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Entrance to a foreign country often requires a passport. In the age of coronavirus, entrance to schools, concerts, airlines – or anywhere else problematic for social distancing – eventually may involve a medical passport, or at least some sort of vaccination verification. As things stand in Maine, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention is focused on continued rollout of the vaccine rather than providing people with portable proof of having been vaccinated. The Maine Immunization Program issues a card along with the initial shot, primarily as a reminder to get the second dose. Dr. N...

>> Brian Chen, Tariro Mzezewa, Ceylan Yeginsu, Elaine Glusac and Sarah Firshein, The New York Times Published: 30 Dec 2020 05:01 PM BdST Updated: 31 Dec 2020 12:23 PM BdST Passengers aboard the World Dream on a “cruise to nowhere” watch a movie at an open air screening in Singapore, Nov. 19, 2020. The New York Times The travel world has been on a roller coaster in 2020. Even as vaccination campaigns started in the United States and Europe, countries slammed shut their borders to visitors from the United Kingdom, because of a new strain of the coronavirus. And while the number of people ...

Inflated death toll allowing 'antithesis of a free society' Wednesday, December 30, 2020  |  Chris Woodward (OneNewsNow.com) Spanish As a new venture could result in a vaccine passport of sorts, some Minnesota legislators don't believe the numbers being reported and want an audit of COVID-19 deaths. State Representative Mary Franson (R-District 08B) recently told the "Fox & Friends" program that "Minnesota is not an anomaly" and asked President Trump to request a "full audit of every single state in the nation." After being approached by citizens of The North Star State, Franson says...

Looking to travel post COVID-19? Don’t forget your ‘vaccine passport’ By Chris Williams Credit: The Commons Project Your pre-travel checklist may be about to get longer as airlines and companies look to implement "vaccine passport" requirements. The Common Trust Network, a partnership between airlines, the World Economic Forum and the non-profit The Commons Project, recently introduced the CommonPass App. The app would allow users to upload medical data such as COVID-19 test results or proof of vaccination. The information is then transmitted through a QR code that would prote...

>> Brian Chen, Tariro Mzezewa, Ceylan Yeginsu, Elaine Glusac and Sarah Firshein, The New York Times Published: 30 Dec 2020 05:01 PM BdST Updated: 31 Dec 2020 12:23 PM BdST Passengers aboard the World Dream on a “cruise to nowhere” watch a movie at an open air screening in Singapore, Nov. 19, 2020. The New York Times The travel world has been on a roller coaster in 2020. Even as vaccination campaigns started in the United States and Europe, countries slammed shut their borders to visitors from the United Kingdom, because of a new strain of the coronavirus. And while the number of people ...