User:BushelCandle/COVID-19 Vaccine Passport
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A COVID-19 Vaccine Passport (also known by many other names in different jurisdictions)[1] is a verifiable record of immunization certifying an individual has received a COVID-19 vaccine.
It is vitally important that a COVID-19 Vaccine Passport be verifiable[2] since it may then allow preferential and differentiated access to businesses, events, services and travel. This verifiability distinguishes a COVID-19 Vaccine Passport from a mere COVID-19 vaccine card. COVID-19 Vaccine Passports are also distinguishable from immunity passports or certificates or health passes which may certify immunity acquired by a variety of routes other than vaccination.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, passports were seen as a potential way to contain the pandemic and permit faster economic recovery.[3] Despite the benefits of vaccination in ameliorating economic and social problems caused by the pandemic, issuing COVID-19 vaccine passports has raised scientific, ethical and legal issues.[4]
In some jurisdictions such as France, Italy and Canada where vaccine passports were introduced for COVID-19, vaccine uptake increased.[5][6][7][8][9]