BetteTheRed
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Haven't seen it, but honestly, if Ontario has a choice, Ontario generally picks stupid. *sigh*
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-Rachel NotleyFound on the Alberta Health website this evening.
It’s embarrassing and infuriating to watch the UCP Government do acrobatics to avoid saying “vaccine passport.”
We need real leadership right now, not political games.
Lives depend on it.
The rush had to do with the fact that normally to access records you need to verify your id and then get a code sent to you to finish verifying that you are who you are. This can take a couple weeks (though I got my code in 6 days). The government said last week that people would need to print something off, intimating it would be on the regular site. Then yesterday (and quietly, I only learned about the other site because someone posted it on FB) we find out that there is a whole other place to get the "not a passport" card (which is an odd size for the record). This is on the government communication pattern.This whole 'not passport' think is rather irritating.
I don't understand the rush to crash the site. I was a bit annoyed earlier as the app instructions didn't work (it specifically doesn't allow for screenshots due to health data) and the print option set up wasn't working. That was before the announcement of it being a non passport silly double speak though. I did do a photo of my card a while ago, I figured good to have the lot numbers and stuff on there plus I went to the browser and got my info off of there too.
The day it was announced there would be non passport restrictions, but the card wouldn't be up quite yet that day so many people got on a crashed the system. Not a biggie for the vaccine records. This also crashed both healthcare systems to patients though (why is there 2, dunno). So covid test results on both plus for those of us in the not yet for everyone connect care things like messaging our specialists, requesting appointments, e check ins, etc.
The system was smart and decoupled the 2 the next day, so while I couldn't access My Health Records without a long queue (if it worked, when I had tried for the connect care aspect the queue didn't work prior to the crash), I could access the connect care stuff.
Day the cards are out - it's totally separate of both. So all those idiots who were crashing the system were doing so needlessly. I do a 75/25 blame split on the UCP and the public for that.
Now people are complaining that the card can be edited. Yeah, well so can a lot of the other aspects to show 'proof', so I don't think it's all that problematic as long as multiple methods are allowed.
I'm also confused by the rush, does everyone really want to eat in a restaurant so badly? I have no plans to go anywhere that requires it any time soon.
Although the ID and code was available over a year ago. I guess some may have rushed to get access specifically for the vaccine records although there are other options.The rush had to do with the fact that normally to access records you need to verify your id and then get a code sent to you to finish verifying that you are who you are. This can take a couple weeks (though I got my code in 6 days). The government said last week that people would need to print something off, intimating it would be on the regular site. Then yesterday (and quietly, I only learned about the other site because someone posted it on FB) we find out that there is a whole other place to get the "not a passport" card (which is an odd size for the record). This is on the government communication pattern.
Apparently people with a 3rd dose can't enter a business using the iPhone app using the QR code. If the business is using Android it's ok.
Yes, I am considered fully verified. If I went to a restaurant right now though using an iPhone (to scan, doesn't matter where the QR code is, my phone, Chemguy's phone, paper copy) I would need to show my vaccine record, I can't use the QR code as proof. It's a glitch of the iPhone app. Why the coding is so different from Android I couldn't tell ya.I was told those of us who are getting the third dose are still considered fully vaccinated at two doses. Our phones still reflect that.
Sure enough, gave it a try - on my phone (Android) the app shows Verified on Chemguy's (iphone) It scans as not verified.
Yes, I am considered fully verified. If I went to a restaurant right now though using an iPhone (to scan, doesn't matter where the QR code is, my phone, Chemguy's phone, paper copy) I would need to show my vaccine record, I can't use the QR code as proof. It's a glitch of the iPhone app. Why the coding is so different from Android I couldn't tell ya.
Only one of them.That would be the Alberta app then.
Only one of them.
I think most provinces have 2, an iPhone version and an Android version. It should be a very easy fix as they have one working, so they know what needs to be adjusted. Why it's not done within a few hours? Doesn't surprise me with this government.There's more than one AB app?
I think most provinces have 2, an iPhone version and an Android version. It should be a very easy fix as they have one working, so they know what needs to be adjusted. Why it's not done within a few hours? Doesn't surprise me with this government.
Don't you have QR codes too? Is it any scanner that works with them? That was seen as a privacy issue here because for any scanner to work with them it means that info is on a public website.Oh. I didn't think of that. We don't have an app. We go to the website to download our proof. I've got mine saved as a photo because I couldn't download it when I got it. That was when it first came out
You have an app there too - In B.C., businesses that scan your QR code are required to use the BC Vaccine Card Verifier app.Oh. I didn't think of that. We don't have an app. We go to the website to download our proof. I've got mine saved as a photo because I couldn't download it when I got it. That was when it first came out
You have an app there too - In B.C., businesses that scan your QR code are required to use the BC Vaccine Card Verifier app.
But it has a QE code, correct? It needs to be scanned by something.I didn't know that. Our proof of vaccine is not an app though. There is a BC Services app where you can get your proof.