As the pandemic continues to disrupt the flow of everyday life, countries are slowly deciding to start looking into vaccination and testing certificates for individuals who are fully and partially vaccinated as well as individuals who have been tested for COVID-19. Many countries are able to recognize the positives that this will bring such as hopefully allowing individuals to be able to participate safely in a variety of activities ranging anywhere from international travel all the way to trips from the grocery store. Because of this, many questions come to mind considering the fact that this will require individuals to share their personal health information with whoever requires them to do so. Is this an obstruction of personal privacy in the way that many private corporations on a global scale will have to keep tabs on one's personal health status? Also, will this specifically discriminate against less fortunate areas that have very little access to testing as well as vaccinations? In theory, this would potentially cause countries to have to band together and establish a singular system in which the certificates are displayed. With this in mind, would other countries have access to the health status of American citizens? If so, is that a breach of our nation's health privacy as a whole? Because we are in fact living through a pandemic that spans internationally, will the yearning for further globalization cause us to sacrifice our personal health information?
Kaytlyn Tyler 2/28/21
https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-vaccine-passports-raise-ethics-concerns-logistical-hurdles-11614335403
No comments:
Post a Comment