| by Hayes Brown |
Vaccination rates are on the decline in the United States, leaving officials scrambling to figure out how to get needles in arms. The CDC’s announcement that people who are fully vaccinated can go without masks inside and outside might help. But some places are getting more creative. The incentives being offered — ranging from free beer to savings bonds to a chance at $1 million — make total sense given how important the vaccine campaign is, Hayes Brown writes.
“The best reason for getting the Covid-19 vaccine is, of course, not having either yourself, your loved ones, or your neighbors get infected and potentially die from a virus that has killed almost 600,000 Americans,” Brown writes. “But $1 million is a pretty good runner-up, I have to say.”
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Critics of the digital systems argue they discriminate against those who cannot get vaccinated.
But Mr. Griffiths says he is a complete supporter of the documents, which he says are “inevitable”.
“I think the problem is not the vaccine passport and its discrimination. It’s the need to roll things out and have a proper globally equitable vaccine programme,” he said.
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The World Health Organisation and World Travel & Tourism Council are among those opposed to vaccine passports amid fears they will create a “two-tier society“.
Last month, Dr. Mike Ryan from the WHO repeated concerns about the ethical and fairness issues surrounding vaccine passports.
“They do need to be considered, especially in a world where vaccine is distributed in such a grossly inequitable way,” he said.
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But there places where the issue is taken even more seriously, and others where the whispers need to be silenced and put aside immediately.
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Why no declared “treatment” #treatment for COVID-19?
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