{"id":56997,"date":"2021-03-21T14:23:26","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T18:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=56997"},"modified":"2021-03-21T14:23:26","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T18:23:26","slug":"why-isnt-the-uk-calling-their-vaccine-certificates-covid-passports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=56997","title":{"rendered":"Why isn&#8217;t the UK calling their vaccine certificates Covid passports?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Watch: UK Announces Vaccine &#8220;Certificates&#8221;, Says They Are Not Vaccine Passports<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->by Steve Watson<br \/>\nSummit News<\/p>\n<p><strong>The UK government Culture Secretary announced Thursday that \u201cCovid-19 certification\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/consultations\/covid-status-certification-review-call-for-evidence\">is coming<\/a>\u00a0to enable people to attend sports events and go to theatre performances, but in the same breath denied that COVID passports are being introduced.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-19-at-13.08.15-pm.png?itok=hFGwDMUF\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-19-at-13.08.15-pm.png?itok=hFGwDMUF\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-19-at-13.08.15-pm.png?itok=hFGwDMUF\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"e930b62b-4759-46cb-9ad1-6f5331ddba79\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Appearing on Sky News, Oliver Dowden said that the government is trialling a system to ensure those who can prove they have taken a vaccine will be able to attend mass gatherings.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>\u201cWe will be testing whether we can use Covid-19 certification to help facilitate the return of sports,\u201d<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0Dowden said, adding it will\u00a0\u201chelp the return of the things that we love.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1372809967284146178&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fwatch-uk-announces-vaccine-certificates-says-they-are-not-vaccine-passports&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=e1ffbdb%3A1614796141937&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-pointer-lock allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-presentation\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1372809967284146178\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Dowden asserted that the certificates \u201cwon\u2019t be a vaccine passport\u201d,\u00a0<\/strong>yet defined them as \u201ca way to facilitate proving\u201d that people have had vaccines, in order to get \u201cmore people get into stadiums,\u201d which he described as \u201cvital not just for our sense of national well-being, but to the whole national economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=true&amp;id=1372811718515171333&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fwatch-uk-announces-vaccine-certificates-says-they-are-not-vaccine-passports&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=e1ffbdb%3A1614796141937&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1372811718515171333\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>As we have<a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2021\/02\/15\/government-is-considering-vaccine-passports-to-enter-pubs-shops-events\/\">\u00a0repeatedly covered<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>the British government has consistently denied that there are any plans for vaccine passports while simultaneously funding schemes to that effect and conducting extensive trials.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD 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