Privacy Commissioner Statement on Vaccine Passports

[werner.reiche]

There is a heck of a difference between Yellow fever / Malaria and a covid / influenza that has been blown out of proportion.
Not even in the same class.

I don't see any passport requirements for polio or hepatitis as an example.
Worst case is that covid has now turned endemic as acknowledged by the WHO and not unlike the common cold which does not require you to "show your papers"

WHO position

At the present time, it is WHO’s position that national authorities and conveyance operators should not introduce requirements of proof of COVID-19 vaccination for international travel as a condition for departure or entry, given that there are still critical unknowns regarding the efficacy of vaccination in reducing transmission. In addition, considering that there is limited availability of vaccines, preferential vaccination of travellers could result in inadequate supplies of vaccines for priority populations considered at high risk of severe COVID-19 disease. WHO also recommends that people who are vaccinated should not be exempt from complying with other travel risk-reduction measures.


https://www.who.int/news-room/articles-detail/interim-position-paper-considerations-regarding-proof-of-covid-19-vaccination-for-international-travellers

Has the China-controlled WHO been right on anything related to covid?

[GW11]

The first 3 points with an asterisk in the article are the standard test laid out by the Privacy Commissioner for a variety of circumstances. Just exchange a few of the words. I dealt with it extensively as a union rep when the employer was going to expand the scope of CCTV cameras within our workplace. In the end, there was a lot of posturing and the company laid out a new policy with the threat of video surveillance and enforcement of rules by camera, but they know they can't act on any of it because the legal implications of those 3 points are too great. No new cameras have been installed, no employees have been disciplined by camera. There is a little more to it, as this was private sector so the rules regarding privacy are different, but arbitrators have picked up where provincial legislation leaves off to prevent employers from "video-stalking" employees.

The point is privacy is a hot topic these days, the potential cost of legal battles alone seem to deter any real action from being taken, I can see it going the same way in the case of vaccine passports. Especially so if those 3 points cannot be entirely satisfied.




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[impact]

Has the China-controlled WHO been right on anything related to covid?

Not sure what is happening with the WEF / WHO relationship as well.
The former still wants a universal passport.
They latter have softened their stance in regards to PCR testing as another example.
There is heat coming from the US on Fauci and his dealings with the Wuhan lab.
We have not heard the last of it and I'm sure everyone wants to distance themselves from that ticking time bomb.