After receiving both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, I kept my appointment card in a safe. As a Chief Instructor for the training of NATO Special Forces, I need to prove my vaccination status before traveling to NATO Headquarters in Belgium if the students start again, probably this summer.
But my vaccine card, issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will not actually be enough to prove that I have been fully vaccinated, especially for international travel. The cards are too easy to forge.
According to the World Health Organization, more than 335 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered worldwide to date to develop a Covid-19 “vaccine passport”, according to the World Health Organization.
While planning for my NATO trip, I soon learned that an official form is not yet available in the US – and possibly not soon.
Vaccine passports that can determine what people may and may not do like ethical considerations. Vaccines are still not readily available around the world, and people will be divided into ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’. Earlier this week, dr. Mike Ryan, director of the WHO’s emergency program, said the use of vaccine certification as a travel requirement was not ‘recommended.’
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