The Scottish Passport to Nowhere; Clueless Nicola Sturgeon says vaccine passports are one of many "solutions" to tackle Covid crisis, studies show that you have a 13 times higher chance of catching Covid 19 once vaccinated, you have 27 times more chance of developing symptomatic infections, and 8 times higher risk of death, Vaccine protection wanes 40% a month, so why is Sturgeon pushing vaccinated people together when there is an identifiable risk to health?

Dear All 

In the Covid battle it is always used to cite facts, in a study in Israel, they found that a person had a 13 times higher chance of catching Covid 19 once vaccinated. And yes, you read that correctly, other revealing statistics of the study found you also had 27 times more chance of developing symptomatic infections, and 8 times higher risk of death than those who had Covid and had developed natural immunity. So, what does this mean for vaccine passports and vaccine certification? Well, the answer is that this Israeli study and others are showing that vaccine passports and vaccine certification are totally meaningless. In the hype of following the science, this has been replaced by following the politicians' PR spin. 15 studies have shown that people who have had Covid get 90 to 95% protection which is the same benchmark claimed by the vaccines. So, why are politicians not following the science now, because they have an agenda to increase the surveillance society.  

Covid passports are a back door way to get people to accept the idea of ID cards. You could mention that I had backed the photo ID card for polling, and you would be right, however there is a difference between a card that allows you to vote, and move to put all your personal information to be accessed by people who really don't or should have access to it. My medical records are a matter for me, and the NHS, not me and a nightclub, or me and a football ground. In Scotland which is plagued by bad government who are totalitarian under the Scottish National Party, Nicola Sturgeon and her goons are trying to create division, trying to collect data and trying to suppress rights. The SNP will use any avenue to shut down people having a voice, having a platform or having recognition in any and all debates about Scotland and its future. If they are starting small from barring people from concerts, football matches etc, how long before they bar people from political events? Could we see a vision where the SNP extend discrimination to bar people from supermarkets or medical treatment? Across the world, the same pattern is being repeated of curtailed rights, did they just all decide this was a good idea at the same time? 

So, what does the dystopian future possibly look like, a version of the Chinese  social credit system, where people the regime feels threatened by are blacklisted? Will there be a list of people subject to enforcement by the Sturgeon People's Court as being "not qualified" to buy a plane ticket, and banned from travelling on some train lines, restricted buying property in some areas, or even taking out a loan. In Scotland, the political class is the worst it has even been in terms of quality of politicians, and the fact there is only a few bright stars in the darkness doesn't bode well. Scottish politics has been destroyed by identity politics, by people who got elected who don't stand for public service, the concept is quite literally beyond their scope of imagination. The quality on the SNP benches is utterly shocking, I don't consider them politicians rather just vote proxies, they don't have opinions unless someone writes it for them. When they do speak they make a fool of themselves as demonstrated by SNP MSP John Mason who famously said McVities biscuit factory in Scotland could have been saved by someone put a Scottish flag on the packaging. 

The quality at the bottom is really bad, at the top it is really bad but just more polished by media training, Nicola Sturgeon has said the vaccine passports are important in Scotland’s battle against Covid-19? Sturgeon doesn't know what she is talking, her depth is shallow, there is a myth that she is smart, it is simply not the case. Nicola Sturgeon is a woman who knows little about something, and nothing about a lot of things. She copied Boris Johnson all the way through the pandemic albeit a few weeks behind to see how the measure were accepted and how they bedded in. There is no superior intelligence to copying other people's work, to learn you have to listen, to learn you have to analyse, to learn you must apply judgment, where was the learned response during the Covid pandemic from Nicola Sturgeon? In order to give herself latitude from criticism, Sturgeon used a get out of jail free card by saying that her measures are simply part of a host of solutions to tackle the virus and keep the economy open. You know that what she says isn't true because she isn't mandating the same measures to every business. The reason why is obvious, concert venues and football grounds are test subjects, and they will see if data shows businesses have been damaged. Of course businesses will be damaged because as we head into winter, more bugs will pop up, immune systems will be suppressed and this will allow Covid variants and other bugs to cause sickness. To kill off a Covid, these simple steps are needed: 

1/ Social distance.

