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Does anyone remember when @Yelp used to list whether a business was a good Pokémon spot? If they can do that, surely they can start noting the vaccine policy of a business. How about you, @googlemaps?
I’m fully vaccinated, and I am NOT ready to take my mask off indoors unless I know everyone that can be vaccinated around me is, too. Our vaccine rate isn’t high enough, and Delta is a major concern.
*N.B.: I am happily visiting as many patios as my body can take right now.
*N.B.: I am happily visiting as many patios as my body can take right now.
Considering that in #Ontario, over 66% of those eligible are fully vaccinated, and I’m sure many like me share my concerns, a #vaccinecertificate is actually fantastic for business when looking at the numbers of potential patrons this would appeal to.
@OpenIDExchange Indeed we still need governance, at various nested levels. The world is full of "trust frameworks" (as every trust framework tutorial says at the very outset). The trick with digitising credentials is to minimise the introduction of new and novel governance. -/2
@OpenIDExchange So we should start with the way credentials are governed by their respective communities. The nursing profession for example credentials its members, with rules for what the credential means, how it's issued and relied upon. -/3 
@OpenIDExchange Communities of patients are governed separately, with different rule sets for enrolling into insurance programs, admitting them to clinics or registering them for treatments like vaccinations. -/4
I think #vaccinepassports or #vaccinecertificates are a bad idea, and governments really need to think carefully before proceeding. They are a Pandora's Box.
Ultimately health status should not be the determinant of one's rights. A🧵
Ultimately health status should not be the determinant of one's rights. A🧵
Firstly, in a pandemic intensifying all societal inequalities, we shouldnt be introducing mechanisms to further compound these. Those who are unable to get vaccinated (for health reasons, pregnant women) will be immediately discriminated against.
In the short term, this will also include younger people, leading to intergenerational tension, and indeed children who currently are not being vaccinated, and this in turn may discriminate against parents (mothers) if unable to interact in public when looking after them
