A former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says “immunity passports” for Americans to prove they have taken the COVID-19 vaccine might help the country get “back to a new normal.”
Dr. Thomas Frieden told CBS on Wednesday that “done right, immunity passports could be one of a series of things that could help us get to a new normal as soon as possible.”
“We don’t know if this is going to happen, but fundamentally we’re seeing companies and countries giving people a certificate of vaccination,” he said. “The risk of this is it will make inequality even worse. If people have both susceptibility to the virus and less access to the vaccine, they’ll have even more problems.”
Dr. Frieden, who served as director of the CDC from 2009 to 2017, said for the passports to work, there would need to be “absolute privacy,” adding that the vaccine should be “absolutely opt in.”
“Fundamentally, we’re facing a very difficult few weeks and few months. There’s not enough vaccine yet and we’re seeing the highest levels of cases, hospitalizations and deaths the U.S. has since the start of this pandemic,” he said.
In an op-ed published this week in The Washington Post, Dr. Frieden and co-author Aaron Schwid, a human rights lawyer, wrote: “As more and more people are vaccinated, it’s time to carefully design a system of ‘immunity passports.’”
“These passports would serve as a form of proof of immunity, allowing people who have immunity to engage in some activities others cannot. That could make it possible to ratchet down protective measures, such as stay-at-home orders and business closures, without increasing health risks,” they wrote.
If enacted, businesses and other sites like sports arenas and music venues “could finally reopen.”
“Visitors could return more freely to nursing homes and prisons. International travel could increase. As universal vaccination becomes available, passports will help everyone, not just the lucky few, move from fear to freedom,” they wrote. “As universal vaccination becomes available, passports will help everyone, not just the lucky few, move from fear to freedom.”
Last month, a top travel industry association said it was in the final stages of developing a digital passport for international travelers so they can prove they’ve been vaccinated for COVID-19.
The International Air Transport Association said that the passport could be key to saving the tourism industry.
“Testing is the first key to enable international travel without quarantine measures,” association CEO Alexandre de Juniac said in a statement obtained by The Hill. “The second key is the global information infrastructure needed to securely manage, share and verify test data matched with traveler identities in compliance with border control requirements.”
For travelers who receive the vaccine – when one becomes available – proof will be linked to their official passports. While no country now requires such proof, industry experts say that’s likely coming.
Airlines for America, a trade association that represents major carriers, also has not declared that flyers will need proof of a vaccine before flying, saying U.S. airlines are “committed to restoring service in a manner that prioritizes the safety and wellbeing of our passengers and employees.”
How does one get back to a “new normal” since it’s new and anything but normal?!? Just as Henry pointed out, the “vaccines” don’t stop the spread of the virus, which proves they are nothing more than a kill shot. Oh, that’s right, this “Boogey Virus” hasn’t even been proven to even exist as it’s never been isolated.
Now THAT’S the way to destroy the entire travel industry (and will the super-rich need vaccine passports to buy Leer Jets, etc.? Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!), the entertainment industry (which is mostly rotten to the core anyway, “selling their souls to the devil” and all), the movie-concert industry (see previous statement), sports, which is all rigged anyway, National-State-City park visits (for instance, only NM residents can go to NM state parks, pissing off a lot of Texans!), restaurant-fast food industry (even for outdoor dining and food pick-ups), and,, oh yeah, millions of jobs…
You gotta hand it to the criminal psycho elites–one way or another, they wind up screwing themselves under the guise of screwing everyone else. Way to go, psychos! And, do you really want to be entertained by only robots? (That “Do You Love Me?” video and all…) Or would you rather have your god, Satan? Weeping and gnashing of teeth and all….