[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

I don't understand why all the pro-vaccine passport posters are using yellow fever as an example. It has nothing in common with COVID, other than being a virus. Yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes, not person to person. The countries that require the vaccination are not interested in YOUR health. Do you think the government of Malawi gives a rat's furry arse if an American dies? They just don't want you to die in their country, possibly on their dime. They would require malaria prophylaxis for the same reason, except it is impossible to enforce. With poliomyelitis making a comeback, why not a passport for that? Far more contagious and deadly than COVID, and while it is primarily transmitted by the fecal-oral route, it can sometimes be respiratory. Besides, ever check out an airplane bathroom or the restrooms at the airport?????

So if you want to be "sure" the person next to you on a plane is COVID free (but even the vaccine doesn't guarantee that), by all means support the "vaccine passport", and give up some of your freedoms, especially when the next step occurs. How about being "sure" the person next to you doesn't have HIV??? Can't get it from sitting next to him? How about a nosebleed? How about a cut from something in the overhead bin? How about coughing up some blood from pneumocystis carinii pneumonitis? To those who want to feel "100% safe", how do you feel about HIV status on your "passport". Then there are dozens more infectious diseases to worry about, all more contagious and deadly than COVID. So please, beware the slippery slope.

I get your point but those diseases you mentioned or any other communicable disease for that matter, is not currently causing a global pandemic. There is the difference.