COVID-19 Health Passes: Practical and Ethical Issues

Author:

Ortiz-Millán GustavoORCID

Abstract

AbstractSeveral countries have implemented COVID-19 health passes or certificates to promote a safer return to in-person social activities. These passes have been proposed as a way to prove that someone has been vaccinated, has recovered from the disease, or has negative results on a diagnostic test. However, many people have questioned their ethical justification. This article presents some practical and ethical problems to consider in the event of wishing to implement these passes. Among the former, it is questioned how accurate diagnostic tests are as a means of ensuring that a person is not contagious, whether vaccination guarantees immunity, the fact that health passes can be forged, whether they encourage vaccination, and the problem that there is no universally recognized health pass. Among the ethical issues, it is discussed whether health passes promote discrimination and inequality and whether they violate rights to privacy and freedom. It is concluded that health passes have enough ethical justification to be implemented.

Funder

Dirección General de Asuntos del Personal Académico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Health Policy,Health (social science)

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