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Chuck Schumer calls for federal crackdown on fake COVID-19 vaccination cards, which are being sold online for up to $200
AP via Business Insider via Yahoo ^ | 8/15/21 | Zahra Tayeb

Posted on 08/16/2021 2:56:02 AM PDT by Libloather

Chuck Schumer said federal law enforcement officials need to crack down on fake COVID-19 vaccination cards, which are being sold online.

Schumer's announcement Sunday comes after AP previously reported how people are cheating the system and, worrying officials at colleges and universities across the country that are requiring proof students received the vaccine to attend in-person classes.

A user on the encrypted messaging app Telegram offered what they described as "COVID-19 Vaccine Cards Certificates," for as much as $200 each, the report said.

Schumer is demanding US Customs and Border Protection and the FBI team up with officials from the Department of Health and Human Services to launch a crackdown on the counterfeit cards and start a campaign to make clear that forging the cards could land people in federal prison.

He also wants the Justice Department to immediately prioritize cases involving fake vaccine cards and is pushing for Customs and Border Protection to work harder to find counterfeit cards being sent from overseas.

Federal agents have already seized thousands of fake vaccine cards this year. Customs and Border Protection officers working in Memphis seized another shipment earlier this week - sent from Shenzhen, China, - that contained dozens of fake cards, officials said.

Border agents knew immediately that the cards were fake, the agency said, because the cards were laden with typos, unfinished words, and incorrect or misspelled Spanish words on the backs of the cards.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Education; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: cards; covid19; online; schumer; vaccination
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...in Memphis seized another shipment earlier this week - sent from Shenzhen, China, - that contained dozens of fake cards...

Almost sounds like election night.

1 posted on 08/16/2021 2:56:02 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

We need an official, digital government medical certificate that is updated with biometrics as people get their boosters.


2 posted on 08/16/2021 3:00:00 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: Libloather

3 posted on 08/16/2021 3:05:47 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

I’m prepared to quit if I have to. My wife is more reluctant but may also quit if pushed. The mandatory vaccines can be defeated if corporations feel the pain. This a bad time for companies to be looking for workers.


4 posted on 08/16/2021 3:10:38 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (We have two Democrat parties. 50% of the US population has no political representation.)
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To: JonPreston

Ask bitcoin to create a new blockchain with individual “bitcoins” being the digital proof of vax hashcode the person’s biometrics into the checksum of that coin. Retinal scan, finger print and or face biometrics all would fit in the checksum of a bitcoin. No one has been able to break the block chain yet and likely won’t for decades to come the computing power needed to try is above what even governmental level think northcoms can muster joe sixpack has zero hope of ever hacking the block chain.

The vaccines are not 100% Pfizer is down to 46% against delta at those levels it makes no sense to smallpox like inoculate the viral vectors won’t be broken against the original strain wit 90+% effective rates it did. The benefit now to the vaccines is they allow for the body to get a head start on antibodies for the delta strain and have cut the death rate from it for vaccinated in Texas way down compared to unvaccinated 8700 to 48 from.Feb till last month that’s a big difference in out comes.


5 posted on 08/16/2021 3:11:02 AM PDT by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici" )
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To: Libloather

Hey Chuckie? I think you’ve got bigger problems to worry about then deflecting from your party’s colossal failure in Afghanistan.

I do NOT want to be ruled by your ilk who are driving us off a cliff.


6 posted on 08/16/2021 3:11:46 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: JonPreston

How Orwellian of you, Johnny.

Guess you are blind to the irony of your comment compared to your tagline.


7 posted on 08/16/2021 3:13:55 AM PDT by Qui is (Biden spews and Harris swallows)
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To: Libloather
forging the cards could land people in federal prison.

Under WHAT law, Chuck? Oh, I forgot - black letter law no longer matters. Justice is what a Democrat leader says it is.

8 posted on 08/16/2021 3:14:25 AM PDT by Hardastarboard (Don't wish your enemy ill; plan it. )
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To: JonPreston

NO THANKS!! You can have yours tatooed on your forehead.


9 posted on 08/16/2021 3:16:02 AM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: Libloather

Awwww. Did somebody forget to cut Chuckie in on his ‘commission’???


10 posted on 08/16/2021 3:16:43 AM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (An Honors Graduate from the Don Rickles School of Personal Verbal Intercourse)
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To: Libloather

We need a crackdown on fake Americans like Schumer.


11 posted on 08/16/2021 3:17:20 AM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: Hardastarboard

https://www.ic3.gov/Media/Y2021/PSA210330

5 year federal felony, loss of voting rights and gun rights for life. There also is no early release or parole in the Fed system you serve the full sentence to the day.


12 posted on 08/16/2021 3:19:49 AM PDT by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici" )
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To: Hardastarboard

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1017

Even just using the CDC emblem is a 5 year felony if you are not authorised to use it. Falsifying a government document is yet another felony in addition to the false seal.


13 posted on 08/16/2021 3:22:51 AM PDT by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici" )
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Could we ask that manufactures create an interactive vaccine, one that could communicate with the recipient and a central health facility, giving a constant COVID infection update? As an example, if it beeps a warning, the recipient could simply report back home immediately to begin a 2-week quarantine.


14 posted on 08/16/2021 3:26:23 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Exactly.


15 posted on 08/16/2021 3:26:27 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: JonPreston

DARPA the fringe boffins group is working on just such a device. My dog has a chip in her ear I don’t think it’s wise to chip humans the chip can migrate and cause a blockage in a vein or artery leading to stroke or cardiac arrest we tolerate the risk on pets but humans not so much.

https://www.businessinsider.com/military-sensor-skin-covid-darpa-19-2021-4


16 posted on 08/16/2021 3:33:31 AM PDT by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici" )
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To: JD_UTDallas

Sure there is risk, but the DELTA.


17 posted on 08/16/2021 3:37:42 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: Libloather

How much of a penalty does Chuckie want for voting with a fake ID? Oh, wait, he wants it to be illegal to require an ID to vote.


18 posted on 08/16/2021 3:40:40 AM PDT by KarlInOhio ("Anti-fascist" is from the official name of the Berlin Wall: Anti-fascist Protection Barrier.)
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To: JonPreston

I wouldn’t want a subdermal sensor that could break loose and give me a stroke. There already is transdermal sensors for diabetes that stick to the skin and have tiny microneedles that cross the dermal barrier to sense blood sugar levels those same transdermal sensors could be configured with Igd or similar antigen detector arrays to sense an active covid infection without having to implant a sensor full time. With modern thermoelectrics the sensors patch could even be powered by the bodies heat itself. Same effect much less risk. The patches are moved in diabetic patients every 14 days to a new location to allow the natural skin process of shedding and renewals.


19 posted on 08/16/2021 3:45:41 AM PDT by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici" )
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To: JD_UTDallas

I see no need for this government health censor to be sub-dermal. Perhaps shape it as a cameo brooch for formal female wear, or as an addition to the Apple watch?


20 posted on 08/16/2021 3:50:14 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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