The White House today said it will not introduce any form of COVID-19 vaccine passport in the United States, but said private businesses are free to explore the idea of promoting a vaccine passport.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters, “The administration is not and will not support a system that requires the American people to carry proof. We will not have a federal vaccination repository, and we will not issue a federal order requiring everyone to obtain a certificate of vaccination.”
There is global buzz that a “vaccine passport” to prove vaccination against Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) may be a powerful tool to reopen borders, open clusters and travel.
However, the idea of vaccine passports involves civil rights issues such as privacy and has sparked a massive backlash.
Sachs said private businesses are the most interested in this area, and they want to reopen places like sports stadiums or movie theaters that “gather large numbers of people.
She said the government will issue “guidelines” to “provide important answers to concerns about privacy, security or discrimination that are of particular concern to Americans.
Sachs said, “Our federal government’s concern is very simple: that the privacy and rights of the American people be protected and that these systems not be used unfairly against people.”
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