Relaxation of Restrictions, Part XII *Read OP For Mod Warnings*

You are 100% correct.

To underline the stupidity of this latest wheeze, the QR code merely confirms that a named individual has received injections.

That individual could be sitting at home, while the QR is being checked at The OnlyVaccinated Inn

What about the toilets. Will they have separate ones for outdoor diners and indoor diners ?

I see Pubs enforcing this for a weekend at most.

True enough I'd say. Unless they pick some unlucky one who's not enforcing it and throw the book at them early on. Sort of a shot across the bows.

That was always by personal choice, it was never made mandatory to assume any substance if you wanted to gather with your mates

All pubs are now required to have a portaloo outside for the unwashed.

This time, you have to make sure that no unvaccinated people find their way indoors - aside from using the bathroom.

SO you cant just check at the door, you'll also have to do some kind of spot checking inside too. Also last year advice was 1 number per table for contact tracing - advice now seems to be every person needs to provide individual contact details

Nope, everyone does now, tbh it's no big deal personally, only takes a few seconds & alot of places I've been already have a form set up, scan a QR code with a link to google docs or something similar. Easily done all while waiting for a table.

Suppose not having the €9 meal makes things a bit easier now

As another poster said even though its frustrating the way you need covid certs etc but this tool might prove it will be very hard to close Hospitality again unless a massive massive new variant emerges

But as we know all too well NPHET will want restrictions back with a drop of a hat if things become pear shaped

What about mask wearing, social distancing and hand sanitizing? Up until yesterday they were the most effective ways to prevent the transmission of the plague but suddenly they are not valid anymore and you need to be jabbed.

It wouldn't be that they took the p1$$ for the past 18 months wouldn't it? If pharma companies only interest was not financial but instead they were really looking after the greater good, why they don't start mass production of this vaccine and take liability of what they produced? Why they don't involve big companies like Bayer, Roche, Novartis? why such companies don't produce a vaccine themselves?

I wouldn’t say it’s unworkable. Of course it’s doable but it’s an enormous waste of time, and much more onerous than last year.

imagine a party of six diners, before they can be shown to their seat each persons document has to be checked and matched to their ID, then their name and contact details recorded. So you’ve six people standing at the door while each one is processed for entry ahead of being shown to their table. Presumably queues forming at peak times.

Tech-savvy places will likely find a way to expedite but plenty of places wouldn’t have the capability to have that in place for Monday.

Aside from the colossal waste of a staff member’s time they will be spending that time unnecessarily interacting with customers when interaction is supposed to be minimised.

One contact per group is enough for tracing purposes (contact tracing that likely still won’t cope anyway).

You need photo ID, vaccine papers and contact details to get a coffee or a burger. Christ on a bike.

We are absolute outliner in the free world.

We have a government who are terrified of the hard left. Pandering to them and their voters who will always hate the government and never vote for them.

To me it sounds like the government saying we said we would allow you open but we intend making it so onerous you might consider not opening.