Vax Passports
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Terryallan wrote:
honestly. I'm torn. I am also vaccinated. i got vaccinated so i wouldn't have to worry about spreading , or contracting covid. THAT was my motivation. I don't care if a person takes it or not. That was my reason for taking it.
However. Now it appears I have wasted my time. Now it is been determined that you have the same risk vaccinated or not. so why take it.
You're much better off being vaccinated:
CDC study shows unvaccinated people are 29 times more likely to be hospitalized with Covid...The new study also found that unvaccinated people were nearly five times more likely to be infected with Covid than people who got the shots.
As for vac passports. Unless the US privacy (HIPPA) laws have been changed. It is unlawful for a person to ask, or require a person to provide any health records, for any reason. ANY of my health records. As far as I know. The HIPPA law has NOT been changed.
That's a common misconception, HIPAA doesn't prevent a business from asking about your vacination status, it only regulates health care providers.
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/01/1023509678/vaccination-status-questions-do-not-violate-hipaa-consumer-health-expert-explain
From that article: I mean, you hit on the biggest one, which is that people just generally think that HIPAA protects all health information at any time for any purpose whatsoever, no matter who is involved. And that's absolutely not true. It does not cover restaurants. It does not cover stores. It does not cover your employer. And it doesn't cover you personally.
