Title:
COVID-19 immunity passports and vaccination certificates: scientific, equitable, and legal challenges
Author:
Alexandra L. Phelan
Published:
Lancet, Volume 395, Issue 10237, pp. 1595-1598 (May 2020)
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31034-5/fulltext
From the abstract:
"Many governments are looking for paths out of restrictive physical distancing measures imposed to control the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). With a potential vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) many months away,1 one proposal that some governments have suggested, including Chile, Germany, Italy, the UK, and the USA,2 is the use of immunity passports—ie, digital or physical documents that certify an individual has been infected and is purportedly immune to SARS-CoV-2. Individuals in possession of an immunity passport could be exempt from physical restrictions and could return to work, school, and daily life. However, immunity passports pose considerable scientific, practical, equitable, and legal challenges."