
{"id":36889,"date":"2021-12-10T16:13:27","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T16:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=36889"},"modified":"2021-12-10T16:13:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T16:13:27","slug":"plan-b-covid-pass-arises-concerns-in-old-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/12\/10\/plan-b-covid-pass-arises-concerns-in-old-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"Plan B: Covid pass creating concern for older generation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New COVID restrictions being introduced across the UK have sparked concern about the inaccessibility of downloading COVID passes via smartphones.<\/p>\n<p>An NHS COVID Pass will be required to enter large venues from 15 December.<\/p>\n<p>But some older people said they were struggling because there were no clear guidelines to access a digital vision, and some said their phones were too old to download the app.<\/p>\n<p>One interviewee from the city centre told Sheffield Wire that she even had to ask her grandkids for a tutorial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople at my age never used anything like that, It\u2019s new to us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another said: \u201cThe government can\u2019t force us to get digital proof just for now, we need to learn how to learn to live with the virus for the rest of our life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Plastic cards were suggested as an alternative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New COVID restrictions being introduced across the UK have sparked concern about the inaccessibility of downloading COVID passes via smartphones. 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