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Are we going to need vaccination passports?
American Thinker ^ | 11 Mar, 2021 | Matt Rowe

Posted on 03/11/2021 4:18:57 AM PST by MtnClimber

It looks as if we're being pushed inexorably towards vaccine passports, even though there's no reason to believe they'll make us safer.

Although I know verification of health status is a reasonable condition of entry for countries, I am dubious about the fear of COVID as a cause for new conditions for international or domestic travel.

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Leaving faith aside, I worry that just like the other damaging restrictions various governments have implemented, tying travel to COVID vaccination status is too disruptive. People like me won’t be able to travel at all if this becomes the norm. As a consultant, I travel constantly, and I lost out on significant income in 2020 due to government-imposed restrictions. The incentive to feed our families will pressure millions of people to get vaccinated even though they don’t want to.

Further, local businesses could require proof of vaccination to access their premises. All over the world, hotels customarily hold foreigners’ passports while they stay. It is not very farfetched, given the overblown fear of COVID, that businesses such as theaters, stadiums, and just about anywhere people gather will start requiring people to “show their papers.” We can have it noted on our driver’s licenses just to make it a little easier than carrying two documents, or perhaps there’s an app for that.

Regardless, now there is one more reason for the government, big tech, and others to track and restrict our movements. If you don’t believe that all of them will end up abusing this, you’re simply too young or too frightened to face the truth.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: tyranny
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1 posted on 03/11/2021 4:18:57 AM PST by MtnClimber
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Why would governments want to control people’s movement? And what level of trust should be placed on CDC, FDA, WHO,...?


2 posted on 03/11/2021 4:19:14 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Color ado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Since criminal Mexicans can enter my country with COVID and TB and measles, I should be able to do anything.


3 posted on 03/11/2021 4:23:43 AM PST by EEGator
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To: MtnClimber

There is sort of assumed right within the Constitution that citizens can freely move between states. My understanding is that the text does not necessarily spell this out in a perfectly explicit way. But the right is assumed, and always has been. If anything can be said to be “in the penumbra” of the Constitution, it is this right to free travel, rather than abortion.

But, I suppose the government will just take the right away and no one will do anything about it. Because we are mere peasants with no actual rights of any kind.


4 posted on 03/11/2021 4:30:11 AM PST by ClearCase_guy ("I see you did something -- why you so racist?")
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To: MtnClimber

Since the vaccine is being used for nefarious reasons and not to prevent Covid, then I would say that the intent is to ultimately force it onto everyone who isn’t part of the “elite”. The “elite” are taking a fake shot.


5 posted on 03/11/2021 4:33:53 AM PST by Old Yeller
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To: EEGator

FYI, try being in a herd of cattle shipping across any border. Ear tag id, brucellosis and Tuberculosis testing, and an official Certificate of Veterinary Inspection ( health certificate). Testing required Unless going for slaughter.


6 posted on 03/11/2021 4:46:09 AM PST by drSteve78 (Je suis deplorable. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE)
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To: MtnClimber

We must not accept this. FCOL, you could get the China flu leaving the passport office. I will never live in a “show me your papers” country. Anyone who goes along with this is a fool.


7 posted on 03/11/2021 4:59:39 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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Show me your papers!!!!

Welcome to Germany, 1938.


8 posted on 03/11/2021 5:09:43 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Keep the Faith. Everything happens for a reason.)
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What country or countries do you suppose will end up meeting your criteria, to justify your living in it/them?


9 posted on 03/11/2021 5:11:00 AM PST by one guy in new jersey
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“ What country or countries do you suppose will end up meeting your criteria, to justify your living in it/them?”

I’m not going anywhere. My people have been here for generations. Longer than Madam Speaker’s or Slow Joe’s families by a long shot. If people allow the US to fall, then so be it. I am not going without a fight. And I mean a real fight. And I’m not showing anyone any damn papers either.


10 posted on 03/11/2021 5:19:57 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: MtnClimber

Precursor to the Mark of the Beast. The globalists need to do a test run apparently.


11 posted on 03/11/2021 5:26:57 AM PST by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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Facing reality, we already require vaccination passports. The CDC, by edict from Fauci, has already stated how much “congregating” will be allowed for those already having the vaccinations, those not having them are implicitly excluded. Airlines are already discussing how to deal with passengers not having vaccinations. Busses are excluding illegal immigrants from entry without proof of being virus free.

Once these exclusions are generally in place, it will not be acceptable to simply state you are eligible, proof will be required. That, by definition, is your passport.


12 posted on 03/11/2021 5:36:20 AM PST by norwaypinesavage (The stone age didn't end because we ran out of stones.)
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To: EEGator

I’m guessing that the price for a fake vaccine ID will be much less than a fake passport. At least in the beginning.

The importance of passports has been a big deal for awhile now and have all the security measures imbedded in them. A vaccine ID at first will be nothing more than a photocopy of a receipt for the vaccine.


13 posted on 03/11/2021 5:41:15 AM PST by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
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A barcode tattooed to one's forehead would be simpler.

One will need it to buy/sell.

14 posted on 03/11/2021 5:53:14 AM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: 21twelve

I’d buy a fake ID without any moral issue.


15 posted on 03/11/2021 6:16:27 AM PST by EEGator
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To: MtnClimber

Our high school band had a European concert tour in 1971. At that time we were required to all get a small pox shot. I was to later find out it was the last year they were required. We each had our passport and yellow vaccine book.


16 posted on 03/11/2021 6:21:00 AM PST by mware (RETIRED)
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Where are our so-called “representatives” decrying this overreach? Rand Paul will criticize it, but the rest of the GOP has been oddly quiet about the subject - and the CDC’s science-free actions in general.

Either they are totally inept at arguing the virtues of liberty...or they don’t believe in it any more than their collectivist counterparts.

17 posted on 03/11/2021 6:31:24 AM PST by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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One of my main reasons for getting the COVID shots is exactly this.... you will soon need to show your vaccination card to get on a plane, enter a federal building or even go to the gym. However, illegal aliens will be exempted.


18 posted on 03/11/2021 6:37:11 AM PST by The Great RJ ("Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcher)
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To: MtnClimber

yes, for many things you will need your papers. Eventually it will fade, but things like cruises, concerts, certain restaurants, etc.


19 posted on 03/11/2021 6:38:32 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: EEGator

Exactly. Even this REAL ID stuff is a joke. We all know that no border illegal in this country could possibly show all that verification. So why do we?


20 posted on 03/11/2021 6:39:52 AM PST by dforest (RATS are criminals and frauds. Hide anything that belongs to you. They will steal it.)
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