Australia spent millions on a contract tracing app that ended up not providing any value at all.
Do we really need digitally signed vaccine certificates when more than enough people have taken the vaccine for it to be widely effective.
Who cares? Australia spends more than that amount on COVID tests every few days (possibly every day, actually). It’s a drop in the ocean.
It would be nice if we could ensure that by every cent was placed on a winning bet, but in the real world it’s ok to try and fail sometimes.
We already destroy people's livelihoods for all sorts of transgressions against society, theft, murder, etc etc. Why are you pretending to be shocked by us adding another measure for the common good?
The only case I'm aware of where vaccination is mandatory for a job is that of healthcare workers. I won't waste my time arguing about that.
Probably not. But once they exist and are widely accepted, we can repurpose them to other things. Safety passports, CO2 passports, you name it.
If someone tries to take over a plane with box cutter again they probably won't walk off.
No, but you get your answer right there.
To put that into perspective, it's about half the total spending on education for 2020, or over 3/4 of the defence budget.
As a species, we are yet to fully understand how viral transmission works. Spend it on schools instead.