Thread by @DrEricDing

FRESH HELL—Most participants (of vaccine hesitant Republican focus group) said they would **want a fake vaccination card** that would allow them to claim they had received shots” when given anonymity to speak honestly.

“1000%” one woman said.🧵

OMG 😳
washingtonpost.com/health/2021/04…

2) “If I have a fake vaccine card, yeah, I can go anywhere,” added a man who said he had turned down free New York Yankees tickets because of the team’s requirement to show proof of vaccination to attend games.

3) “Other participants said they wanted a fake card to attend concerts and go on trips, citing the growing number of organizations saying they will require proof of shots.”

4) Even some participants who said they did not intend to get a fraudulent card acknowledged they were tempted. “My faith wouldn’t allow me to be deceitful. So what do I do?” one woman asked the group.

5) Federal officials have condemned the rising use of fake vaccination cards, warning that the scams are illegal and that they will prosecute Americans who make, sell or use the easily falsified cards.

6) The use of fake cards could prolong the pandemic by allowing unvaccinated people to continue to spread the virus, officials have said.

7) Is it then a wonder that @ddiamond reports large numbers of illegally sold blank vaccine cards on eBay?

I’m head scratching - isn’t GOP the party of “law and order” supposedly? Or is that just fake?

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1383996632732037130

8) If people can sell counterfeit vaccines, and sell counterfeit vaccine certificates... then there is no bottom to what people can do. Case in point.

https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1384841239208636416?s=21