Global Health: Granting "passports for the vaccinated" will not be fair to the poorest countries
El Carter: Passports will reinforce the inequality resulting from the initial distribution of vaccines.
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The World Health Organization joined the controversy surrounding the idea of providing passports for those who received the Coronavirus vaccine, declaring its opposition to it.
The world organization added that granting passports to vaccine recipients would not be fair for citizens of poorer countries where the pace of vaccination is slow, which may cause discrimination against people who cannot obtain the vaccine, according to what was reported by Bloomberg News Agency.
The writer and professor of American law, Stephen L. Carter, said in a report published by "Bloomberg", that "it is true that these passports will reinforce the idea of inequality resulting from the initial distribution of vaccines, as it is expected that the wealthiest countries have received the lion's share of the doses." Available ». "The demand to provide some kind of biometric codes, or rapid response codes, as evidence of obtaining the vaccine, a condition of international travel," said Carter, "would be a bad declaration of the West's supposed commitment to equality. Nevertheless, the claim of inequality can be overcome, if those passports are really necessary from In order to revive the economy, according to what the travel and hospitality industries insist on, but are the two industries right? ».
And he answered: “Maybe not. If we look at the movie (Godzilla vs. Kong), (which was released in theaters late last March), we will find that the film achieved domestic revenues close to 50 million dollars, during the weekend, which witnessed its first showing, It is a number that no one expected in a period when the public was supposed to be afraid to go to theaters, but perhaps we should not be surprised, as the evidence - which proves that the fear, which plagues the audience at the present time, has become much less than it was. On it a few months ago - is increasing ».
After the reopening of restaurants, the number of visitors increased dramatically to eat outside, and shopping centers were teeming with customers.
"I'm not saying this to criticize public health officials, but to indicate that people can often make decisions to take risks in order to get a reward, on their own," Carter added.
"If proof of vaccination is so important, then why do we need a QR code now?" Asked Carter.
And Carter continued: “Yes, it seems that it is easy to forge or even steal the small cards approved by the Centers for Disease Control, which show that a person has obtained the vaccine against (Covid-19), but the fact that the cards can be forged or stolen does not prove the existence of a suitable epidemic. Forgery or theft ».
He stressed that "all this indicates that distributing more vaccine doses worldwide is the cheapest and easiest way to prevent any potential fraud, and that this will have a great benefit in helping poor countries defeat the epidemic."
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