The Republican governor signed an executive order prohibiting state and local officials from requiring people to provide their vaccination status in order to receive services or enter a specific area. Arizona residents must not be required to share their private medical data, Ducey tweeted. “While we strongly recommend all Arizonans …
Read More »‘Biopolitical surveillance regimes’: Vaccine passports reveal the growing authoritarian tendencies of Western governments
On 12 January, the UK minister for Covid Vaccine Deployment, Nadhim Zahawi, responded on Twitter to an article in the Telegraph, saying: “We have no plans to introduce vaccine passports. We have vaccinated, as of yesterday, 2,431,648 first dose and 412,167 second dose. No one has been given or will be …
Read More »Re-opening pubs won’t require Covid-19 passports, but considering them for domestic use is ‘the right thing to do’ – minister
Pubs and restaurants are set to open across the country next week, as part of the second stage of the lockdown-lifting roadmap. Set to re-open on April 12, the venues won’t require any health certificates from their patrons, Minister for Covid Vaccine Deployment Nadhim Zahawi confirmed. “Domestically, the step two, …
Read More »Boom Bust digs into privacy issues of blockchain-protected digital ‘vaccine passports’
Boom Bust co-host and blockchain expert Ben Swann explains that South Korea wants “to make sure that whenever someone is vaccinated their information is entered into a blockchain.” The information then lives in the blockchain, not a particular site or server, and therefore it can’t be altered or changed. “The …
Read More »Nearly HALF of Americans think ‘vaccine passports’ are a ‘good idea,’ poll claims, as Biden admin coordinates Big Tech pass apps
Some 44% of likely voters said that requiring proof of vaccination to return to their daily lives is a “good idea,” though another large segment, 41%, were outright opposed to it, a Rasmussen survey published on Thursday shows, noting that 15% remain on the fence. Polling 1,000 voters earlier this …
Read More »Florida Governor DeSantis BANS ‘vaccine passports’ with executive order to prevent having ‘two classes of citizens’
The order, which the Republican governor signed on Friday, notes that Covid-19 vaccines are not required by law, and individual inoculation records are private health information. Requiring vaccine passports to access goods, services or activities would infringe individual freedom and invade privacy, DeSantis added in the order. “Requiring so-called Covid-19 …
Read More »Why is New York’s state government embracing ‘vaccine passports’ while rejecting better voter ID laws?
While one theoretically has to present a driver’s license, social security number, or other proof of identification in order to register to vote in New York, the restrictions are quite a bit looser in practice. City residents need only present photocopies of either a utility bill, a paycheck, or a …
Read More »Support vaccine passports or go back to your caves, ‘idiots,’ MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough tells Republicans and civil liberties fans
The Biden administration is working with the private sector to develop a standardized way for Americans to prove their Covid-19 vaccination status, the Washington Post reported over the weekend. So-called ‘vaccine passports’ – which proponents argue should be required to travel, work and attend public events – have been bitterly …
Read More »‘Huge privacy implications’: Florida Gov. DeSantis vows to ban ‘vaccine passports’ as Biden admin joins forces with Big Tech
“It’s completely unacceptable for either the government or the private sector to impose upon you the requirement that you show proof of vaccine to just simply participate in normal society,” the governor said during a Monday press briefing, adding “You’re going to do this and what, give all this information …
Read More »‘Covid-19 certificates’ for arenas & theatres won’t turn into ‘vaccine passports’, UK culture secretary says… but concerns remain
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden, who is also in charge of sports, appeared Sky News on Friday to paint bright prospects of normalcy returning to Britain by summer. He said his office was working on measures that would allow football games and theatre performances to happen again with as much of …
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