2/ Limited contacts.

3/ Beware of contact with surfaces and wash your hands. 

What gets me is, that someone who is so clueless, can get to appear on a TV like Good Morning Britain and not be properly challenged, and worse gets to spout drivel as if she is the one who has discovered the cure for cancer. 

Sturgeon said: 

“In terms of the situation in Scotland right now, it's a really difficult challenging situation. We have had a steep rise in the number of cases. At the start of July we had the highest case rates in the UK, we then came down to have the lowest for the remainder of July into August.

What then happened was Scotland’s schools went back, our schools go back a lot earlier than elsewhere in the UK and we had a step rise again. We think it is starting to level off but we are not complacent about that. In terms of vaccine passports, do I think it's a solution? I don’t think there is any one single solution to this but I think it could be part of a package of measures that allow us to contain Covid over the winter while keeping the economy open which is what we all want to do.” 

Firstly, it isn't a difficult situation, it is just she doesn't understand what she is stalking about. Increased gatherings will also increase Covid cases, there is no difficulty understanding that concept. As to Vaccine passports, they are part of an overall package to give the appearance of doing something when in fact, the reality shows very little is being done! Let me just say that again, the reality of the SNP Government Covid response is that they are doing very little to protect the people of Scotland. 

“Can any leader being responsible and frank about things rule anything out in the face of this? I don’t think they should. This is an infectious virus. What has happened over the last few months is we had a massive game-changer in a positive way in the form of vaccines, but we have an equally massive game-changer in a very negative way in the form of the Delta variant which is so much more transmissible.”  

Vaccine protection wanes 40% a month, natural immunity wanes 5% a month, so yet again, and very clearly, Nicola Sturgeon, the supposed 'superwoman' of Scotland is shown that when it comes to it, is really thick as mince. What would Nicola Sturgeon say to this information, probably nothing because the bottom line is that she is a vacuum unwilling to take the time to understand the subject. 

Sturgeon added: 

 “This is a really difficult time for governments and countries everywhere, the pressure on our NHS, and we are seeing this right across the UK right now, is intense. We have just spent a long time talking about independence, and I am not complaining about that, but my principle focus right now is on continuing to do whatever is necessary regardless of what is popular or not to try and get the country through as safely as possible.” 

When the SNP Government shipped infected elderly patients into care homes causing the deaths of thousands, exactly where was Nicola Sturgeon's concern for people's safety? The SNP handled the Covid crisis disgracefully, they failed to use the temp hospital setup in Glasgow properly. The Louisa Jordan was setup to be window dressing, done to mirror the work being done in England. The next tsunami of death which will be hitting the wall will be all those with serious health problems like cancer and heart who effectively had obstacles placed in their way, failing to get an appointment with a GP or saw their operation pushed back. 

Finally, when asked a simple question on Good Morning Britain to define what a nightclub is, Sturgeon said: 

“I think most people know instinctively what a nightclub is but we will finalise the exact definition of this over the coming days.” 

See what I mean, she goes on a show, is asked a simple question, can't answer, or to be more precise, won't answer it. In another part of her interview, she tries to put forward the notion that she is reluctant to introduce vaccine passports, there is no reluctance here, even although vaccine passports don't work. I said this at the start of this post, but I want to finish off by stating this again, you have a 13 times higher chance of catching Covid 19 once vaccinated, you have 27 times more chance of developing symptomatic infections, and 8 times higher risk of death than those who had Covid. So, I asked given what studies have shown, it would seem to me that the worse possible place to be would be in a vaccine passport approved venue. Nicola Sturgeon is trying to make out that there can be places of safety, when in fact these areas will be anything of the sort. For someone who goes to great pains to portray herself as someone who is well read, she is remarkable stupid.

Yours sincerely 

George Laird                                                                                                                                The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University