The daunting challenges surrounding vaccine passports
As a documentary filmmaker, Israeli Oren Rosenfeld has captured dozens of stories about the COVID-19 pandemic over the last year. But when the time came for him to get his vaccine in Tel Aviv, he missed getting a photo of the jab.
“The nurse was pretty quick,” he says. “I didn’t want to fake the selfie, so I waited for the second shot.”
When the second dose fully kicked in, Rosenfeld was granted access to the Green Pass, Israel’s vaccine certificate program, which allows inoculated citizens to enter places such as gyms, restaurants, music venues, and movie theaters. The pass can be either physical or in a smartphone app with a code that businesses can scan. A green check will appear if the holder of the Green Pass is vaccinated and allowed to enter.
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In the United States, the only way to verify your vaccination status is to flash the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) paper card that people get after their jabs. The document includes medical information such as the vaccine type, the date of the shot or shots, and where the vaccination happened (similar to the World Health Organization yellow card).
But that paper might not be enough for people eager to jet off. In March, Iceland started to welcome vaccinated visitors, but the CDC vaccination cards weren’t enough to qualify at first (the country now accepts them). With reports surfacing of fake CDC cards being sold online, getting a version that can be trusted around the globe will be essential to opening up international travel for Americans.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/daunting-challenges-surround-vaccine-passports
But unfortunately we have brain dead Republican elected officials, mostly in the southeast, who believe a vaccine passport is the mark of Satan.
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