Originally posted by Rondec I think the point is that venues and work places want something simple to indicate the someone is lower risk (not no risk) for COVID infections.
Yes, here in Victoria (similar in population to Tennessee) we were lagging in vaccination rates, but a recent lengthy lockdown that peaked at 2200 daily cases spurred the population onto 93 percent of those aged twelve or over first dose, 84 percent fully vaccinated.
We're out of our houses and opened up economically, even though we're still 1200 cases daily, because the restrictions eased as vaccination targets were hit.
To get into a venue or work in several sectors, you now need to have proof of vaccination. This can be a printed certificate along with photo ID like a driver's license. The state's QR check-in app on our phones can display this too - your full name, date of birth, and date of second injection are clearly displayed. A real time clock is on the page to prevent people just holding up a screenshot of someone else's certificate or a Photoshop job.
93 percent is not 100 percent. I think Fox News in the States with Tucker Carlson has publicized anti-vaxxers here. Being injected is not compulsory for Australian citizens, but courts have upheld the right for employers to sack anyone in public contact jobs or ones where social distancing is not possible (construction or abattoir workers, for instance) who are not vaccinated.
30 police in Melbourne have been stood down, as they exercise their democratic right not to be jabbed, and in turn the government exercises its right to get rid of them as health risks to the voters and to their colleagues.