I see nothing legally standing in the way of any government body deciding to require a vaccine passport given the previous Supreme Court Rulings on Vaccines (7-2 that they can be required even if they infringe upon other rights: 9-0 that prior vaccination can be require to allow someone to be admitted or participate in an event).
Also legal rulings on things like requiring Driver's Licenses, many other kinds of permits, and certifications prior to being allowed to do things, etc.
So, I'm not going to waste my efforts fighting something that is almost certainly legal based on all kinds of court rulings across all the states and in Federal Court.
Now being legal is not the same thing as being good public policy; and so far I have not seen anyone serious discuss the concept of adopting that requirement, even with the known fake vaccination cards out there (and the rising cases of employees being fired for providing fake vaccination cards).
As I said earlier I see no need for such a vaccine passport as the places that feel they need to know have found out how to verify it (as an example my understanding is that now nuclear plant contractor in-processing now requires you to sign a medical release of your state vaccination records, among all the other releases you have to sign to access a lot of information about you).
In a related subject; I discussed previously on either this or another forum about how the potential (at that time) "emergency" OSHA order for vaccination of all employees in companies with more than XXX employees could be in legal trouble if it was too broad in scope. Certainly health care workers and butchering/raw meet processing plant workers would have been reasonably in scope. But someone making "Silly Putty" or any number of other things where people are spaced out and in relatively clean environments - I did not see as reasonable.
Note that is just the legal challenge that is now ongoing on the "emergency" OSHA rule. I think that legal challenge is appropriate - as I do see the emergency rule as overbroad.
What's the most important feature you want in your digital vax passport?
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I see nothing legally standing in the way of any government body deciding to require a vaccine passport given the previous Supreme Court Rulings on Vaccines (7-2 that they can be required even if they infringe upon other rights: 9-0 that prior vaccination can be require to allow someone to be admitted or participate in an event).
Also legal rulings on things like requiring Driver's Licenses, many other kinds of permits, and certifications prior to being allowed to do things, etc.
So, I'm not going to waste my efforts fighting something that is almost certainly legal based on all kinds of court rulings across all the states and in Federal Court.
Now being legal is not the same thing as being good public policy; and so far I have not seen anyone serious discuss the concept of adopting that requirement, even with the known fake vaccination cards out there (and the rising cases of employees being fired for providing fake vaccination cards).
As I said earlier I see no need for such a vaccine passport as the places that feel they need to know have found out how to verify it (as an example my understanding is that now nuclear plant contractor in-processing now requires you to sign a medical release of your state vaccination records, among all the other releases you have to sign to access a lot of information about you).
In a related subject; I discussed previously on either this or another forum about how the potential (at that time) "emergency" OSHA order for vaccination of all employees in companies with more than XXX employees could be in legal trouble if it was too broad in scope. Certainly health care workers and butchering/raw meet processing plant workers would have been reasonably in scope. But someone making "Silly Putty" or any number of other things where people are spaced out and in relatively clean environments - I did not see as reasonable.
Note that is just the legal challenge that is now ongoing on the "emergency" OSHA rule. I think that legal challenge is appropriate - as I do see the emergency rule as overbroad.
Have a great day,