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Atticus

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2. Thank you very much. I have heard or read about many "anti-vax protestors"

Reply to piddyprints (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 30, 2021, 09:35 AM

Dec 2021

who smugly insisted HIPAA meant no one could ask for proof of vax. I assumed this was just more BS, but did not have an authoritative source,

Now, I do.

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Does anyone know if the HIPAA privacy rules ACTUALLY mean no one can be [View all] Atticus Dec 2021 OP

No. piddyprints Dec 2021 #1

Thank you very much. I have heard or read about many "anti-vax protestors" Atticus Dec 2021 #2

Anyone can be asked their vaccine status. brooklynite Dec 2021 #9

Thanks for the information. nt TexasTowelie Dec 2021 #3

If the state can find out your pregnancy status, vaccination is no big deal Walleye Dec 2021 #4

No it does not. Voltaire2 Dec 2021 #5

That's not what HIPAA is about. haele Dec 2021 #6

Right. And related institutions like insurance companies that Hortensis Dec 2021 #11

Nope Bettie Dec 2021 #7

Well, one can choose not to reveal that information. MineralMan Dec 2021 #8

Fact check: Businesses can legally ask if patrons have been vaccinated. HIPAA does not apply. LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2021 #10

No! RobinA Dec 2021 #12