#auspol #covid19aus vaccine passports carry the assumption that vaccination is a type of bubble that…

#auspol #covid19aus vaccine passports carry the assumption that vaccination is a type of bubble that insulates the person from the pandemic raging around them. They seem an extension of the idea of 'a pandemic of the unvaccinated'. /1 https://t.co/xXSOjrtkzb

That idea is actually quite noxious, and counter to basic public health practice. A passport isn't just a vaccination record, it again carries an assumption that you return to 'normal' life, inside your vaccinated bubble. /2

It's really another flavour of the 'live with the virus' idea. The pandemic can rage on, but if you're vaccinated your normal life will semi-return, with your passport. Vaccines extracted from an integrated public health strategy, focused on ending the pandemic.../3

...and re-focused on restoring pre-pandemic life, while the pandemic is still active. Never mind that it won't even work in doing that, for example the unvaccinated will quickly absorb all health resources the vaccinated need for their other ailments. /end