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WE?
WE?
WE? BIG
WE? BIG NEWS.
BIG NEWS.
BIG NEWS. >> BIG STORY.
BIG STORY.
BIG STORY. THAT'S WHAT WE CALL IT.
RIGHT .
RIGHT .
RIGHT . GOOD NEWS ACTUALLY AND IT IS
GOOD NEWS.
GOOD NEWS. THERE'S SOMETHING NEW TO ARGUE
ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO COVID.
SO FOR ALL OF YOU TIRED
OF BICKERING OVER MASKS
AND MANDATES AND LOCKDOWNS, WE
INTRODUCE VACCINE PASSPORTS
BECAUSE FIGHTING OVER
THANKSGIVING PARTIES IS SO LAST
SEASON AND JUST LIKE ALL
OF THOSE OTHER TOPICS YOU WERE
PROBABLY INTRODUCED TO VACCINE
PASSPORTS IN A FACEBOOK POST
SHARED BY YOUR UNCLE WHO CAN'T
STOP SAYING THINGS LIKE WHY IS
IT OK TO SAY BRITISH VARIANT
BUT NOT TO SAY CHINA VIRUS
BECAUSE BRITISH PEOPLE AREN'T
BEING ASSAULTED ON THE STREETS,
UNCLE STEVE.
UNCLE STEVE. >> BUT BEFORE YOU GO OFF IN THE
COMMENTS SECTIONS, LET'S TALK
ABOUT THIS LATEST COVID
CONTROVERSY.
CONTROVERSY. >> HERE'S KRISTEN SEVERANCE
CLAIM NUMBER THREE FIRST WE
SPEND MONTHS DEBUNKING
MISINFORMATION ABOUT COVID WE
CAN VERIFY THAT EVERYTHING IN
THIS POST IS JUST NOT TRUE.
THEN MASKS WE CAN VERIFY THE
CLAIMS THAT MASKS ARE CAUSING
CARBON DIOXIDE POISONING OR
TOXICITY ARE FALSE.
>> NOW IT'S VACCINE PASSPORT
VACCINE PASSPORTS ARE A DIGITAL
OR PAPER RECORD SHOWING YOU'VE
HAD THE COVID VACCINE USED WHEN
TRAVELING CHINA HAS ONE THAT
USES A QR CODE .
A DIGITAL VERSION IS BEING USED
THE EU VACCINE PASSPORTS ARE
NOT BEING USED IN THE U.S. BUT
INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS DO
CURRENTLY USE SOMETHING CALLED
A YELLOW CARD TO SHOW THAT
THEY'VE BEEN IMMUNIZED AGAINST
DISEASES LIKE YELLOW FEVER
WHILE PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS
ASSEMBLED A TASK FORCE TO LOOK
INTO DIGITAL VACCINE
CERTIFICATES, HE SAID THESE
WOULD BE LEFT TO THE PRIVATE
SECTOR AND THE SYSTEM WOULD NOT
BE MAINTAINED BY THE
GOVERNMENT.
GOVERNMENT. WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY JEN
PSAKI SAID LAST WEEK THERE WILL
BE QUOTE NO FEDERAL MANDATE
REQUIRING EVERYONE TO OBTAIN A
SINGLE VACCINATION CREDENTIAL.
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI SAID THE SAME
THING THIS WEEK BUT
MISINFORMATION ABOUT A
FEDERALLY MANDATED VACCINE
PASSPORT SYSTEM PERSISTS.
>> I THINK THAT THE MAIN KIND
OF MISINFORMATION WE ARE SEEING
IS A LACK OF GOOD INFORMATION.
>> DANIEL ACOSTA RAMOS IS AN
INVESTIGATIVE RESEARCHER WITH
FIRST TO DRAFT AN ORGANIZATION
THAT ANALYZES AND TRIES TO STOP
MISINFORMATION.
MISINFORMATION. HE SAID THERE ARE SEVERAL
NARRATIVES OUT THERE ABOUT
VACCINE PASSPORTS ONE A REAL
LACK OF CONTEXT ABOUT WHAT THEY
ARE THERE IS SOMETHING LIKE
ANND IS THE FACT THAT VACCINE
PASSORTS HAS BEEN AROUND FOR
QUITE SOME TIME.
I HAVE MINE HERE.
