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It seems like vaccination info is not kept at the state or federal level. This information is no doubt extremely dangerous - imagine if a malicious actor could
by wjn0 7y ago
It seems like vaccination info is not kept at the state or federal level. This information is no doubt extremely dangerous - imagine if a malicious actor could get ahold of the "non-vaccinated list." But right now, it's stored at high schools, universities, and workplaces around the country with standard HIPAA-grade security. As an example of what kind of government oversight I'm talking about: in Canada, there are reporting requirements for certain STD infections (including treatable ones: think chlamydia, or gonorrhea). I think some US states have reporting requirements as well.
In cases like this, where there's already an active quarantine, if the CDC or the state kept track of non-vaccinated people, they could be quarantined as well. The idea being, even if they're not showing symptoms, they're at high risk for carrying the disease. This seems like a reasonable trade-off for choosing not to vaccinate yourself, and my guess is people who can't be vaccinated for medical reasons would be glad to consent to quarantine.
- sneak 7y agoThe reporting requirements make anonymous testing impossible, which discourages some people from getting tested at all.
- wjn0 7y agoTrue, it's not a perfect system. But that would likely not be the case for a vaccination database, anyway.
- creaghpatr 7y agoIn California, you have many undocumented immigrants whose vaccination status is unknown.
- tzs 7y agoMexico has a 99% vaccination rate for measles, which is much better that the 92% rate for the US.