LONDON. Radical socialists such as former Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn, former Trotskyites such as his companion John McDonnell, ultra-traditional conservatives such as former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith, Thatcher ultra-liberalists and Brexiters such as MP Steve Baker, liberal-democrats such as leader Sir Ed Davey. All sensationally together against the “vaccine passports”, indeed “vaccine certificates” they call them now, which now seem inevitable for the return to normality after Covid in the United Kingdom and about which Boris Johnson has no more doubts. For the prime minister, they are indispensable so that on 21 June next, as per the schedule, we return to live the life before the Coronavirus pandemic and therefore to go to the restaurant, pub, concerts, but also to the office at work, for example. And then Johnson will officially introduce them to the nation at a Downing Street press conference on Monday, Easter Monday.
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But there are at least 70 British MPs, from all parties, who don’t fit in. And they challenge Johnson on a decidedly delicate issue, especially from an ethical point of view. Everyone, from Corbyn to Duncan Smith, considers the measure “extremely dangerous”, essentially for two reasons: it would be first of all “discriminatory” against those who do not want or cannot get the vaccine for medical reasons, and it would open a disturbing precedent, according to the its opponents. Furthermore, it would be something strongly “anti-British”, in a country where even today there are no identity cards and privacy remains an almost untouchable mammoth. “So we are moving towards a new Big Brother,” says Tory MP (Johnson’s own party) Steve Baker.
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A cross-cutting opposition that could create a big problem for Johnson in Parliament, where vaccination passports will have to be approved. The position of Sir Keir Starmer’s Labor will be decisive, which so far has not yet officially expressed itself. But the leader, in an interview with the conservative newspaper Daily Telegraph two days ago, he was rather evasive on the matter and admitted that such a measure would go “against British values”.
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However, barring an extensive riot in Westminster, it is nearly impossible for Johnson to change his mind about vaccination passports. About which he himself expressed many doubts publicly until a few weeks ago (“we will see, it is a very complex issue”), limiting their future use only to travel abroad. Today, however, it now seems obvious that they will also be used in the United Kingdom, to reopen the company as soon as possible, thus becoming indispensable for any type of public place. Something that also irritated the British Beer and Pub Association, which spoke of “an additional burden for club managers, in a sector already decimated by Covid”.
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But, despite British traditions, popular polls on the issue seem to be on Boris Johnson’s side: according to Ipsos Mori’s latest yesterday, 78% of Britons are in favor of using vaccine passports to travel abroad, 74 % agree for hospital visits, 68% for going to the theater or a concert, 63% for the gym, 62% for entering pubs and restaurants and 58% of the 8300 people interviewed are also in favor in the context of the use of public transport.
On a technical level, the “Nhs Covid” app similar to Immuni in Italy could be used and developed. According to rumors, the British government’s “vaccination certificate” should provide three options for gaining access to bars, restaurants, pubs, concerts or work: proof of having received a Coronavirus vaccine, or a negative test result. private molecular (very expensive in the United Kingdom, usually costs 150 euros) carried out in the previous 24 hours or, alternatively, the result of a serological test that certifies the presence of antibodies after contracting and being cured of Covid. The first real experiment should take place next month with the football FA Cup final. Big Brother or not.
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