‘Vaccine Passport’

We all know this is coming. And this 'Vaccine Passport' is not only for Transportation. In the article they use the Super Bowl as an example. And they say that concert venues and tourism agencies want this type of identification tech support. Remember the COVI-PASS, it is an "international digital health identification wallet with self sovereign identity". We know this has been in the plans, just look at ID2020… "Digital identity is being defined now-and we need to get it right. Since 2016, ID2020 has advocated for ethical, privacy-protecting approaches to digital ID."

So this is coming, they are setting thing into place, with the virus as their excuse. Will the movies, restaurants, stores, schools, etc be next, most likely. I can't help but think that all these curb-side pickup parking spacing were created for us, the ones that refuse to bow to the system.

Here are just a few excerpts from The New York Times article released today. If you have been keeping up with this, it's nothing new. So I'm just sharing this for those that have not been watching.

"In the near future, travel may require digital documentation showing that passengers have been vaccinated or tested for the coronavirus."

"Among governments and those in the travel industry, a new term has entered the vocabulary: vaccine passport."

"One of President Biden’s executive orders aimed at curbing the pandemic asks government agencies to “assess the feasibility” of linking coronavirus vaccine certificates with other vaccination documents, and producing digital versions of them."

"Denmark’s government said on Wednesday that in the next three to four months, it will roll out a digital passport that will allow citizens to show they have been vaccinated."

"It isn’t just governments that are suggesting vaccine passports. In a few weeks, Etihad Airways and Emirates will start using a digital travel pass, developed by the International Air Transport Association, to help passengers manage their travel plans and provide airlines and governments documentation that they have been vaccinated or tested for Covid-19."

Why would I need a vaccine pass or passport?...

"As more people are inoculated, there will likely be aspects of public life in which only people who have been vaccinated are allowed to participate. Take the upcoming Super Bowl LV in Tampa, Fla., where a significant portion of attendees will be vaccinated health care workers. (Mr. Careen of I.A.T.A. said that sporting organizations, concert venues and tourism agencies have all reached out for identification tech support.)

"In order to travel internationally, government and health authorities will need to know if you have been vaccinated or have tested negative for the virus. Many countries are already requiring proof of a negative test for entry. Such passes could be essential to restarting the tourism industry, said Zurab Pololikashvili, secretary general of the United Nations World Tourism Organization."

“One key element vital for the restart of tourism is consistency and harmonization of rules and protocols regarding international travel,” he said in an email. “Evidence of vaccination, for example, through the coordinated introduction of what may be called ‘health passports’ can offer this. They can also eliminate the need for quarantine on arrival, a policy which is also standing in the way of the return of international tourism.”

"Dakota Gruener, executive director of ID2020, a global public-private partnership, said that there are three scenarios regarding digital credentialing for the coronavirus response. The first, which is largely off the table, is the creation of immunity certificates. These are documents that would show that people have developed some kind of immunity to the virus. The second scenario is being able to prove you’ve tested negative for the virus; the third is being able to show that you have been vaccinated. The last two scenarios, experts agree, are the most important for getting the travel industry going again."

“We’re seeing a lot of interest from airlines, airline industry groups, customs and border control agencies and travelers, all saying, ‘how do I safely get on a plane or as a condition of entry into a country, get on a train, whatever the case may be, and prove that I have been tested or vaccinated?’” Ms. Gruener said. Ms. Gruener is one expert in a World Health Organization-sponsored group tasked with establishing global standards for digital vaccination certificates."

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