Muppets
Calling someone a, “muppet,” may be one of my favorite pieces of slang to come out of the UK (or, at least I mostly here people from the UK using it, so I assume that is the original source of the phrase).
Recently, there seems to have been a debate in the USA, which I have only experienced from afar, about whether or not there should be some sort of mechanism for validating someone has been vaccinated against COVID or not.
Americans from the US (not to be confused with Americans from other parts of the massive continents of both North and South America), are acting like muppets. Firstly, Americans already face several exclusionary policies based on vaccinations for public schools, private schools, camps. Secondly, the World Health Organization already has a, “vaccine passport,” (source: https://www.who.int/ihr/ports_airports/icvp/en/_ that is already required for several forms of travel. I personally have had to use this vaccine certification in the past.
Lastly, for people coming into the United States, there is even a requirement for a variety of vaccinations, all of which is publicly disclosed. Take a look here: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-10-prepare-for-the-interview/medical-examination-faqs.html
On this page alone, we get an amazing list: * Hepatitis A * Hepatitis B * Influenza * Influenza type b (Hib) * Measles * Meningococcal * Mumps * Pneumococcal * Pertussis * Polio * Rotavirus * Rubella * Tetanus and diphtheria toxoids * Varicella
so yeah, fucking muppets.