COVID-19 vaccination passports
Author(s) -
Christopher Dye,
Melinda Mills
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 12.556
H-Index - 1186
eISSN - 1095-9203
pISSN - 0036-8075
DOI - 10.1126/science.abi5245
Subject(s) - covid-19 , documentation , certificate , vaccination , political science , law , business , medicine , virology , computer science , disease , pathology , algorithm , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , programming language
As countries grow eager to reignite their economies and people increasingly yearn for mobility and normalcy in life, pressure is mounting for some form of COVID-19 health status certificate that would support these desires. There has already been an explosion of COVID-19 passport initiatives for domestic use and international travel. But scientific, legal, and ethical concerns abound with such documentation. Given the high stakes, what is the path forward?
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