I'm not arguing that surveillance and state control are new. I'm saying it looks as though they may be ramped up yet again and with tech that provides greater scope than ever before.
Sure. You don't have to buy a smartphone, but you're risking becoming a second-class citizen without one if the people sounding the alarm on this stuff turn out to be correct. You aren't allowed to work, shop for food and all sorts without proof of vaccine in some areas, so if the system's tweaked so that only digital proof is valid then you're stuffed without one.
This is where expanded testing kits are a possible solution. A mate of a mate’s situation is self employed and has access to twice weekly testing, everyone is working outdoors too so it’s overkill but he was asked to by employees sharing vehicles
Digital proof is usually superseded by good old paper when it comes to bureaucratic red tape
I fully empathise with your concerns, not being dismissive. We have an NHS that needs a massive upgrade and on a day to day work basis that causes as many problems as you could imagine referring clients. Backlog is gigantic. Tory satanic machine pulls wilful ignorance trick
Remain vigilant, only you know when you need to become vigilante