General question on the South - is proof of vaccination required to enter hotels

[nrico2006]

General question on the South - is proof of vaccination required to enter hotels or restaurants down there at present?

[Geoff Tipps]

General question on the South - is proof of vaccination required to enter hotels or restaurants down there at present?

Only required for indoor dining in a pub/restaurant.

[armaghniac]

Hotels had been able to feed guests before this vaccination requirement came in, so your own hotel might well be able to feed you. Pubs and general restaurants will require proofof vaccination.

[Milltown Row2]

Alternatively get the vaccine and not worry

[screenexile]

What's the story with us Nordies down there? Are they not letting us in to pubs and restaurants without a vaccination passport?

Looks like it will be a while yet until they have a decent system up here!

Can't believe the South haven't been able to accommodate us given we've been feeding and watering half of them the past few months!!!

[galwayman]

Hotels had been able to feed guests before this vaccination requirement came in, so your own hotel might well be able to feed you. Pubs and general restaurants will require proofof vaccination.

I'm pretty sure if you are staying in a hotel you don't need to be vaccinated. That's the only way for unvaccinated people to dine indoors afaik.

[nrico2006]

Alternatively get the vaccine and not worry

I have the vaccine but am still worried as there is more hassle involved now in proving you have been vaccinated. 

[Milltown Row2]

Alternatively get the vaccine and not worry

I have the vaccine but am still worried as there is more hassle involved now in proving you have been vaccinated.

They said show the card with the vaccine dates on it that you would have got on leaving the vaccine center and your ID.. They said that would be enough for eating indoors

[Rois]

You all know it is possible to get the cert, even if not flying?

Maybe not in the spirit of it, i.e they would prefer not to flood the system, but it is possible.

[BennyCake]

Alternatively get the vaccine and not worry

What if those vaccinated get the virus again? They'll still be allowed indoors no questions asked as long as they have a vaccine certificate. Can anyone be certain people will do the right thing and stay away, while knowing they have the virus?

[trueblue1234]

Alternatively get the vaccine and not worry

What if those vaccinated get the virus again? They'll still be allowed indoors no questions asked as long as they have a vaccine certificate. Can anyone be certain people will do the right thing and stay away, while knowing they have the virus?

It's about the balance of risk. Current evidence points to a lower viral load for vaccinated people. Lower risk. It's not eliminated but it's lower. Plus if they are vaccinated as shown by current hospital figures the risk of them being a drain on the NHS if they do catch Covid is significantly lower.

[delgany]

At croke park on Saturday, around connolly to croke only three pubs open. Didnt ask for any certs. Some food outlets open in croker .Only one restaurant beside connolly open til 6pm. Asked for vaccine cert to sit in the supermacs, they accepted the vaccine card. The whole area was so quiet.

[BennyCake]

Alternatively get the vaccine and not worry

What if those vaccinated get the virus again? They'll still be allowed indoors no questions asked as long as they have a vaccine certificate. Can anyone be certain people will do the right thing and stay away, while knowing they have the virus?

It's about the balance of risk. Current evidence points to a lower viral load for vaccinated people. Lower risk. It's not eliminated but it's lower. Plus if they are vaccinated as shown by current hospital figures the risk of them being a drain on the NHS if they do catch Covid is significantly lower.

Maybe so. But an unvaccinated customer without covid, is still less risk than a vaccinated customer with covid.

You could be in a pub with 50 other people, with everyone of them knowing they have covid or symptoms, but they just don't bother to declare it. They only care they have a certificate that entitles them to drink/eat indoors. That's the reality.

[armaghniac]

Of course we don't know if someone has symptoms. But some with a vaccine is more likely to be a responsible person than done who couldn't be arsed getting it.

[trueblue1234]

Alternatively get the vaccine and not worry

What if those vaccinated get the virus again? They'll still be allowed indoors no questions asked as long as they have a vaccine certificate. Can anyone be certain people will do the right thing and stay away, while knowing they have the virus?

It's about the balance of risk. Current evidence points to a lower viral load for vaccinated people. Lower risk. It's not eliminated but it's lower. Plus if they are vaccinated as shown by current hospital figures the risk of them being a drain on the NHS if they do catch Covid is significantly lower.

Maybe so. But an unvaccinated customer without covid, is still less risk than a vaccinated customer with covid.

You could be in a pub with 50 other people, with everyone of them knowing they have covid or symptoms, but they just don't bother to declare it. They only care they have a certificate that entitles them to drink/eat indoors. That's the reality.

True but the unvaccinated person is just as likely to have Covid as the vaccinated. And is more likely to do damage to him/her self and others.
I know you want to normalise not getting the vaccine but it won't work. Look at the hospitalised figures and you'll see the damage the people who are unvaccinated are causing.