Listening to Grant Shapps on @BBCr4today: the reason for maintaining test/quarantine requirements on those who can prove that they are double vaccinated seems to be that it’s unfair to exempt them vis a vis people who can’t be vaccinated or can’t easily prove vaccination.
I don’t see how that can be a lawful basis, under public health powers, for applying quarantine to those who can prove double vaccination, if the position is that they pose no health risk sufficient to justify quarantine.
The only relevant question is danger to public health. If some people pose a significant danger and others don’t, there is no justification for imposing the requirement on those who don’t.
It’s irrelevant that it isn’t fair that people fall within the more dangerous category through no fault of their own. (Just as it’s irrelevant that it isn’t fair that people who have been exposed to COVID need to isolate because they pose a danger while others haven’t and don’t.)
References here.
https://twitter.com/GeorgePeretzQC/status/1405778135233204226
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