Posted on 03/29/2021 10:07:42 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
New Yorkers will be required to show “vaccine passports” — proof that they have received the COVID-19 vaccine — in order to re-enter society.
The New York Post reported that the “Excelsior Pass” would officially launch on April 2, following an announcement from Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) on 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,” said a press release about the program. “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.”
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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.
In a statement, Cuomo said: “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.”
“The question of ‘public health or the economy’ has always been a false choice — the answer must be both. As more New Yorkers get vaccinated each day and as key public health metrics continue to regularly reach their lowest rates in months, the first-in-the-nation Excelsior Pass heralds the next step in our thoughtful, science-based reopening,” he added.
As The Daily Wire’s Joe Curl previously reported, the program was announced earlier this month and was tested at a New York Rangers game at Madison Square Garden on March 2.
At the time, Cuomo said, “We’re doing everything we can to vaccinate as many New Yorkers as possible, as quickly as possible, while keeping the infection rate down and re-energizing our economy in a safe, smart way.”
“As we begin reopening the valves on different sectors of our economy, we are putting guidelines in place to ensure individuals attending events involving larger gatherings have tested negative for COVID or have been vaccinated to avoid an outbreak of the virus. The Excelsior Pass will play a critical role in getting information to venues and sites in a secure and streamlined way, allowing us to fast-track the reopening of these businesses and getting us one step closer to reaching a new normal,” he continued.
Cuomo also stressed that the vaccine passes would protect users’ privacy.
“Robust privacy protections are woven throughout the digital health pass solution, giving individuals a secure, verifiable and trusted way to maintain control of their personal health information using an encrypted digital smartphone wallet or printed credential. Each participant will be able to determine if they would like to use it — and if so, what passes they wish to use for which purpose — all without sharing their underlying personal data. User data is always kept completely confidential, and participation is voluntary. The QR code only informs the venue if a pass is valid or invalid,” said a press release for the program.
I have heard that the rich Manhattanities are paying docs to squirt the liquid into a vile or into the carpet to get their Covid passports. Proves it’s all a waste of time.
9/11 was a l o n g time ago.
I no longer care about NY.
Give NY to the Palestinians in exchange for peace.
Most people still can’t even get a vaccine if they want it...
This isn’t the mark yet, but sure paving the way, so you may be correct yet.
It won't be long before The leader of the "Great Reset" contracts with Bill Gates to have his universal tracking chip put under the skin of the hand. Then the sheeple will agree to be scanned every time they would like to buy or sell. Ummmm, sounds familiar. Think I read that somewhere.
The real answer is that nobody knows.
Not the CDC, not your doctor, not you.
The mRNA vaccines are what confers narrow immunity as evidence by the declared and widely reported) susceptibility to variants.
What is unknown so far is whether or not you have wider immunity to COVID variants after having had/recovered from COVID.
So nobody knows. I’ve had it. My doctor said “immunity only good for three months” but cant cited any evidence.
Now, if you are properly skeptical of government, you cannot discount the possibility that they (pharma) just want to maximize revenue by claiming “everyone needs to be vaccinated” who then pay Congressmen and others in government a gratuity.
Please just admit that you have no clue about COVID immunity and that any info from government is either incomplete, misleading, or a lie, with no way to tell which it might be.
We are on our own. Get the vaccine if you want. The “passport” is simply a revenue mechanism to convince more folks to “get the jab” with the aforementioned gratuity paid to folks in government.
Exactly. I think we’re more or less on the same page. :-)
Can your New York Vaccine Passport be used as voter I.D. in Georgia? Do neighboring states grant Vaccine Passport reciprocity? Is reciprocity valid in non-contiguous states? It seems impractical to have to carry a trade permit, drivers license, hunting license, fishing license, and conceal carry permit; will the state consider issuing an all-in-one permit/license? Does a National Vaccine Passport Trump a state passport?
Inaccurate headline, intimating one MUST be vaccinated, when the article states “proof of vaccine OR negative test. (Emphasis mine).
As long as it allows a negative test result OR proof of vaccine, it’s not necessarily a bad thing, EXCEPT, it’s a veeeerrry slippery slope into socialism.
New York requires all blacks to have a VAX passport in order to move freely throughout New York.
That’s with the DNC does to us
This statement is not really true--there are many cases of COVID-19 reinfection documented around the world.
New York causes new black market $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
creepier and creepier
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