Sharon Bassan, PhD, JD
Jaharis Faculty Fellow in Health Law and Intellectual Property
DePaul College of Law
Diego Silva, PhD
Lecture in Bioethics
The University of Sydney School of Public Health
Maxwell J. Smith, PhD
Assistant Professor of Bioethics and Health Policy
Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Chaired by Ruth Macklin, PhD
Distinguished University Professor Emerita
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Center for Bioethics & Health Law affiliated faculty member
University of Pittsburgh
Abstract: Vaccine “certificates” or “passports” are a way of demonstrating that a person has received one of the Covid-19 vaccines. As a public health measure, these certificates could be used to allow vaccinated individuals entry to sites that would be forbidden to those who lack the certificate. They could be used to permit holders to cross international borders or to enter nursing homes, for example, as well as for a variety of commercial purposes. Among the ethical problems with this development are the inequities that may result in different populations, the prospect of strong opposition by the anti-vaccination movement, different laws in different countries, and an emerging industry of fraudulent vaccine certificates.
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