Vaccine passports to enter the ground?

Father Paul said:
I think a lot of people view MCFC as something more than a service supplier. But hey you are right get jabbed or don't go. I won't be able to attend so be it. The match day experience pre Covid was becoming somewhat dull (leaving aside the excellent form of the team) and lacking in the atmosphere of old and the likely raft of new Covid protocols would further dampen the match day experience. I assume in some small way attendances are likely to fall and more empty blue ST seats appear on camera.
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I agree with you about the matchday experience. As a FOC taking my 10 yo son with me I look for for something different than my 80's/90's match going days where I have to admit the matches were almost a break in a days drinking and a fair bit more boisterous. But they're not going back to that anytime soon so just have to watch beautiful football...
 
ste.sully said:
The whole vaccine passport is just a ruse to prod as many younger people into having the vaccine before the autumn. Even ministers have conceded this.

Would I have a problem with vaccination or a negative lateral flow test to get into the ground? Not particularly but I would highlight it would be a somewhat futile and pointless exercise. By the point you've got to the ground, most supporters will have already interacted with thousands of people on trains/trams and in bars and restaurants. So what was vaccine passports or negative tests really achieve? Not a lot, if anything, I would suggest. Any "superspreading" event would have already happened. And now that 90%+ have antibodies against Covid from vaccination or natural infection, "superspreading" events are going to be highly unlikely.

The above also assumes stewards would check. They didn't check my completed health questionnaire prior to entry for the Everton match that I was obligated to do. Same issue at Wembley at the Euros. It is very noticeable that many staff feel extremely uncomfortable enforcing a sort of "papers please" policy. Same issues with Israel and their Green Pass. Some business premises did checks - the reality is most did not.
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To add to this re tests, very easy to fake a negative result if you were so inclined
 
Blueal73 said:
The CDC have said within the last 24hrs that data now shows a vaccinated person with 2 jabs has the same viral load as an unvaccinated person, both will spread the virus but the vaccinated will have better protection from severe symptoms. Vaccination should always be the choice of the individual never forced or coerced, but advised with the use of education and data.
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That’s interesting. Do you have a link to the CDC report (had a quick look but couldn’t see anything)
 
gouldybob said:
I agree with you about the matchday experience. As a FOC taking my 10 yo son with me I look for for something different than my 80's/90's match going days where I have to admit the matches were almost a break in a days drinking and a fair bit more boisterous. But they're not going back to that anytime soon so just have to watch beautiful football...
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Most games in the 80’s were flat as a pancake atmosphere wise. The likes of Wimbledon at home with 20,000 there in a 47000 stadium and 50 away fans. City fans singing Celtic/Rangers at each other. It’s remembered fondly because the big games made it worthwhile, much as they do now.
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
Most games in the 80’s were flat as a pancake atmosphere wise. The likes of Wimbledon at home with 20,000 there in a 47000 stadium and 50 away fans. City fans singing Celtic/Rangers at each other. It’s remembered fondly because the big games made it worthwhile, much as they do now.
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Very true in the harsh light of day, beer goggles always made the matches see like a better day than it was. Half the away matches I was never quite sure how I got home...
 
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