What? Literally everywhere that requires a vax card accepts paper versions too
I am fully vaccinated, but unable to get a QR code – digital or paper version. My circumstances are somewhat unusual: I moved back to the Netherlands after a few years abroad (I am a Dutch citizen), and due to the difficult rental market and not having a job (yet) I've been forced to stay in temporary accommodations. I can't "officially register" with the city there, and thus unable to get the QR code in spite of having all the other official documentation.
This is a problem for various reasons, and something that will finally be fixed next month or so when I start my new job, but it's not really something I can fix now. Never before has such a "unusual status" led to a near-complete exclusion from basic participation in social life. I can basically do bugger all except sit at home, and after being away for many years I don't know anyone, too. It's not a good situation. I guess I should count myself lucky as we don't require these things for public transport.
Is my situation unusual? Sure. But there are lots of unusual situations out there, ranging from simple ones ("I lost my phone this morning and now I can't go to {job interview,funeral,etc.}") to more complex ones.
Furthermore, since the current vaccinations only work so-so, it's not really clear to me how effective all of this really is and I wouldn't be surprised if the effectiveness was only very limited, or even net negative (just as bicycle helmets can provide a net-negative to cyclists safety, since cyclists tend to take more risks on average while wearing a helmet).
Overall, I'm not a huge fan, although I'm obviously biased on account of being disadvantaged quite a lot in my current situation.
Indeed, which is why we should think carefully about it.
> if that's the worst that happened to you during the pandemic so far, I'd count myself incredibly lucky and be happy about it
The worst? Actually, no; just the current situation relevant for this conversation. And there's always someone worse off, of course.
-- you are vaccinated;
-- we could assume you received papers at the vaccination;
-- said vaccination certificates are insufficient and you seem to require a different, related, complex document, which basically states the same of your vaccination certificate.
Though one understands the use of certificates as passes could boost practice for falsification of simpler certificates, the practice as described still seems absurd.