COVID is mostly over. It’s been shown, scientifically and medically, that the COVID vaccines mostly do not prevent people from getting COVID. At best, they simply keep any contagion from getting really bad. At worse, well
- Allergic Reactions Including Anaphylaxis
- Thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (blood clots)
- Guillain-Barré Syndrome
- Myocarditis and pericarditis
The CDC says these are rare. But, they keep happening. They can also cause long COVID-like symptoms. The problem here is that the vaccines were emergency use and did not go through extensive testing. I’m still not against them, if a version was raging that they could help stop me from getting bad COVID, I’d get another booster. But, the current variants are evading the vaccines and boosters. So, of course
World Leaders Sign Declaration to Introduce COVID Vaccine Passports
At this year’s G20 Summit in Indonesia, the twenty participating world leaders signed a declaration to introduce vaccine passports for their respective jurisdictions, with the stated intention of creating a global verification system to facilitate safe international travel. (snip)
In a statement, the leaders affirmed their respective countries’ support of the World Health Organization mRNA Vaccine Technology Transfer hub, which aims to build capacity in low- and middle-income countries to produce mRNA vaccines.
The leaders said they welcome joint production and research of vaccines and acknowledge the importance of shared technical standards and verification methods.
They also agreed to a globalised ‘vaccination passport’.
This shouldn’t cause any problems for the working/poor and middle classes, right?
While the details are scant at this stage, the statement says this will be done under the framework of the International Health Regulations to “facilitate seamless international travel, interoperability, and recognizing digital solutions and non-digital solutions, including proof of vaccinations.”
Indonesia’s Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said that a Digital Health Certificate using World Health Organization standards would be introduced during the next World Health Assembly in Geneva, in May next year.
“If you have been vaccinated or tested properly, you can move around. So for the next pandemic, instead of stopping the movement of people 100%, you can still provide some movement of the people,” Mr Sadikin said.
Is this for the current Wuhan Flu pandemic, or control of the next pandemic (probably caused by the Chinese screwing around with viruses with lax security measures)?
So, it’s somewhat alarming that governments – and of those belonging to the G20, the majority represent democracies – would consider introducing a passport that, since it was first mooted by individual countries, been widely condemned as medical discrimination as well as a violation of privacy with serious ethical implications.
Of more concern are reports that the vaccine won’t just apply to Covid vaccinations, but also to any vaccination that WHO recommends is required for international travel.
Some it makes sense, mostly done on a country by country basis. There’s a long list of vaccinations required to enter the U.S., including polio, hepatitis A and B, mumps, and so much more. And they still require a COVID vaccination. A world-wide vax passport for COVID sounds like a massive overreach.
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