Big Tech Companies Looking to Normalize Vaccine Passports

(Natural News, Aug 24, 2021)

Big Tech companies are looking to normalize the use of vaccine passports by making it possible for people to store vaccination status in the digital wallet of their phones. Google, Apple and Samsung have all recently announced plans to offer a feature that readily calls up a QR code that can be scanned to quickly verify a user’s coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination status.

In June, Google announced that it had already developed such a technology and was waiting to partner with vaccine verification providers.

Aptly named “COVID Card,” it aims to make things more manageable for those who feel that physical proof of vaccination can easily be misplaced. Google said that government agencies and certain healthcare organizations will be able to circulate the COVID Cards directly to a user’s Google Pay app.

Those without the Google Pay app will have the option to store the digital version of the COVID Card directly to their device, where it will be accessible from a home screen shortcut. Because Google is not retaining a copy of the card, anyone who needs to store the COVID Card on multiple devices will need to download it individually on each device.