{"id":63855,"date":"2021-05-05T17:42:22","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T21:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=63855"},"modified":"2021-05-05T21:10:36","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T01:10:36","slug":"the-vaccine-passports-have-officially-arrived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=63855","title":{"rendered":"The Vaccine Passports Have Officially\u00a0Arrived!"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h1>\u2018Papers, Please\u2019: Vaccine Passports Have Officially\u00a0Arrived<\/h1>\n<p>Posted by Dr. Mercola<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-63863 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dreamstime_m_175689459.601ae92bf1802-1024x532.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dreamstime_m_175689459.601ae92bf1802-1024x532.png 1024w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dreamstime_m_175689459.601ae92bf1802-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dreamstime_m_175689459.601ae92bf1802-768x399.png 768w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dreamstime_m_175689459.601ae92bf1802.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail\"><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h3 id=\"expanderHead\">STORY AT-A-GLANCE<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The U.K. government has given sizeable grants to a number of private companies developing vaccine passports and digital certificates that show vaccination status<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s likely only a matter of time before you\u2019ll be asked to prove your vaccination status in order to carry on with your daily life<\/li>\n<li>This blatant move toward an ever-increasing surveillance state is being welcomed by many who have been led to believe they\u2019re necessary to protect public health and safety<\/li>\n<li>In the U.S., universities continue to institute lockdowns for students, going so far as to ban even outdoor exercise<\/li>\n<li>While many countries have suggested that the COVID-19 vaccine will not be mandated, by giving special privileges to the vaccinated, such as the ability to travel, attend social events or even enter a workplace, it essentially amounts to the same thing and insinuates a \u201ccleaner\u201d class of people in those who have been vaccinated<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For a weary public longing to get back to normalcy, vaccine passports represent a tantalizing carrot, being dangled as a mechanism for freedom. By showing proof that you\u2019ve received a COVID-19 vaccine, perhaps you can once again board an airplane and travel freely, attend a concert or enjoy a meal in your favorite restaurant, just like you used to.<\/p>\n<p>Except, being required to present your \u201cpapers\u201d in order to live your life isn\u2019t actually freedom at all \u2014 it\u2019s discrimination, and even a move toward technocratic fascism, one that\u2019s setting the stage for increased surveillance and erosion of your privacy.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, this blatant move toward an ever-increasing surveillance state is being welcomed by many who have been led to believe the passports are necessary to protect public health and safety.<\/p>\n<h2>Vaccine Passports Are in Development<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s likely only a matter of time before you\u2019ll be asked to prove your\u00a0vaccination status\u00a0in order to carry on with your daily life. \u201cThe government seems to be developing vaccine passports by stealth, making sure the technology is in place for anyone who needs it,\u201d wrote Lara Prendergast, The Spectator\u2019s assistant editor.<sup>1<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s referring to the U.K. government, which has given sizable grants to a number of private companies developing such technology. This includes more than $86,000 to Logifect, which is slated to launch a vaccine passport app in March 2021, and more than $104,000 to iProov and Mvine, which are developing digital certificates that show vaccination status.<\/p>\n<p>As Prendergast noted, \u201cYour phone would most likely be your vaccination passport. Everyone\u2019s vaccination status is already being logged centrally by the National Immunization Vaccination System using their NHS number. This information could be easily linked with an app.\u201d<sup>2<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Around the world, vaccine passports are rapidly being rolled out, including in Denmark, which will begin issuing them in February 2021. Sweden. Spain, Italy, Cyprus and Malta have also expressed positivity toward vaccine passports to revive tourism, while in the U.S., plans for vaccine IDs are under evaluation.<sup>3<\/sup>\u00a0International efforts are also underway.<\/p>\n<p>The Commons Project and the World Economic Forum created the Common Trust Network, which developed the\u00a0CommonPass app\u00a0that\u2019s intended to act as a\u00a0health passport\u00a0in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>The app allows users to upload medical data such as a COVID-19 test result or proof of vaccination, which then generates a QR code that you will show to authorities as your health passport.