{"id":9255,"date":"2021-02-17T09:11:57","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T09:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dataethics.eu\/?p=9255"},"modified":"2021-02-17T09:12:12","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T09:12:12","slug":"vaccination-passes-make-no-sense-at-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dataethics.eu\/da\/vaccination-passes-make-no-sense-at-present\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaccination Passes Make No Sense – At Present"},"content":{"rendered":"

At present, vaccination status does not offer clear or conclusive evidence about any individual\u2019s risk to others via transmission. Without that, it cannot be a robust basis for risk-based decision making, and therefore any roll out of a digital passport is not currently justified. Such is the conclusion from a urgent expert deliberation on ‘What place should COVID-19 vaccine passports have in society?’ from the British Ada Lovelace Insitute to the UK government.<\/p>\n

The 17 experts does underline that vaccine passports can\u00a0 increase freedom for those with a vaccination, but for those without a passport it would constitute a denial of liberties that others are being granted. ‘Therefore the justifications both for the relaxation of current restrictions for some and also for their continuation for others should be clearly articulated,’ they state.<\/p>\n

In the long run, a vaccine pass might be useful, they state:<\/p>\n

“Given that evidence on transmission will emerge, and other countries and companies are developing such systems, the UK Government must act urgently to address the public policy issues that arise, and create clear and specific guidelines and law around any appropriate uses, mechanisms for enforcement and methods of legal redress.”<\/p>\n

Some of the recommendations<\/a> to the UK government are:<\/p>\n