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Re:England vaccine passport plans ditched, health secretary ... by joenot443 on Sunday September 12, 2021 @05:48PM (#28505338)
>The main objections to vaccine passports in England aren't privacy, they're that it discriminates against those who refuse to get vaccinated.

Plenty of Canadians, like myself, have huge objections to the privacy implications of our passport program.

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Re:England vaccine passport plans ditched, health secretary ... by chii on Monday September 13, 2021 @12:08AM (#28507773)
what is the privacy concern, other than the private info of whether you chose to get a vaccine or not?
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Re:England vaccine passport plans ditched, health secretary ... by TeeMassive on Monday September 13, 2021 @12:37AM (#28507897)
The reason people do not want to show their immunization status in public is nobody's business. There is no need to justify concern in the first place. Medical information secrecy is a fundamental right protected by the Constitution in the US and the Charter of Rights in Canada and for very good reasons.
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Re:England vaccine passport plans ditched, health secretary ... by ziml77 on Monday September 13, 2021 @07:44AM (#28510244)
It is other people's business. You are a danger to others if you are unvaccinated.
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