Vrede too wrote: ↑Thu Feb 28, 2019 9:50 am
Giving the list to a hospital, for example, is not going to ever prevent a terrorist act, it's just going to cause discrimination that is earned or entirely unfair.
Here's a story on hospital "security" for you...
So yesterday, Lady O had to go for a minor procedure at NCH Healthcare, which is, by all known ratings, a very good place and one we've been really satisfied with. Good records tech - you get your data (insurance, etc.) in once at any facility, and it's instantly available to anybody else in the system. So if your PC says to get blood drawn or some other test, when you contact the facility, they know who you are and what the request is for. Maybe most places are like that now, but we didn't get the same from Mission facilities. Anyway, when you go into the main hospital entrance, there's a double security line - one for those with ID to scan, the other for visitors/patients. Staffing the line looks like at least one real cop. Have to show photo ID, they scan it and make a temp badge for you, showing where you're authorized to be in the building. Sounds good, eh?
So I drop Lady O off at the door and go park the car (they also have valet service available that I avoid like the plague from back in the days when I drove cars tempting to ummm "test" in the parking lot) and have roaming golf carts to bring you back to the building from the parking. I go to the security line, give them my ID and they ask where am I going. The only place I knew for sure then was "Admissions" so that's what they put on my badge. But still, so far, so good. From Admissions, I went with the volunteer and Lady O up to the Outpatient check-in, and then went along with her to the prep room. Nobody noticed or cared that my badge said "Admissions". Then I left the building, taking my temporary badge with me. I returned later, did not go through the visitor line, but waved my badge in their general direction. No problem. At that point I was loose in the hospital, no escort, no record of my entry. Got up to the recovery center, and the entry door required a doorbell push and to identify yourself for entry. I pushed the doorbell, but did not get a quick answer. In the meantime, somebody pushing a cart came by, swiped open the door and I followed her in. No questions, no problem. Still wearing my "Admissions" badge clipped on my waist and not really visible.
IMNVHO, they might want to review security procedures if it matters. But maybe it doesn't. Maybe the risk of somebody coming in to kill off a patient or shooting up the facility is low enough that a "pretend screening" is sufficient. I dunno. What's your experience in hospital security?