Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun “Korea also plans to introduce a vaccine passport”
Controversy abroad, such as privacy protection and possibility of counterfeiting, etc.
The mobile app’Excelsior Pass’ that will be used as a passport for a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), which was released by New York State on the 27th of last month. New York = AP Yonhap News
962,083 people.
This is the number of cumulative first-time vaccinations of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) vaccine as of 0 o’clock on the 4th. In the midst of this Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyunThe so-called Corona 19 vaccination record ‘Vaccine passport’It has announced that it will introduce it to Korea as well.
Can our daily life go back to normal? With a’vaccine passport’, will restaurants, cafes, and travel become possible and our lives will be restored?
Sye-Kyun Jeong “Blocks the possibility of forgery and alteration without storing personal information”
Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun is all speaking at the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) vaccine and treatment situation check meeting held at the Seoul Government Complex in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 2nd. News 1
First of all, Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun on the 1st said, “People who have been vaccinated will have to introduce a vaccine passport or a green card so that they will be able to experience the recovery of their daily lives.” “We have already completed the development of the system to prove.”
therefore “In other countries, it was made possible to check the vaccination, but no personal information was kept. Blockchain technology was used to block the possibility of forgery and alteration at the source.“We will officially launch an authentication application (app) within this month,” he explained.
From protecting personal information to blocking the possibility of forgery and alteration. I think I prepared something tightly. It seems that the reason for doing this is due to precedents in other countries. So let’s take a look at what other countries have introduced or are introducing vaccination passports earlier?
① Personal information and privacy issues
The screen of the’International Travel Health Certificate’ released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China on the 8th of last month. Various information related to vaccination is covered. Chinese newspaper network capture
First of all, the biggest problem with the vaccine passport Privacy and privacy issuesis. The US CNN points out that “the question remains as to whether location or medical data will be collected and stored, and who will have access to that information.”
“For a vaccine passport to be successful, user trust is paramount,” said Dr. Brian Anderson, co-founder of the Vaccine Credit Initiative and Digital Health Officer at the Federal Fund Research and Development Center.
Companies are aware of these concerns and are preparing for it. According to CNN, an information technology (IT) company AppleNow includes a notification feature that reveals what data is being collected before users install the app.
Dr. Anderson also affirmed that “no data will be stored on a central server,” another company IBM“We will not store user medical information on our platform and we will not track the location.”
In other countries where vaccination passports have been introduced, privacy issues have already arisen. Israel The vaccine certification program distributed by the government is being criticized for depleting smartphone performance and memory, as well as for unclear where some data is going.
Singapore Also earlier this year, law enforcement officials said they could access the data contained in the vaccine passport app for criminal investigations, and the public protested fiercely.
② Technology is not standardized and several methods are mixed
The’Common Pass’ app, which is being developed by the Swiss nonprofit Commons Project and the World Economic Forum (WEF), does not expose personal information and contains medical certificates and passes that can be presented as evidence to health authorities in the form of QR code. Issued as. Common Pass homepage capture
Another challenge is Vaccine passport concept confusion problemis. According to data from the US Department of Health Coordination Committee (ONC) obtained by the Washington Post (WP), the Joe Biden administration At least 17 types of passports are being conceivedis.
There are already international initiatives led by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the development of IBM’s’Digital Pass’ being tested in New York State is underway. There is also a Vaccine Certification Plan (VCI) in which 225 companies, including major hospitals Mayo Clinic and Microsoft, are working with non-profit organizations to develop vaccine passport standards.
In response, a warning was issued at a related meeting in which 150 ministries, including the Ministry of Health, Defense, Homeland Security, and NASA, participated, saying that the situation in which the development of passports was turbulent was confusing. In the meeting materials, “Disorganized and inefficient vaccine qualification approaches can impede pandemic response by exacerbating health and safety measures, slowing economic recovery, and undermining public confidence.“It was written.
The US economic journal Forbes also pointed out that “the digital vaccine certificate problem is all due to non-standardization.”
③ Possibility of counterfeiting
Here Blocking the possibility of counterfeiting vaccine passportsThere are also tasks to be done. The NBC broadcast pointed out that “there is a problem preventing falsified records.”
④ Does the vaccine make the inequality problem serious?
On February 21, a believer visiting a Jewish temple (Synagogue) in the coastal city of Netanya, Israel, is showing his Corona 19 vaccination completion certificate’Green Pass’. Netanya=AFP Yonhap News
There is also controversy that vaccination passports exacerbate the problem of inequality. already GREEN PASSIn the case of Israel where is issued, a sense of incongruity is a problem in Korea.
According to Israeli regulations expressionYou need a green pass to eat inside the party.Do it. People who do not have a Green Pass are only allowed to sit outdoors according to government regulations.
According to the Jerusalem Post, there was a protest in the capital Tel Aviv in February that the Green Pass divided society into two classes and that those who were not vaccinated could be discriminated against.
not only Freedom of movement, etc. is restricted to those who cannot get the vaccine due to disability, pregnancy, or religious reasons.can be. The World Travel and Tourism Commission said, “Restarting overseas travel should be based on negative tests rather than vaccine-centric planning.
“Vaccine passports can lead to unfair dismissal and discrimination,” said Ella Bond, an employment lawyer in the UK. The distinction between people and those who don’t is consequently Employment discriminationIt can be,” he criticized.
“Infringement of citizens’ rights to liberty” backlash
Immigrants entering the Incheon International Airport Terminal 1 entrance last month. News 1
As these problems emerged, some Republicans and liberals in the United States have argued that “vaccine passports are a violation of citizenship.” Governor Ron DeSantis, Florida“We are going to publish a rule banning the act of asking for evidence of vaccines,” he said.
The British Guardian also wrote in a column, ” Israel, Estonia, Sweden, DenmarkUnlike the UK, there is no national identification system.”What to strike a good balance between national security and civil liberties“I warned.
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