, despite no law for such a measure. Ministers in England were previously considering plans to bring
in Covid-19 passports for nightclubs and lectures, but both ideas have been abandoned for now amid outcry
at the potential discriminatory effects.
Many institutions have gone beyond advice from the Department for Education for universities, with face masks
mandatory indoors on more than half of Russell Group campuses.
A spokesman for Bath students' union said its "fast-track wristband has been the overwhelmingly popular choice
with our students" and helped with "running safe events" A Cambridge University spokesman said "there is no
question of students being treated differently as a result of their response" to its anonymous jab survey, and
said it was following DfE guidance...'
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