I'm old enough to remember back when those of us who said vaccine passports were coming were conspiracy theorists, now we're calmly talking about implementation details.
Whatever fears we have about privacy always turn out to be grossly optimistic underestimates. The next step is, of course, that these emergency measures will remain in place forever.
It's a bit annoying when you start college when you are 38 years old and you no longer have any of your pediatric medical records, which happened to a friend of mine. For my friend the school accepted an antibody test, which a friend of mine had to get.
>Under the immigration laws of the United States, a foreign national who applies for an immigrant visa abroad, or who seeks to adjust status to a permanent resident while in the United States, is required to receive vaccinations to prevent the following diseases:
Mumps Measles Rubella Polio Tetanus and Diphtheria Toxoids Pertussis Haemophilus influenzae type B Hepatitis B Any other vaccine-preventable diseases recommended by the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices
https://www.uscis.gov/tools/designated-civil-surgeons/vaccin...
Immunization requirements are going to vary based on your local laws, your school's policies, and if your school is public or private.
For example, here's who immunizations requirements apply to for college students in Massachusetts:
https://www.mass.gov/info-details/school-immunizations
>Requirements apply to all full-time undergraduate and graduate students under 30 years of age and all full- and part-time health science students. Meningococcal requirements apply to the group specified in the table below.
And New York
https://www.health.ny.gov/prevention/immunization/laws_regs....
>NYS Public Health Law Section 2165 and NYCRR Title 10, Subpart 66-2 require students attending post-secondary institutions, who were born on or after January 1, 1957 and registered for 6 or more credit hours, to demonstrate proof of immunity against measles, mumps, and rubella
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that's fine because you only have to present the id once. I'm okay with having to present my id every time I enter the country, but not every time I eat out.
2. getting carded usually involves the server taking a quick glance at my ID. I can reasonably sure that my dining habits aren't being fed into a giant database somewhere. The same can't be said of a smartphone QR reader. If the bar was scanning my ID to check my age, I'd nope out as well.
(And which visas are you applying for, by the way? I've crossed borders hundreds of times and have never once been asked for proof of vaccination?)
If you think existing vaccine mandates are remotely comparable to what's being newly rolled out, you're insane.
I am Canadian, and live and went to school including University for my entire life in Alberta. No I did not ever need to show proof of immunizations. And even in places where public schools did request that proof you could simply opt out with any religious exemption. These exemptions were never "verified" and there was never consequences such as multiple weekly tests like we have now.
Stop spreading this completely false lie. We have never had a system of vaccine passports.
-Immunization requirements apply to ALL schools, both public and private schools
-There's no religious or other non-medical exemption allowed.
Those are facts, not lies.
My friend also had to get an antibody test prior to being allowed to register for classes. That's a fact, I saw the paperwork.
What's different here is that prior vaccine mandates were never weaponized into a mainstream culture war, so before this they weren't controversial to most and we rarely thought of them.
Given that culture war hesitancy over this vaccine was expected early on, I think it was predictable that employers and venues would need to require it in order for it to reach enough of the population to be effective.