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In reply to the discussion: Do you think "Vaccine Passports" are a good idea? [View all]Still Sensible
(2,870 posts)clusterfuck that will suck all the media oxygen out of our progress. With over 100 million vaccinated in the US already, we would be basing such a passport on the somewhat easy-to-counterfeit cards we have been issued. Such fraud could be somewhat addressed if a shitpot full of money would be spent to confirm vaccination dates, lot numbers and individuals with all the diverse entities on the ground that have been conducting the shots. I would imagine that just the labor cost to pull that off would be unbelievable. Combine that with the morass of debate it would take to just agree on the rules and design the standardizations, and the oversight body or bodies to set up and staff, plus defining enforcement mechanisms across many jurisdictions, etc.
Do I think vaccination passports would be a good idea? Up front, probably, but as an afterthought (with the majority of US Covid vaccinations done before any of these mechanisms can possibly be in place) it is a probable political quagmire that would be incredibly distracting and counter-productive to our progressive goals IMO. I think the subsequent clusterfuck would become the story of the next 3 1/2 years.
The repukes are probably praying we'll go down this rabbit hole!