Why COVID-19 immunity passports may violate US law
Published 2 hours ago on May 27, 2020
By The Conversation
As the COVID-19 crisis wreaks havoc across the globe, a handful of countries, including Germany, Chile and the United States, are mulling the use of immunity passports to make clear who is immune from coronavirus infection.
Several U.S. companies are also examining ways of testing employees, including for COVID-19 antibodies, before allowing them to return to the office.
People cleared from infection would enjoy certain privileges like traveling internationally or working outside their homes. Other scenarios envision a more limited use, such as screening which hospital employees should be exposed to vulnerable patients.
As a law professor who has written about legal issues raised by new biotechnologies, I’m concerned about the potential legal and ethical ramifications of immunity passports that aren’t based on vaccinations. Not only could their use violate U.S. disability protections, they could also enable discrimination and foster a two-tiered society in which many are left behind.
Seema Mohapatra, Associate Professor of Law and Dean’s Fellow, Indiana University
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/why-covid-19-immunity-passports-may-violate-us-law/
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And there’s concern that the policing of immunity passports would harm people of color, just as uneven enforcement of social distancing rules in cities like New York City have targeted a higher percentage of African Americans and Latinos.
Finally, it might encourage fraud, resulting in a black market for fake immunity passports.
As states reopen, immunity passports may be tempting. But their use will create an underclass and a societal rift between those who are immune to COVID-19 and those who are not.
That's all the world needs is another form of the haves and have not's.................JFC.......it never stops..............