Do you think a vaccination passport would be a useful tool for the event industry?

There are arguments for and against but as festivals are selling out as soon as the tickets go on sale we still don’t know if events will need to still have extra measures in place.

There haven’t been any mention or guidelines for proof of vaccination given to event organisers, but it is being talked about. Boris said they are looking into ‘Covid-status certification’ and ‘more testing’.

But event organisers are still planning and selling tickets even though there is a lot of uncertainty on possible restrictions, it’s quite a gamble to take.

Arguments for a Vaccination Passport

• It is a brilliant incentive to get people to be vaccinated. Who wants to miss out on an event with their friends because they haven’t had the jab?
• Will allow people to get back to basic freedoms quicker than others
• Will make travel so much easier because some countries may not let you in or you may need to quarantine on arrival

Arguments against a Vaccination Passport

• Validity, how will you know they are real unless they are done like the normal travel passports?
• The vaccine doesn’t guarantee you can’t get the virus so people might assume they can never get Covid-19
• How long would it take to implement the passports?
• If someone hasn’t had the offer of a vaccine yet it could mean they miss out whilst other people can go to an event or on holiday. So, they may want the vaccine but not in a priority group so left at a disadvantage
• Privacy

There are so many arguments around having the vaccine and not having the vaccine there really isn’t any right or wrong answer. But as a business supplying staff to the events industry anything that might see things open up quicker has a big thumbs up from us.