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Collected Item: “The next frontier in air travel: Digital passports as proof of vaccination or testing”

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The next frontier in air travel: Digital passports as proof of vaccination or testing

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news article

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With vaccines rolling out, there have been talks of digital passports. These passports would allow for international travelers to upload proof of a COVID-19 vaccine or negative test. However, concerns of human rights and privacy violations have been raised. These fears stem from the possibility of the passports causing inequality due to vaccine accessibility.

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international travel, passport, vaccine, test, human rights, privacy, inequality, HSE

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https://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/next-frontier-air-travel-digital-passports-proof-vaccination-n1261338

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Ben Popken, Sarah Harman, Carlo Angerer

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2021-03-18
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