[OPLIN 4cast] OPLIN 4Cast #734: Questions surround new initiative to credential vaccinations

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OPLIN 4Cast #734: Questions surround new initiative to credential
vaccinations
January 20th, 2021

[image: Vaccine vials] As availability of the COVID-19 vaccine begins to
expand to more of the population, the health and technology industries are
exploring ways to accelerate access to vaccination records. The Vaccine
Credential Initiative (VCI) <https://vaccinationcredential.org/> seeks to
use the open, interoperable SMART Health Cards specification
<https://healthwallet.cards/> for individuals to store encrypted, digital
copies of their immunization credentials in their digital wallets. But will
health centers have the resources to participate, and is forcing someone to
prove they've been vaccinated ethical?


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   - Microsoft, Salesforce, and Oracle are working on digital vaccination
   records
   <https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/14/22231187/microsoft-salesforce-oracle-digital-vaccination-records>
   [*The Verge*] "VCI’s press release doesn’t provide a timeline as to when
   organizations administering COVID-19 vaccines will be able to make these
   records, so it’s unclear when you’ll be able to actually add one to a
   digital wallet. And with people in the US already receiving paper cards
   recording when they get their COVID-19 vaccines, it’s unclear how those
   records would transfer to VCI’s digital standard, if they can at all."
   - Tech giants are teaming up to build digital vaccine records
   <https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/15/technology-202-tech-giants-are-teaming-up-build-digital-vaccine-records/>
   [*Washington Post*] "Bioethicists are concerned about developing
   vaccination certification tools before immunizations are more widely
   available. [...] Such requirements could result in a  'two-tiered society,'
   where vaccinated people have access to jobs and public places and others
   don't."
   - Vaccination Passports Are The Only Way We Can Return To Normality
   <https://www.forbes.com/sites/enriquedans/2021/01/18/vaccination-passports-are-the-only-way-we-can-return-to-normality/>
   [*Forbes*] "The Vaccination Credential initiative comes amid the
   likelihood that some airlines and countries will require proof of
   vaccination certificates, the challenge being to avoid the use of fake
   documentation. The idea is to leverage enough leadership to create a global
   digital registry that is reliable, traceable, verifiable and that will
   allow us to return safely to work, school, events, and travel."
   - Healthvana's digital COVID-19 vaccination records are about
   communication, not passports for the immune
   <https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/11/healthvanas-digital-covid-19-vaccination-records-are-about-communication-not-passports-for-the-immune/>
   [*TechCrunch*] "Keeping LA county residents informed about their
   COVID-19 inoculation, and when they’re due for a second dose, is the
   primary purpose of the partnership, and benefits from Healthvana’s
   experience in improving patient follow-up activities."

*From the Ohio Web Library <http://ohioweblibrary.org>:*

   - Iyengar, Rishi. “If You Want to Travel next Year, You May Need a
   Vaccine Passport
   <http://search.ebscohost.com.proxy.oplin.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cmh&AN=BAQ4h_7136b89346e1b626d732755d64021e59>
   .” *CNN Wire*, 28 Dec. 2020.
   - “Let’s Find out How the Vaccine Works before Focusing on ‘Covid
   Passports
   <http://search.ebscohost.com.proxy.oplin.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cmh&AN=8Q2165431245>
   .’” *Daily Telegraph (London)*, Dec. 2020, p. 21.
   - Court, Emma. “Los Angeles Vaccine Recipients Can Put the Proof in
   Apple Wallet
   <https://search-ebscohost-com.proxy.oplin.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=147805430&site=ehost-live>
   .” *Bloomberg.Com*, Dec. 2020, p. N.PAG.

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