<sup>4<\/sup>\u00a0The proposed common framework \u201cfor safe border reopening\u201d around the world involves the following:<sup>5<\/sup><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Every nation must publish their health screening criteria for entry into the country using a standard format on a common framework<\/li>\n<li>Each country must register trusted facilities that conduct COVID-19 lab testing for foreign travel and administer vaccines listed in the CommonPass registry<\/li>\n<li>Each country will accept health screening status from foreign visitors through apps and services built on the CommonPass framework<\/li>\n<li>Patient identification is to be collected at the time of sample collection and\/or vaccination using an international standard<\/li>\n<li>The CommonPass framework will be integrated into flight and hotel reservation check-in processes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Eventually, the CommonPass framework will be integrated with already existing personal health apps such as Apple Health and CommonHealth. If you want to travel, your personal health record will be evaluated and compared to a country\u2019s entry requirements, and if you don\u2019t meet them, you\u2019ll be directed to an approved testing and vaccination location.<\/p>\n<h2>Majority Are in Favor of \u2018Privacy-Encroaching Technology\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Even as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2021\/02\/11\/lockdown.aspx\">mortality data<\/a>\u00a0show COVID-19 is hardly the deadly pandemic it\u2019s been made out to be, fear-mongering remains in full effect \u2014 including warnings that a more infectious,\u00a0mutated strain of SARS-CoV-2\u00a0is on the loose. With fear still omnipresent, acceptance of \u201cprivacy-encroaching technology\u201d that promises an illusion of safety is high.<\/p>\n<p>In the U.K., researchers from the University of Bristol conducted two large surveys about such technologies, with overwhelming positivity reported.<sup>6<\/sup>\u00a0The first measured public acceptance of location tracking through your cellphone that would allow health agencies to monitor your contact with others to target social distancing and quarantine measures.<\/p>\n<p>About 70% of the respondents said they would accept such an app that they could choose to download and, surprisingly, 65% also said they would accept such an app even if it was mandated by the government and used to locate those violating lockdown orders and issue fines and arrests.<sup>7<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>A second survey evaluated acceptance of vaccine passports, with 60% stating they were in favor and only 20% stating they were strongly opposed. The study\u2019s lead author, professor Stephan Lewandowsky, described those opposed as \u201csurprisingly low, adding, \u201cIt\u2019s fascinating how people seem increasingly receptive to their personal data being used to inform themselves and others about what they can and can\u2019t do.\u201d<sup>8<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Prendergast put this widespread acceptance into further context for the British, who \u201chave traditionally been deeply suspicious of the idea of an official asking for \u2018papers, please\u2019:<sup>9<\/sup><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default\"><p><em>\u201c[This] \u2026 is why there was such a backlash against Blair\u2019s ID cards. As one journalist at the time put it:<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default\"><p><em>\u2018If I am ever asked to produce my ID card as evidence that I am who I say I am, when I have done nothing wrong and when I am simply ambling along and breathing God\u2019s fresh air like any other freeborn Englishman, then I will take that card out of my wallet and physically eat it in the presence of whatever emanation of the state has demanded that I produce it.\u2019<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default\"><p><em>That journalist is now our Prime Minister. It would be an extraordinary turn of events if Boris Johnson ended up being the man who introduced an immunity identity system in Britain.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>US Universities Institute Jail-Like Restrictions<\/h2>\n<p>At every turn, long-standing societal norms \u2014 like college students gathering with friends in their dorm or even leaving their rooms for work and exercise \u2014 are disappearing. As of February 7, 2021, for instance, the University of Massachusetts Amherst was in a \u201chigh risk\u201d operational mode due to a \u201ccontinuing surge in COVID-19 cases.\u201d<sup>10<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>The status, which was to be in place for a minimum of 14 days, made all classes remote and ordered all students, whether residing on or off campus, to self-sequester in their residences, except to get meals, attend medical appointments or undergo twice-weekly COVID testing.<\/p>\n<p>Violating these orders would result in \u201cdisciplinary action,\u201d according to a university press release, which could include removal from residence halls or suspension.<sup>11<\/sup>\u00a0Students were also informed that, should they decide to leave campus to self-sequester at home, \u201cit is highly unlikely we will be able to accommodate your return.