Pint and food for unvaccinated near Travelodge in Waterford?

id imagine theres places where you can go, no idea where though, id imagine theres counterfeit vaccine certs floating about the place, and people using other peoples certs. im hearing stories of people getting pints relatively easily, but they could very well be just that

You could sit outside, or you could go get vaccinated?

some people are unable to be vaccinated

2 weeks after the 2nd shot for the 2 shot vaccines and 2 weeks after the 1 shot vaccine before they will issue the Covid Cert. The other option is a private PCR test with results in 24 hours. Neither works for the OP to eat tonight.

roughly a quarter of our population is unvaccinated, and it looks like that will remain to be, or there abouts. vaccines also have limitations, and by the looks of it, we ll all be getting a third shot soon enough, other countries have already started this process. theres no way of fully protecting all of us, all the time, and by the looks of it, this is here to stay. if people cant deal with that, they d be better off locking themselves away, permanently, as trying to shame others into getting vaccinated, probably wont work, as that rarely works either, humans are gonna be humans

From memory there's not much around the travel lodge apart from an Eddie Rockets knock off place (could be gone now I haven't been there in 2 years). You'd be as well off getting a bus into town for a few pints.

Just ignore the week it takes for the vaccine to take effect or your cert to activate.

i was told this alright, was unsure if it was true though, not surprised, it was never gonna truly work, hopefully we wont be seeing big problems in the coming months over this

funnily enough, it actually is, covid vaccines are not mandatory, that means the rest of us must accept some simply wont take them, for whatever reasons. yes its possible some vaccines may become mandatory in the future, but we dont live in the future

yes taking covid vaccines is generally a good thing for society, but there will probably be always some that simply wont take it, its just something the rest of us must accept, and get on with, sitting on the internets, attempting to shame them, will probably do a grand total of fcuk all to change that

Sitting on the internet typing probably won't achieve much, but limiting the access of non-vaccinated people to crowded indoor events or scenarios might concentrate their minds a bit - which is where this thread started.

vaccines are not mandatory, therefore people have the choice to, or not to.... thankfully most have opted to, leading us into a more herd immunity situation, attempting to shame those that choose not to, is p1ssing against the wind

those that chose not to, are not holding back the economy, its its own beast, it didnt stop with no vaccine, what direction is that?

Very very few people and these people will absolutely not be going out for a pint and food because they might end up sitting beside the unvaccinated with a fake cert who is putting them in danger. Frankly disgusting that anti-vaxxers are using the cover of people who can't vaccinate when those genuine people are still sheltering because of those people.

We need to start criminally prosecuting folk who fake covid certs for criminal endangerment. A couple of high profile cases will put an end to that. And fines.

people are fcuking nuts on the internets! vaccines are not 100%, in fact it looks like theyre starting to breakdown after a few months, which means, we ll probably be all getting a third jab soon enough. a couple of high profile cases will probably just cost you, the tax payer, a fortune, and result in virtually fcuk all change

in a criminal sense, does shaming truly work?

its always important to remember, some humans simply dont give a flying fcuk about other humans, and will behave accordingly, and its also important to note, some people simply have valid reasons not to be vaccinated, due to the probabilities....

I don't think it shows up as valid on the checker app until the required time has elapsed.

thats handy, think mine took a couple of weeks to come

'More than half of patients who tested positive for COVID-19 in hospital were fully vaccinated', we aint in the clear yet!

of course the vaccines are helping, and can be clearly seen in the data, but it looks like theyre also wearing off relatively quickly for some, i.e. there doesnt seem to be a whole lot of difference between those of us vaccinated and those not, in some cases, just a few months. effectively none of us are truly safe yet, this thing has a while to go yet. on another note, it looks like many premises are no longer checking certs upon entry, so......

Seems to be happening everywhere now. I was in a cafe in Dublin yesterday and was asked if I was vaccinated. Was ready to take out cert but a simple 'yes' was enough. Pandemic seems to be over in people's minds at least. Hopefully in reality too.

...so for example, if you have experienced a close loved one become extremely ill from a vaccine in the past, and you now have severe hesitancy due to this, you re a selfish cnut?

I was at a restaurant last night with a party of four - fully vaccinated. I hadn't been to a pub or restaurant since this thing started and it was interesting to see what the new 'normal' is.

As far as I saw, the checking requirements are totally open to abuse, to the point of being pointless. Having online reserved indoor seating we were asked to show our covid certs - all presented on our phones and the 'checker' took a quick glance at the QR code square and let us in. They all could have been the same jpg photo of a Tesco purchase item, for all she knew. No backup verification ID was asked for. I was asked for a contact number as the person who made the reservation and I could have given the number for Dáil Éireann and no one would have known.

We went ahead with the meal because the place was practically empty as there were far more people eating outside. But overall, I would wonder why the 'restrictions' are there at all if they are not going to be observed. At this stage, the suggestion that there are checks being made gives a false sense of security to people who may be vulnerable.

It would be more honest for the powers that be to say that all bets are off and you make your own decisions and take your own chances. I would be in favour of trying to make venues safer, but if you are only going to pretend to do it, then don't do it at all.

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