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  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,543
    punkdoc said:
    I've said it before, but it seems it needs to be said again: face shields do not work.
    They may not work but I do need people to wear them so I know what they are saying!
    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    You don't need a certificate @philippasmith2.  Too easy to forge anyway.

    In France and Belgium we get a QR code to download onto our smart phones as proof of vaccination.  I, of course, have a stupid phone so, for the mo, I carry around my vaccine papers and a printed copy of the QR code.  
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • Exactly @Obelixx the silly NHS card is already available online as a counterfeit, the already in existence electronic certificate can be printed for use for 30 days and the electronic one updates every time the app is tapped. What is inexcusable is the UK government hasn't made one for reading those QR codes to make it easier for venues. 

    France has a scanning app (Greece too), which I'm sure you've presented your certificate to when out and about. 
    To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Not so far but we'll have to from August 1st and there will be fines for businesses who don't check them.   Now that France is on the move for its annual hols and the Belgians, Dutch and Germans have arrived too and a few Brits, infection rates have rocketed in resorts and as we live near the coast we are being very careful about when and where we go out so we will be very careful till they've all gone home at the ned of August.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Not trying to be rude @madpenguin, but people should not be wearing masks that don't work, although I understand the problems you have.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • I think if anyone has just watched the Dominic Cummings interview in bbc2 and not thought o.m.g. I know it was bad but blimey...there was no plan and sir Humphrey really was in charge
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    As far as I understand it, the virus can travel around corners . If it only travelled in a straight line, a visor would be effective .
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,543
    punkdoc said:
    Not trying to be rude @madpenguin, but people should not be wearing masks that don't work, although I understand the problems you have.
    People have always been very careful,I know it is not ideal but sometimes I am being asked rather important questions and I need to know I am giving the right answer!
    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Sorry but that is ridiculous. You wear a mask to help prevent the spread of the virus, a visor does not do that.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,543
    punkdoc said:
    Sorry but that is ridiculous. You wear a mask to help prevent the spread of the virus, a visor does not do that.
    So how is a deaf person supposed to know what is going on if that have no idea what is being said?
    A visor I know is far from perfect but what else would you suggest?
    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
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