Officials are urging people not to forge Covid-19 vaccine cards. Here s why it matters
Covid-19 vaccination record cards can easily be forged.
Posted: May 8, 2021 1:58 PM
Updated: May 8, 2021 7:02 PM
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Covid-19 vaccination record cards can easily be forged, and US law enforcers are keenly aware.
And more than 40 state attorneys general last month warned social media and online shopping platforms to crack down on sales of blank or fraudulently completed cards.
So, what s prompting the warnings?
More places are requiring vaccination proof
But elsewhere, businesses, venues and events are increasingly offering special access or treats to those who can show this evidence, if not flat-out requiring proof for service.
May 8, 2021 11:28 AM By Jason Hanna, CNN
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Covid-19 vaccination record cards can easily be forged, and US law enforcers are keenly aware.
And more than 40 state attorneys general last month warned social media and online shopping platforms to crack down on sales of blank or fraudulently completed cards.
So, what’s prompting the warnings?
More places are requiring vaccination proof
But elsewhere, businesses, venues and events are increasingly offering special access or treats to those who can show this evidence, if not flat-out requiring proof for service.
Many initiatives are underway to create tamper-resistant printed or digital vaccine passports, like one used in New York. Such passports involve checking user-entered data against state or other immunization registries with the user’s permission, meaning a user would have pre-verified evidence to show a business.
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FILE - A Covid-19 vaccine record card is shown in a file image. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)
(FOX 9) - Some venues and businesses are requiring vaccinations, so new efforts are afoot to help people prove their vaccination status.
Minnesota-based HealthPartners is among them, launching a digital COVID-19 vaccination card.
HealthPartners unveils digital proof of vaccination card
Some venues and businesses are requiring vaccinations, so new efforts are afoot to help people prove their vaccination status. Minnesota-based HealthPartners is among them, launching a digital COVID-19 vaccination card.
If you want to get on a plane and travel internationally again, you might need proof of vaccination. More than a dozen countries have required vaccine proof and more are coming.
Vaccine passport supporters see a future where people would have an app on their phone that would include their vaccine information, similar to the paper record card from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that is given when a person is vaccinated. People would flash the app when entering a large venue for something like a concert or sports game.
While many other countries have implemented or are considering vaccine passports, in a country where political divides have determined belief in mask usage, social distancing and even the lethality of the virus, it comes as no surprise that there is already a political divide over whether vaccine passports should be used at all.