Restrictions for the unvaccinated: 62% of Britons support vaccine passports for public places
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A new poll has found that Britons support the use of coronavirus vaccine passports for everyday visits to places like pubs. The analysis among 8352 respondents was conducted by the research company Ipsos MORI.
As a result, experts found that 62% of participants believe that the potential economic benefits of the passport outweigh any other concerns. And just over 20% of respondents are against the fact that a vaccine passport is required to enter a pub or restaurant. This is stated on the website SSPDaily.
However, the use of vaccine passports for traveling abroad was particularly popular among the British: 78% of participants were in favor of using them to travel abroad.
According to the study, the British supported the idea that the vaccine should be mandatory for people in certain professions. 80% of respondents believe that healthcare workers or healthcare providers should have a vaccine passport to do their job.
However, about 20% of participants believe that legal and ethical issues outweigh the possible economic benefits, and many believe that such passports could lead to inequality.
Many hospitality executives opposed the government's proposal for Covid-19 vaccine passports.
"It is extremely important that visits to pubs and other hospitality establishments are not subject to mandatory vaccination certification," says UK Hospitality chief executive Kate Nicholls.
Kelly Beaver, managing director of public affairs at Ipsos MORI, noted that the public recognizes the problems associated with vaccine passports.
"In particular, their potential to exacerbate existing inequalities, their potential importance to ending the lockdown and getting the economy back on track has won the argument for the majority of the British public," added Kelly Beaver.