Irish Examiner view: Vaccination shaming is wrong answer

Divisions in sport

Republic of Ireland's Callum Robinson has declined vaccination despite twice testing positive for Covid. Picture: Adam Peck

At the start of September, as sport started to emerge from its spectator-free isolation, we warned that it would increasingly have to respond to the paradox of fans being asked to demonstrate their vaccination status while no such requirement existed for players.

Government’s existing protocol states that “the decision to get a vaccination against Covid-19 is voluntary and workers will therefore make their own individual decisions in this regard.” There is no obligation upon an employee to declare whether they have been immunised and employers have no right to ask for it.