Italy's "Super Green Pass"

What's so complicated? It's a 13 lines list saying that without a vaccine you can't enter restaurants, dance halls and discos and you can't attend sport events and public ceremonies. To do everything else a test is still enough, and aside from restaurants "everything else" is what 99% of tourists do. I'd be more worried about high speed trains if I were planning a trip to Italy, not about eating in bars instead of proper sit-down restaurants.

This one of those messages where "boh" is the first comment that comes to my mind during a pandemic.

I don't think the 13 lines are necessary. Just say get vaccinated or stay home.

Gyms only need a base pass, but discos need a super pass? Maybe music, or particulately loud music, makes the viral risk higher? The message, either way, does seem to indicate that people should be vaccinated, but in some instances, Italy wants them to be really vaccinated. For Americans going to Italy, there’s no Super CDC card, yet.

Still, whatever’s been done is working better than here in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, USA. A recently reinstituted indoor mask requirement isn’t being completely followed, and merchants and the indoor gym is having a hard time enforcing it. We’re not near 85% yet, either.

Over my lifetime dealing with Italy (half of which while living in Italy), I've learned that there are no limits to the bureaucratic hurdles Italian authorities can device on any given day.

I am sure every agency of the Italian government, at the national and local level, has an office, with dedicated staff, that is called O.C.S.A (Office for the Complication of Simple Affairs).

I understand the need for a 'vaccination pass'. But why two? With a long set of instructions for each?

Gyms only need a base pass, but discos need a super pass?

Because gyms have proven they can and do check passes of their members while discos didn't and are not open only to members. Gym members, incidentally, who must show a doctor's note not older than 12 months to become members.

Just say get vaccinated or stay home.

Do you live over a rock or under it? Saying "get vaccinated or stay home" would mean a mandatory vaccine. A mandatory vaccine can be imposed only by law and such a law wouldn't have the votes. It's being discussed for months, the Super Green Pass is the closest thing to a mandatory vaccine they can get without risking a confidence vote in Parliament.

But why two?

As I said above, because they are not sure a law about mandatory vaccines would get the votes in both houses of the parliament. Meanwhile they know for sure that the no-vax movement would bring such a law in front of the Constitutional Court.

That list is quite smart to anyone that lives in Italy: It specifically targets the age group with the lowest vaccination rates without blocking tourism during the Xmas holydays.

I read on another forum that on December 15, being fully vaccinated for many of us would mean having a booster shot. The expiration date would change from 12 months after the last shot to 9 months after the last shot. Can someone verify this information and provide an official link where this would be posted?

Just hanging on for the ride. Booked for 2 1/2 weeks in Italy starting April 1, booster shot was given 03Sept20. Will be right on the line for 9 months. Expect to go and get another booster before travel I guess although who know what may happen by April.