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Are vaccine passports and covid passes a valid alternative to lockdown?

Daniel Sleat, Kirsty Innes, Imogen Parker

2021BMJ27 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

As countries reopen while the pandemic continues, “passports” indicating a person’s covid or vaccination status are the only obvious way to leave lockdowns behind, say <b>Kirsty Innes</b> and <b>Daniel Sleat</b>. But the risks are big—and if we start down that road we may struggle to go back, argues <b>Imogen Parker</b>

Topics & Concepts

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Computer scienceCoronavirus InfectionsData scienceVirologyComputer securityMedicineOutbreakPathologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseaseSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research