O/T. The Government's handling of Covid

[Geoff Parkstone]

Drifting back on topic, I see QANTAS are planning to make a vaccination mandatory on international flights. If they do, then I'm sure other airlines will follow suit ( if only to avoid being sued).

Given the evident reluctance on the part of certain religious groups to vaccinate, this should make air travel much safer as regards 9-11 risk! 😊

[Andy_Faber]

Drifting back on topic, I see QANTAS are planning to make a vaccination mandatory on international flights. If they do, then I'm sure other airlines will follow suit ( if only to avoid being sued).

Given the evident reluctance on the part of certain religious groups to vaccinate, this should make air travel much safer as regards 9-11 risk! 😊

Although no less irritating regarding pre-flight security checks

[Geoff Parkstone]

You did a ‘dissertation’ at A level. Really? Or do you mean you wrote an essay?
I did History A level, probably a year before you, and albeit JMB not the ‘soft southern’ version ...but course work counted for nothing, everything depended on exams and there were certainly no dissertations.

It was an S Level and, if I remember well, 5000 words (Cambridge Board) - - -

[ramAnag]

5000 words! Like I said...an essay.

[swaledale]

5000 words! Like I said...an essay.

Thats an in depth dissertation covering several hundred years rA, shame someone's elses education didn't involve establishing what the facts really are before dissing what other people say!

[Geoff Parkstone]

5000 words! Like I said...an essay.

Call it what you want, it meant I was taken into the local city to research it at library on various days by history master and it always ended with him buying a beer for his underage student. Essays were always 3 page things this was about 20 and was marked towards final grade. Think of a better word and I'll use it

[Andy_Faber]

Call it what you want, it meant I was taken into the local city to research it at library on various days by history master and it always ended with him buying a beer for his underage student. Essays were always 3 page things this was about 20 and was marked towards final grade. Think of a better word and I'll use it

How many quills did that take?

[Geoff Parkstone]

Although no less irritating regarding pre-flight security checks

Just flash your "international vaccination certificate" and job done. Could spell the end of MA's visits to Pride Park?

[ramAnag]

Just flash your "international vaccination certificate" and job done. Could spell the end of MA's visits to Pride Park?

On a serious note...I suspect such certification will be unavoidable, although I also suspect there’ll be huge problems as far as counterfeit certificates are concerned. As regards MA and PP...that would be genuinely sad and raises real issues...i.e. many may be more sympathetic to those who avoid the vaccine for possible medical reasons than on religious/moral grounds.

[Andy_Faber]

On a serious note...I suspect such certification will be unavoidable, although I also suspect there’ll be huge problems as far as counterfeit certificates are concerned. As regards MA and PP...that would be genuinely sad and raises real issues...i.e. many may be more sympathetic to those who avoid the vaccine for possible medical reasons than on religious/moral grounds.

what would the moral grounds be? Are you using the right word? Strikes me as immoral and I'll include 'on the grounds of religion' in that