>As we set off for Turkey on vacation from Cologne-Bonn Airport recently, we were asked by an airline employee whether we were vaccinated. We answered yes and proceeded to present our telephones to prove it by showing our certificates before she stopped us, saying simply: “I believe you.”
>That is not good. Not good because it is not a one-off. Across Germany, there seems to be a lax understanding of the rules in place to make everybody safer during this pandemic. Far too often, restaurants and bars fail to check whether patrons are vaccinated. The same is true at events. And when they do check, hardly anyone bothers to ask for IDs to make sure the QR-codes are not fake.
I have to agree. There’s a kind of unwritten rule that seems to allow people to think they don’t need to check the QR codes or even inspect them closely. It’s also becoming clear that some places don’t even ask for them or shake their heads and roll their eyes: the very thought of doing so would make their customers feel _so uncomfortable_.
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>As we set off for Turkey on vacation from Cologne-Bonn Airport recently, we were asked by an airline employee whether we were vaccinated. We answered yes and proceeded to present our telephones to prove it by showing our certificates before she stopped us, saying simply: “I believe you.”
>That is not good. Not good because it is not a one-off. Across Germany, there seems to be a lax understanding of the rules in place to make everybody safer during this pandemic. Far too often, restaurants and bars fail to check whether patrons are vaccinated. The same is true at events. And when they do check, hardly anyone bothers to ask for IDs to make sure the QR-codes are not fake.
I have to agree. There’s a kind of unwritten rule that seems to allow people to think they don’t need to check the QR codes or even inspect them closely. It’s also becoming clear that some places don’t even ask for them or shake their heads and roll their eyes: the very thought of doing so would make their customers feel _so uncomfortable_.