Will that be forehead?
Or right hand?
(No the world is not there yet)
(But it will be eventually)
Or . . .
Posted on 03/26/2021 6:20:30 PM PDT by bitt
The nation’s very first “vaccine passport” is coming to the Big Apple.
The program, dubbed the “Excelsior Pass,” is an app that will allow New Yorkers to prove their vaccination status, or recent history of a negative COVID-19 test, in order to gain entry to events and businesses, Governor Cuomo announced in a news release Friday.
“Similar to a mobile airline boarding pass, individuals will be able to either print out their pass or store it on their smartphones using the Excelsior Pass Wallet app,” the news release explains.
“Each Pass will have a secure QR code, which participating businesses and venues can scan using a companion app to verify proof of COVID-19 negative test results or proof of vaccination. An individual’s data is kept secure and confidential at all times.”
The app won’t show any health information when scanned — it’ll only show a green checkmark if the person has been vaccinated or tested negatively or a red “x” if they haven’t.
Major venues, such as Madison Square Garden and the Times Union Center in Albany, will begin using the app next week and on April 2, Excelsior Pass will expand to “smaller arts, entertainment and event venues,” Cuomo’s office said.
The app, which launched Friday, already works to prove vaccination status or negative test results and can be used to gain access to wedding receptions, which now require negative tests from attendees, and other events above the social gathering limit.
“New Yorkers have proven they can follow public health guidance to beat back COVID, and the innovative Excelsior Pass is another tool in our new toolbox to fight the virus while allowing more sectors of the economy to reopen safely and keeping personal information secure,” Cuomo said in a statement.
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Luddite status....
I am forced against my will. Around the mid 1970s I had to work with computers in the university library where I worked.
Computers have always had it in for me.
More than once there would be a row of computers around the office and one would have “no signal” or blank screen while the others were installed just fine. At a training session I said to the trainer “is it true mine is the only one that has gone blank” “yes” “Then why?” She said “I don’t know. Just move to a vacant one farther over.”
Clearly due to your magnetic personality & your electrifying enthusiasm !
The black market on vax cards is going to be quite lucrative, I should think. Might want to get in on the ground floor: “Make some dough ... some serious dough.”
At least my wife loves me. I think.
Or . . .
Yep, der Fuhrer gave it a shot. (in some form)
The bar code on the Wuhanic Plague passport is to be shaped like the Star of David and in case you lose your passport, they’ll have the numbers tattooed on your arm.
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