Now that we have been living with destinations requiring COVID-19 test results and/or vaccination proof for months, neither is the notion of access to travel and events on the basis of your health status. Requiring vaccinations isn’t a new concept-frequent travelers probably have a yellow immunization card tucked into their passport carrier to show proof of yellow fever vaccination in the many countries that still require it. In some ways the notion of a “vaccine passport” is a familiar one. And in our current pandemic reality, the disease in question is COVID-19. In its simplest form, a vaccine passport is really just an immunization record, proof that a person has been inoculated against a certain virus or disease. Ultimately, it’s up to individual citizens to create their own vaccine passport. Many larger pharmacies, healthcare networks, and individual technology platforms now offer digital solutions for COVID vaccine documentation as well. states have stepped in to offer digital vaccine certificates to residents, but others have done just the opposite, instituting outright bans on vaccine passports-meaning businesses are actually prohibited from requiring or asking for proof of vaccination status from employees or customers. While the Biden administration has acknowledged that there’s mounting demand for some form of secure documentation that allows citizens to provide proof of their vaccination status-it has also said the federal government won’t be the one to provide it.
But a paper certificate can get lost and does not present some of the conveniences of having a digital version that is securely stored in our devices for easy access when needed for travel or entry into a theater, restaurant, or event space. We are pushing right now a circumstance and a situation which is our worst fear at the outset of the pandemic going back to March 2020,” said Blangiardi.Whether it’s countries throughout Europe or the New Year’s Eve celebration in New York’s Time Square, a mounting number of destinations and venues are requiring proof of vaccination from visitors and patrons, especially in light of the recent Delta variant–fueled surge of COVID cases.įor many people, the CDC-issued, 3- x 4-inch paper COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card may be all they have to prove that they are fully vaccinated. “If we don’t see an improvement in 60 days, then we will go to mandatory vaccinations. The Safe Access Oahu program will be in place for 60 days. He says the whole idea is to prevent the possibility of overwhelming our hospitals - and we’re getting very close to that. The mayor also announced that alcohol will not be served after 10 p.m. We need the business,” said Greg Maples, chairman of the Hawaii Restaurant Association. If you’re not vaccinated and you’re not going to get vaccinated, go get takeout. “Don’t stop eating at your neighborhood restaurants. But the hope is to avoid losing customers completely. The head of the Hawaii Restaurant Association says businesses in the lowest vaccinated areas will be hurt the most, and some restaurants might just choose to close their dining rooms. there’s a lot of leverage in our office to do things like this,” said Blangiardi. “Businesses that don’t comply are gonna probably be fined and ultimately, if we get a lot of problems, we will shut them down. He says the city will track cluster reports, and the liquor commission will investigate businesses suspected of violating the rules.
Any establishments offering food and/or drink for on premises consumption.Other commercial attractions like go kart, mini golf.
The list of businesses impacted by the emergency order includes (but is not limited to): “We don’t want a lockdown, but we need to all work together to ensure we don’t have to do that, and this is a good, safe way to get it done,” said Blangiardi. Customers will be required to show their vaccination card or a photo of it at the door, or a negative COVID test result within the past 48 hours to get in. Get Hawaii’s latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for News 2 You
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