Tag: vaccine passport

Scotland’s Vaccine Passport App Vulnerable to Abuse: Opposition Parties

Scotland’s COVID-19 vaccine passport scheme has come under increasing criticism as opposition parties claim it is open to abuse by anyone who knows how to take a screenshot. The Scottish government, controlled by the Scottish National Party (SNP), began enforcing the controversial scheme on Monday. Scots have to show proof they have had both vaccine…


Legal Group Sues Ontario Government Over Vaccine Passport Mandate

A non-profit legal organization is filing a constitutional challenge in Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice against the province’s COVID-19 vaccine passport mandate. In a statement, Jorge Pineda, staff lawyer at Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedom, said Ontario’s vaccine mandates are “ethically wrong” and “illegal,” and the group plans to argue in court that the measures “take…


Australian Pub Forced to Close for Welcoming Unvaccinated Customers

Police in New South Wales (NSW) forcibly closed an Australian pub for allegedly repeatedly breaching  COVID-19 public health orders. The Caledonian Hotel, a bar in the town of Singleton NSW, was ordered by officers from the Hunter Valley Police District to close on Oct. 16 until midnight on Oct. 19. “The closure order follows a…


1,000 Quebec Front-Line Workers, First Responders Hold Silent Rally to Protest Vaccine Mandates

About 1,000 workers from a variety of professions held a silent rally in Quebec City on Oct. 15 to protest against the province’s COVID-19 vaccination mandates. Using the rallying cry “Code White,” an emergency colour code send out by health-care staff when they face a violent situation and need backup, the event called on front-line…


Quarantine Scrapped for International Travellers as NSW Moves to Next Stage of the Roadmap

New South Wales (NSW) Premier Dominic Perrottet announced that quarantine will be scrapped entirely for the fully vaccinated from November, as the next stage of the roadmap begins next week with vaccine passports now available. All international travellers and returning citizens coming into NSW will no longer be required to quarantine from Nov. 1, provided…


Alberta Announces Funding to Help Business Implement Vaccine Passport Program

The Alberta government is providing new funding to offset costs businesses that choose to implement the province’s proof-of-vaccination program. Small- and medium-sized businesses that adopt Alberta’s version of a vaccine passport will soon be given a one-time payment of $2,000, the Alberta government announced on Oct. 7. “These new supports will help with the costs businesses…


Los Angeles Sheriff Alex Villanueva Says He Will Not Force Employees to Get Vaccinated

Los Angeles’s sheriff Alex Villanueva said he will not force his employees to get vaccinated after the city approved one of the strictest COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the country, saying the issue of COVID-19 vaccines has become “so politicized.” Speaking during his weekly Q&A on Facebook on Oct. 7, Villanueva said the new mandate puts him in a difficult…


Vermont Woman Fired, Denied Unemployment for Refusing Vaccine, Becomes Homeless and Flees to Florida

Karen “Kay Sea” Skau is a single mother of two adult children, Zachary (23) and Colby (21) who was living in Vermont. She had applied for a job at JK Adams in Dorset—makers of kitchen cutting boards and serving trays and sellers of wide variety of assorted kitchen accouterments—and was hired just before Thanksgiving in…


No End in Sight to Politicians’ Draconian Measures in War Against COVID

Commentary When false philosophies have been cultivated and have attained a wide sphere of dominion in the world of the intellect they are no longer questioned. False superstructures are raised on false foundations, and in the end systems barren of merit parade their grandeur on the stage of the world. — Francis Bacon There have…


Scotland Vaccine Passport Experiencing Problems Hours After Launch, Users Claim

Scotland’s newly launched vaccine passport app has been experiencing technical problems according to its users. The NHS Scotland COVID-19 Status app was made available to download on Apple and Android devices on Thursday afternoon. From 5 a.m. on Friday, people attending large events and nightclubs will need to show proof they have had two doses…