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Serious question, how is a vaccine passport any different from a proof of immunization (one common form being the International Certificate of Vaccination or Pr
by 542458 5y ago
Serious question, how is a vaccine passport any different from a proof of immunization (one common form being the International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis), which is standard fare for travelling to/from many countries already? We’ve been using these to combat the spread of diseases like yellow fever for years.
- blfr 5y agoIt's being introduced to countries where such measures are new and it's being used within borders. The idea is that venue operators for concerts and other events will be checking your vaccination status. I find that Black Mirror level dystopian personally.
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- tim333 5y agoIsrael tried a domestic one and it seemed to work ok but had become kind of redundant as they have basically got rid of covid (cases from 8000 a day to 10). It wasn't very enforced - just a bit of paper you could wave to go to the gym etc. They've scrapped it now as no longer needed.
- tekknik 5y agoBecause we don’t force people to get all vaccines to travel. Requiring a vaccine passport for the covid vaccine forces people to get it, which is the real reason people are advocating for it.
- ikt 5y agoYes we do? We've had them for ages: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccination_requirements_for_international_travel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccination_requirements_for_i...
- atq2119 5y agoI bet most people never had to worry about those though. Making them mandatory for covid would be a big change for the majority of the population.
- tekknik 5y agoWe’ve had COVId vaccines for ages? Where you been hiding them? So as per your wiki article no country is requiring them. So really not sure what you’re talking about. There are absolutely some vaccines required for travel, but COVID is not one of them. Just like influenza and a whole host of other vaccines.
- tim333 5y agoI'm pro the passport thing, at least for travel, so life can go back to normal and I can say fly from UK to Italy and back without 5 pcr tests and 10 days isolating in spite of being basically immune. At least the EU are bringing them in in a couple of weeks and I imagine other countries will follow. The EU one I think allows for immunity from catching covid so if you are anti vax and want to go that route you can.
- boruto 5y agoI don't get it, You are immune but you can still spread the virus. What is the difference between allowing someone who is vaccinated and someone who has covid without symptoms.
- Nursie 5y agoVaccinated people are far less contagious for a far shorter time. As a result they represent a far lower risk of bringing the virus in or of helping community transmission once there. At the time vaccine rollout began we weren’t sure of this effect, but the evidence from places like Israel is showing it pretty well.
- tekknik 5y agoHey great! Then you should be allowed to get one to avoid those tests and the rest of us that doesn't want one should get subjected to the tests. I'm ok with that!