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even within a residence hall, students were told to remain in their rooms at all times except when using a restroom on their floor. Outdoor exercise or attending to the immediate needs of a pet was allowed, but only when wearing a mask and maintaining social distancing.<sup>12<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>This wasn\u2019t the case at UC Berkeley, however, which banned outdoor exercise in addition to extending dormitory lockdowns in February 2021. The only times students are allowed to leave their rooms during the lockdown are to obtain medical care, get required COVID tests, to use an assigned bathroom or to obtain food from an outdoor dining kiosk, after which \u201cyou are required to return immediately to your room.\u201d<sup>13<\/sup><\/p>\n<h2>Are You Clean Enough to Travel?<\/h2>\n<p>While many countries have suggested that the COVID-19 vaccine will not be mandated, by giving special privileges to the vaccinated, such as the ability to travel, attend social events or even enter a workplace, it essentially amounts to the same thing and insinuates a \u201ccleaner\u201d class of people in those who have been vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s reminiscent of the early days of the pandemic, when hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes were flying off store shelves in a frenzy to clean away COVID. Now we know that transmission of COVID-19 by fomites \u2014 the term used for inanimate surfaces and objects that can transmit a pathogen \u2014 has been exaggerated.<\/p>\n<p>Emanuel Goldman, a microbiology professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, suggested this in July 2020, when he stated that studies suggesting SARS-CoV-2 was easily spread via surfaces did not present real-life situation.<sup>14<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my opinion, the chance of transmission through inanimate surfaces is very small,\u201d he said, and while period disinfection of surfaces, especially in hospitals, was a reasonable precaution, in public settings, he noted, \u201cthis can go to extremes not justified by the data.\u201d<sup>15<\/sup>\u00a0In February 2021, an editorial in Nature supported Goldman\u2019s work, suggesting that costly and toxic disinfection efforts are misguided.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCatching the coronavirus from surfaces is rare. The World Health Organization and national public health agencies need to clarify their advice,\u201d the editorial reads.<sup>16<\/sup>\u00a0The New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority alone is spending an estimated $380 million annually on COVID-related sanitation, and when it asked the U.S. government whether they should be focusing on fomites or solely aerosols, they were told to continue their focus on fomites.<sup>17<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Writing in The Atlantic, Derek Thompson describes this as a type of \u201chygiene theater,\u201d in which Americans are going through the motions of dutifully cleaning and, likely, over-disinfecting surfaces when the virus spreads most efficiently through the air.<sup>18<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, much of the COVID-19 pandemic response has been embroiled in theatrics, including\u00a0mask mandates, for which the scientific evidence has been described as \u201castonishingly weak.\u201d<sup>19<\/sup>\u00a0Hygiene theater, much like the theater for vaccine passports, provides an illusion of safety, not one grounded in reality.<\/p>\n<h2>Discussion to Ban Florida Travel for Disobedience<\/h2>\n<p>In the U.S., Florida announced in December 2020 that it would have no more lockdowns and no statewide mask mandates.<sup>20<\/sup>\u00a0The act resulted in retaliation by federal government, which entertained the idea of a domestic travel ban to the state, reportedly to curb the spread of new COVID-19 variants.<\/p>\n<p>In a press conference, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stated, \u201cAny attempt to restrict by the federal government would be an attack on our state done purely for political purposes.\u201d Sen. Marco Rubio agreed, calling the act unconstitutional: \u201cSo now that they\u2019re considering actual restrictions on Americans inside the country, I think it is unconstitutional. I think it\u2019s going to be challenged in court successfully.\u201d<sup>21<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>The \u201ctechnocratic fascist vision\u201d<sup>22<\/sup>\u00a0of professor Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum who wrote the book on the Fourth Industrial Revolution, is moving ahead full-steam. He announced\u00a0the World Economic Forum\u2019s Great Reset Initiative\u00a0in June 2020, which includes stripping all people of their privately owned assets.<\/p>\n<p>Getting health passports to become a new normal has, in fact, been part of the plan all along for the Commons Project, which began developing software that tracks medical data well before the COVID-19 pandemic. \u201cBut spikes in virus cases around the world this spring accelerated its work,\u201d The New York Times reported.<sup>23<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>While the vaccine passports are starting out with the COVID-19 vaccine for international travel, it\u2019s setting a precedent for expansion that can be extended to other vaccines and medical information, and then to domestic travel and even leaving your house, as the passports will be carried on your phone that has location-tracking abilities.