In a new policy report setting out recommendations to keep the pandemic at bay this winter, the war criminal and former UK Prime Minister described the Covid pass as “the central policy required to avoid further lockdowns”.
Published this weekend by Blair’s think tank, the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, the report says: “The use of a Covid Pass can serve two purposes – incentivising vaccination and reducing transmission”
It added : “They are the only tool that allows us to show that those who have the virus and need to stay at home actually are at home, and that those who are free of the virus are able to move around freely.”
MSN reports: Mr Blair has long been an active proponent of vaccine passports, both for domestic use and to facilitate international travel. The report points to France, which has historically struggled with vaccine hesitancy, as a success story demonstrating their utility.
France now has a slightly higher proportion of its population vaccinated than the UK despite starting later.
“According to the [French] prime minister’s office, 12 million people have been vaccinated since President Emmanuel Macron announced the introduction of a coronavirus passport in July,” says the new report. “While opinion is mixed, it is reportedly the view of many doctors that the requirement of the passport flattened the curve of the pandemic this summer.”
Mr Blair says a similar scheme here would ensure a Covid-free individual was free to move around in public, even if cases rose. This step, he adds, “needs to be taken urgently to give businesses confidence that avoiding further lockdowns is more than an aspiration but is deliverable.”
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