Re:Show HN: How does the French health pass work?
by mytailorisrich on Thursday May 20, 2021 @03:36AM
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> The list of participants to a sport competition has never been considered medical data
That's obviously quite different here.
> a yes in the database means that you have been EITHER tested OR vaccinated
Yes, that's extremely specific and that's why I think that's medical data.
In any case, my take is that this is complicated for no actual reason. I don't see the problem with the data contained in the 2D DOC QR code: Test result is needed, name and DOB is also needed. These are limited, reasonable data to share.
The only thing the database does is to replace test and/or vaccine details by a single flag. In effect the only information removed is indeed whether the person has been tested or vaccinated (unless a test is needed in any case). That seems of little value to me.
That's obviously quite different here.
> a yes in the database means that you have been EITHER tested OR vaccinated
Yes, that's extremely specific and that's why I think that's medical data.
In any case, my take is that this is complicated for no actual reason. I don't see the problem with the data contained in the 2D DOC QR code: Test result is needed, name and DOB is also needed. These are limited, reasonable data to share.
The only thing the database does is to replace test and/or vaccine details by a single flag. In effect the only information removed is indeed whether the person has been tested or vaccinated (unless a test is needed in any case). That seems of little value to me.