Posted on 04/06/2021 12:29:56 PM PDT by lightman
White House press secretary on Tuesday said that CCP virus “vaccine passports” will not be developed or supported by the Biden administration, coming after several GOP governors issued executive orders barring them.
“The government is not now, nor will we be supporting a system that requires Americans to carry a credential. There will be no federal vaccinations database and no federal mandate requiring everyone to obtain a single vaccination credential,” Psaki told reporters on Tuesday at the White House.
Psaki last month responded to reports that the administration was working with private firms to create a passport system, saying the administration would provide guidance.
“Our interest is very simple from the federal government, which is American’s privacy and rights should be protected so that these systems are not used against people unfairly,” Psaki clarified Tuesday. She again said the government would provide guidance on privacy concerns related to vaccines.
Some countries have either proposed or are using a vaccine passport-style system. But it has been criticized by civil liberties groups, who said it would potentially violate Americans’ privacy rights while denying key services to people who are not vaccinated.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, issued an executive order Monday that would bar their usage.
“Government should not require any Texan to show proof of vaccination and reveal private health information just to go about their daily lives,” Abbott said in a statement.
And Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, issued a similar order last week after having criticized the passports as a “terrible idea.”
New York state, however, rolled out its “Excelsior Pass” system that would mandate people show that they have been vaccinated when trying to enter certain events and locations such as Madison Square Garden in New York City. It’s not yet clear if the Excelsior Pass will be used in other places.
On Tuesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that it does not recommend vaccine passport-style systems “at this time,” citing concerns about whether the vaccine is actually effective in reducing the transmission of the CCP virus as well as the lack of vaccinations being done in certain parts of the world.
“We as WHO are saying at this stage we would not like to see the vaccination passport as a requirement for entry or exit because we are not certain at this stage that the vaccine prevents transmission,” WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris told a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, as reported by the Reuters news agency.
I am SHOCKED at this. Biden doesn’t want us to carry papers? There’s no way that is true. How else can they control us?
Of course not. The government will NOT require you to do so. Their fascist corporate partners have been be given the green light to require it. That’s how fascism works. Government and corporations, one does what is difficult for the other. And rewards are given in return...in both directions.
And the idiots will parrot “private business”!
The Democrat Party exists for the benefit of the Democrat Party.
Well, it may never become officially ‘mandated’ by the gov’t, but you can be sure they’ll be twisting arms in the background to assure that private businesses pick up the ball and establish their own requirements.
And the gov’t will claim that it’s the prerogative of the businesses to dictate whatever polices they want...
Yet.
Give it time.
How f’in magnanimous of you.
No you Totalitarian red diaper babies - you have no power to implement such a thing.
““Government should not require any Texan to show proof of vaccination and reveal private health information just to go about their daily lives,” Abbott said in a statement.”
But he will allow private businesses to refuse service without it. Just like he did with masks.
They would do anything and everything with their power, if they had enough power. Including death camps.
They’re acting like they weren’t really invested in it, but if the states had not stood their ground, the vassport would be universal.
You can’t trust anyone in this administration; you know that.
The question I’d like to see answered, unequivocally and soon, is whether airlines, and other privately-owned companies that cater to the public, will be allowed to discriminate based on vaccination status.
Jen Psaki’s assurances and $5 at Starbuck’s will get you a cup of coffee.
Orange gurl bad. And kinda stupid. But we will circle back on that .
They also don’t have the power to make anyone wear a facemask or stay home when you are well. Or to close your business because a flu or something is going around.
They don’t have the power to do nearly anything they do.
It is an experimental substance. It has permanent adverse effects Including death
The government cannot make anyone take it.
Period
What is more is that the FDA might not be able to approve it. See above
“Biden administration”......might be different under a Harris (Obama) administration.
Yes, that’s exactly what will happen.
We will be told we need a vaccine passport to enter stadiums, concert halls, theaters, supermarkets, or just about any public place. But we will be told it’s not a government requirement, but rather, that private companies who run these venues are the ones who are choosing to require this.
Then Joe and Kamala and Democrats will say, government is not requiring these passports.
They are liars. Their crony capitalists will insist on it because “private business” and big government will sweep in to “manage” the situation.
My bet is that at some point mask mandates (even by businesses and venues) will be dropped ONLY for “proof of vaccination”.
Signage will be “Proof of vaccination or face covering required”.
Fauci will say otherwise within a week.
What they are saying is, that businesses will be required in order to even operate, to have anyone that comes in to prove that they have been vaccinated..that way Biden and his cronies have clean hands
And the gov’t will claim that it’s the prerogative of the businesses to dictate whatever polices they want...
That’s why it’s good to see governors such as DeSantis, preemptively working to ban these passports in his state.
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