Reply To: Show us zee papers.. Passports of your not coming in ever….

[neal5x5 1370xp 1]

There needs to be some kind of reasonable waiver to the passport for people that cannot get vaccinated but do not represent a threat. My wife falls into that category.

She is a registered nurse and during the quarantine she continued to work, putting her life in danger despite a history of respiratory illness because she loves her patients and feels that she had a duty to serve (she’s the bravest person I know).  All was well until December 2020 when the one and only outbreak at her facility felled half the staff and two thirds the patients. She got Covid (as did myself and our two kids) and was hospitalized, suffering permanent lung damage. She now requires oxygen 24/7 and has a portable oxygen compressor. Despite this disability, she has returned to work as a nurse because it’s what she loves to do.

However, she has not gotten the vaccine because her doctors have warned her against doing so because it puts her at risk of respiratory complications, which could very well kill her. She has had Covid and recovered and therefore has the antibodies and cannot be a carrier or transmitter of the disease and her presence puts no one else at risk. Despite these biological realities, she would be denied entry to a venue because she does not have a passport. (Myself and the kids did receive the vaccine despite having had Covid.)

While I recognize that she is a special case, it’s the special cases that proves the value of the rule and requires a measure of reason when enforcing the rule.