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UNITED KINGDOM, January 12, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – The UK government is funding the testing of COVID-19 vaccination passports, less than a month after the government minister responsible for COVID-19 vaccines said that “we don’t have plans to introduce this – called a vaccine passport ”and urged companies to“ not even think about it ”.
UK Newspaper The telegraph report that biometric company iProov and cybersecurity company Mvine will provide thousands of Britons with a free app that will allow them to digitally prove that they have received a vaccine.
According to the report “[t]The trial will be overseen by two directors of public health ”with the government providing £ 75,000 in funding.
The report further states that the companies that develop passports say that if they are successful, they can be “expanded to millions of people”.
The telegraph The report notes “that the government contradicted itself over the use of vaccine passports”, citing contradictory statements by senior officials.
“In December, Michael Gove said they were ‘not the plan’, but Nadhim Zahawi, the minister who oversaw the launch of the vaccine, said they were ‘examining the technology’,” the report notes.
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Gove, a senior government official and Cabinet Minister, said in an interview with Sky News in December that a vaccine passport “was not being planned”.
“I’m certainly not planning on introducing any vaccine passports and I don’t know anyone in the government,” said Gove.
Speaking told BBC Radio 4 in late November, Zahawi said that although the vaccine is not mandatory, he expects immunity passports to be used, especially in companies. “I think you will probably find that restaurants, bars, cinemas and other venues, sports facilities, will probably also use this system – as they did with the app [NHS Track and Trace app]. “
“People should be allowed to decide for themselves whether they want to be vaccinated or not,” he told the BBC.
“But, I think the very strong message that you will see, this is how we return the whole country, so it is good for your family, it is good for your community, it is good for your country to be vaccinated. And in the end, people will have to make a decision, ”he continued.
“I think in many ways, the pressure will come from both sides, from service providers who will say, ‘Look, show us that you’ve been vaccinated.’ But also, let’s make technology as easy and accessible as possible. “
Asked specifically about vaccine passports, Zahawi said the government was “looking at technology”.
But speaking during a December 14 parliamentary debate about whether restrictions would be imposed on those who are not vaccinated against COVID-19, Zahawi reversed his previous comments and said twice that the government “had no plans to introduce the so-called passport of vaccine”
Linking such passports with penalties for those who refuse a COVID-19 vaccine, Zahawi said: “although I am aware that other nations may consider immunity passports in conjunction with vaccination, it is my fervent belief that we should not penalize people who are not convinced “.
During this debate, Zahawi joined other politicians present to speak out against mandatory vaccines, describing them as “discriminatory and completely wrong”.
Zahawi also addressed the issue of vaccine cards, which must be issued to people after receiving the vaccine. Addressing concerns that these could effectively become vaccine passports, Zahawi said: “This does not constitute a so-called vaccine passport; nor can it be used as a form of identification. That would be absolutely wrong. “
Yesterday New York Post reported that Denmark is also developing a digital passport for vaccines.
Commenting About the possibility earlier this week, the political cartoonist and skeptic of the blockade, Bob Moran, wrote: “Health passport. Vaccine Certificate. Immunity card. Membership permission. Freedom Pass. Whatever you call it, if you accept the concept, you will never be free again. “
Health passport.
Vaccine Certificate.
Immunity card.
Membership permission.
Freedom Pass.
In any case, if you accept the concept, you will never be free again.
– Bob Moran (@bobscartoons) January 10, 2021
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