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s clear that when the fascists come, they\u2019ll be wearing masks \u2014 probably\u00a0two or three of them\u00a0depending on their level of loyalty. For now, getting informed and sharing your knowledge is the first step to protecting your freedom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">\u00a0Sources and References<\/p>\n<ul id=\"footnote-references2\" class=\"has-small-font-size\">\n<li><sup>1,<\/sup>\u00a0<sup>2,<\/sup>\u00a0<sup>3,<\/sup>\u00a0<sup>9<\/sup>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spectator.co.uk\/article\/papers-please-immunity-ids-are-on-the-way\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Spectator February 13, 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup>4<\/sup>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/12\/27\/tech\/coronavirus-vaccine-passport-apps\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CNN December 27, 2020<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup>5<\/sup>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/platforms\/covid-action-platform\/projects\/commonpass\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">World Economic Forum, CommonPass<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup>6<\/sup>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0245740\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PLOS One January 22, 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup>7,<\/sup>\u00a0<sup>8<\/sup>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bristol.ac.uk\/news\/2021\/january\/privacy-encroaching-tracking-technology.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of Bristol January 22, 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup>10,<\/sup>\u00a0<sup>11<\/sup>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.umass.edu\/coronavirus\/news\/campus-covid-19-risk-level-raised-elevated-high-risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UMass Amherst Spring 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup>12<\/sup>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.umass.edu\/coronavirus\/faq?campaign_id=9&amp;emc=edit_nn_20210211&amp;instance_id=27043&amp;nl=the-morning&amp;regi_id=109578153&amp;segment_id=51522&amp;te=1&amp;user_id=f28498a3d67f30e64da54f2b16554240#highriskfaq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UMass Amherst February 13, 2021, High-Risk Level FAQs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup>13<\/sup>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sa.berkeley.edu\/covid19\/messages\/2021\/02\/08\/urgent-sequestering-extended-until-monday-feb-15-all-residential-hall-residents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UC Berkeley February 8, 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup>14,<\/sup>\u00a0<sup>15<\/sup>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/laninf\/article\/PIIS1473-3099(20)30561-2\/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Lancet Infectious Diseases July 3, 2020<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup>16,<\/sup>\u00a0<sup>17<\/sup>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-021-00277-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nature February 2, 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup>18<\/sup>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2021\/02\/hygiene-theater-still-waste\/617939\/?campaign_id=9&amp;emc=edit_nn_20210211&amp;instance_id=27043&amp;nl=the-morning&amp;regi_id=109578153&amp;segment_id=51522&amp;te=1&amp;user_id=f28498a3d67f30e64da54f2b16554240\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Atlantic February 8, 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup>19<\/sup>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/facemask-evidence-is-astonishingly-weak-says-architect-of-swedish-strategy-bm0w335zr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Times August 10, 2020<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup>20<\/sup>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2020\/12\/01\/desantis-promises-no-more-lockdowns-mask-mandates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Local 10 News December 1, 2020<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup>21<\/sup>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/02\/12\/desantis-rubio-slam-bidens-potential-florida-travel-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York Post February 12, 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup>22<\/sup>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/winteroak.org.uk\/2020\/10\/05\/klaus-schwab-and-his-great-fascist-reset\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Winter Oak October 5, 2020<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup>23<\/sup>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/12\/13\/technology\/coronavirus-vaccine-apps.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The New York Times December 13, 2020<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2021\/02\/24\/covid-vaccine-passport.aspx\">https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2021\/02\/24\/covid-vaccine-passport.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Papers, Please\u2019: Vaccine Passports Have Officially\u00a0Arrived Posted by Dr. 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