The Crumbling Justification for Vaccine Passports

New findings are weakening the rationale for segregating people based on their vaccination status.

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A person dressed as Uncle Sam poses during a protest against mandated coronavirus vaccines and vaccine passports at City Hall in New York, N.Y., August 25, 2021.

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Should we have a medical backstage pass to access normal life? Let’s follow Denmark and ditch this idea, rather than France, which is embracing it and reaping a whirlwind of protest and dissension.

Some U.S. cities such as New York and Honolulu have begun implementing vaccine-passport systems. Iowa is trying one as well. Major outlets are running stories hoping that Big Tech companies such as Google and Apple can provide a verifiable system.

Michael Brendan Dougherty

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Michael Brendan Dougherty

Michael Brendan Dougherty is a senior writer at National Review Online.

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