Ryan754326

Speak for yourself. When I’m in Thailand, I have zero reason to carry a smart phone around with me - it stays at my room. My Thai SIM card goes into a $20 Nokia. That’s the phone that comes with me if I need one, and unless I’m leaving my neighborhood, it usually stays home too.

My point was that I would think most people here would be interested in this story, while Jeffr2 seems to think it’s irrelevant to the conversation.

Personally, I think this article is at least as relevant as all the ones about some hillbilly Dad or right-wing radio host who said covid wasn’t real, and then later died from it… but that’s just my opinion.

If it were just another card in my wallet that I had to show when I crossed a border, it wouldn’t be so bad. Showing your passport when you enter a country is one thing, but would you choose to live in Thailand if you were required to show it every time you entered a restaurant? Having the mobile phones and apps involved makes it that much more off-putting. Yes, I know my phone is tracking me all the time, but I can still leave it on the dresser and go out for dinner.

I think there’s a lot of people out there, myself included, who have had the jab, but just don’t like where the level of surveillance is going. Once this system is in place, it will be here to stay, even if COVID completely disappears. Watch the seasonal flu become the next boogeyman, when it inevitably returns and kills a few hundred thousand a year, like it always did. It’s already started… https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1274355 I’ve never had a flu shot in my life, and I don’t remember anyone ever worrying about whether I had. My Grandma always got one every year, because her doctor told her it would most likely keep her from getting seriously ill, but nobody ever expected it to eradicate the flu.

I think there’s a lot of people out there, myself included, who have had the jab, but just don’t like where the level of surveillance is going. Once this system is in place, it will be here to stay, even if COVID completely disappears. Watch the seasonal flu become the next boogeyman, when it inevitably returns and kills a few hundred thousand a year, like it always did. It’s already started… https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1274355 I’ve never had a flu shot in my life, and I don’t remember anyone ever worrying about whether I had. My Grandma always got one every year, because her doctor told her it would most likely keep her from getting seriously ill, but nobody ever expected it to eradicate the flu.

I think the point is to inform people that if they’re fully vaccinated, but are experiencing certain symptoms, then there’s a chance that they have a breakthrough infection, and could be contagious. They should self-isolate until they can be tested.