Nor us, just got an old Nokia for phone calls in emergency and can’t get a signal on that. I wonder how many people are pinged and go out just the same.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
People were wearing masks in Morrison's today but not many wiped their trolleys or used handgel while we were wiping ours. Not nearly as well stocked as usual, gaps on shelves.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
It has been worrying seeing entertainment venues like the Royal Albert Hall and Glyndebourne upping audience capacities to their shows to 100% with no proof of recent test or vaccination record required. Even face coverings are a recommendation. I'm now double vaccinated but would be unwilling to spend three hours shoulder to shoulder with a person from a different household. The rest of Europe has admirably rolled out their version of the "vaccine passport" and the accompanying app that venues can use to scan the record of audience members/customers.
The UK is again left behind despite the fact the NHS app and website can provide a Covid vaccination certificate. Since all tickets are electronic you wouldn't think it would be too onerous to also scan that certificate. But with the bunch of clowns in charge the whole process is as disconnected as can be.
So no opera and ballet for me until the companies get their shit together and do more than pay lip service to following government guidelines.
Now that mask wearing is a matter of personal choice when I go to Sainsbury’s and M&S Food with my husband this coming Friday I won’t be wearing a mask. Even with his state-of-the-art hearing aids he’s still very deaf and has really struggled to hear anyone who is speaking with a mask on, including me.
It’s an utter disgrace how the effect of mask wearing on the communication abilities of the deaf and hard of hearing, both audio and lip-reading, has been completely overlooked.
I seem to remember that particular issue did arise at some point ( last year maybe ?) but it has taken a back seat - if not entirely disappeared - since then. Perhaps making Govt. Ministers wear good quality ear muffs for a couple of weeks may highlight the problems you describe.
Of course there are masks with clear panels that help with communication for any lip readers out there. Have spotted quite a few museum employees using them over the last year's which is commendable.
I have found people very accommodating when I tell them I am deaf. In most places they will change from a mask to a visor or sometimes just pull down their mask (not ideal I know!) so I know what they have said. Even with a clear mask or visor or even a desk screen it is still difficult as the voice is muffled. Television is all subtitled so no problems for me there (can't do signing!) I don't think anyone has been consciously left out but these are unusual times and we cannot cater for all disabilities all the time.Sometimes you just have to put up with it!
“Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
Why would one need a specially issued Covid Vaccine Certificate ? I have a card issued by my GP which details my name, the date of the vaccines and the type of vaccine given. Extra paperwork is surely just a waste of time and resources. Whilst I'm not likely to be popping into the local pub or a night club, I would expect that card to be sufficient proof of my being as safe as possible - both for myself and others. Show it on entry ? I have to say that I don't know whether those who use anything other than their GP service for a vaccination are issued with any sort of documentation ? Perhaps not ? If, as has been suggested recently that Certificates can be easily faked, then the whole " Proof " thing becomes somewhat pointless anyway ?
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I wonder how many people are pinged and go out just the same.
The UK is again left behind despite the fact the NHS app and website can provide a Covid vaccination certificate. Since all tickets are electronic you wouldn't think it would be too onerous to also scan that certificate. But with the bunch of clowns in charge the whole process is as disconnected as can be.
So no opera and ballet for me until the companies get their shit together and do more than pay lip service to following government guidelines.
Perhaps making Govt. Ministers wear good quality ear muffs for a couple of weeks may highlight the problems you describe.
In most places they will change from a mask to a visor or sometimes just pull down their mask (not ideal I know!) so I know what they have said.
Even with a clear mask or visor or even a desk screen it is still difficult as the voice is muffled.
Television is all subtitled so no problems for me there (can't do signing!)
I don't think anyone has been consciously left out but these are unusual times and we cannot cater for all disabilities all the time.Sometimes you just have to put up with it!
When you don't even know who's in the team
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Extra paperwork is surely just a waste of time and resources. Whilst I'm not likely to be popping into the local pub or a night club, I would expect that card to be sufficient proof of my being as safe as possible - both for myself and others. Show it on entry ?
I have to say that I don't know whether those who use anything other than their GP service for a vaccination are issued with any sort of documentation ? Perhaps not ?
If, as has been suggested recently that Certificates can be easily faked, then the whole " Proof " thing becomes somewhat pointless anyway ?