IT'S JUST A YELLOW CARD IN
WHICH YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE
VACCINATIONS YOU CAN HAVE, HE
SAID THE SECOND NARRATIVE HAS
TO DEAL WITH THE QUOTE END
OF TIMES.
OF TIMES.
OF TIMES. >> IT'S BASICALLY A DIRECT
CONNECTION BETWEEN THE SPECTRUM
PASSPORTS AND APOCALYPTICAL
RELIGIOUS NUTS.
RELIGIOUS NUTS. >> HE SAID THE VACCINE PASSPORT
AS A START TO THE END OF THE
WORLD IS BEING SPREAD BY KUHNEN
AND THEIR SUPPORTERS LIKE
REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE
REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE MAJORIE TAYLOR EARLIERE
OF GEORGIA.
OF GEORGIA. >> IS THIS SOMETHING LIKE
BIDEN'S MARK OF THE BEAST
BECAUSE THAT IS REALLY
DISTURBING AND NOT GOOD.
SO IN BOTH CASES WE'RE SEEING
THAT AS THE MISINFORMATION
STARTS IN CLOSE SPACES AND THEN
GOES TO MORE PUBLIC SPACES.
AND THE THIRD NARRATIVE IS THAT
PASSPORTS WILL BE FEDERALLY
MANDATED, MIKE POMPEO TWEETED
REQUIRING AMERICANS TO SHOW A
VACCINE PASSPORT IS OUTRAGEOUS
AND UN-AMERICAN.
AND UN-AMERICAN. REPUBLICAN SENATOR RAND PAUL
WROTE AN OP ED FOR THE HILL
WITH THE TITLE WE MUST RESIST
THE LATEST COVID ERA POWER GRAB
THE VACCINE PASSPORT
AND REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS GREG
ABBOTT OF TEXAS AND RON
DESANTIS OF FLORIDA ARE BANNING
VACCINE PASSPORTS IN THEIR
STATE.
STATE.
STATE. >>
STATE. >> ACTUALLY IT VALIDATES IN
SOME WAY THE RHETORIC OR EVEN
SOME OF THE MISINFORMATION
THAT'S OUT THERE ALREADY.
>> JASON MOLLICA TEACHES SOCIAL
AND DIGITAL MEDIA ANALYTICS AT
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY.
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY. HE SAID AND POLITICIANS BAN
SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T EXIST
LIKE A FEDERALLY MANDATED
PASSPORT.
PASSPORT.
PASSPORT. >> IT REALLY FUELS THE
MISINFORMATION WILDFIRE THAT
BASICALLY SAYS WE'RE TAKING THE
INFORMATION THAT SOMEONE SAID
THAT WASN'T REALLY NECESSARILY
FILLED WITH TRUTH AND BASICALLY
SAID YEP, THAT'S TRUE
AND THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE GET
CONFUSED.
CONFUSED.
CONFUSED. BUT THAT'S ALSO WHERE THE LINE
STARTS TO BE DIVIDED BETWEEN
REPUBLICANS OR DEMOCRATS OR
VAXXERS ANTI VAXXERS OR EVEN
GOVERNORS THAT FEEL THAT IT
WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE THESE
PASSPORTS IF THEY WERE EVER PUT
INTO EFFECT OR NOT.
>> BOTTOM LINE, WHILE SOME
PRIVATE BUSINESSES MAY END UP
REQUIRING PROOF OF VACCINATION.
THERE IS NO FEDERALLY MANDATED
COVID VACCINATION PASSPORT
SYSTEM IN THE WORKS.
>> OK, KRISTEN AHWILE, THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ISN'T
MANDATING THIS.
MANDATING THIS. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT NO ONE
WILL EVER REQUIRE YOU TO PROVE
YOU'VE BEEN VACCINATED.
RIGHT LIKE A PRIVATE BUSINESS
OR AN EVENT CENTER RIGHT NOW IN
NEW YORK STATE THEY HAVE
SOMETHING CALLED THE ELIXIR
PASSORT IT'S THIS VOLUNTARY
SYSTEM WHERE YOU CAN UPLOAD
YOUR PAPERWORK AND BE ABLE TO
SHOW AN EVENT CENTER OR ANYONE
ELSE IF THEY REQUEST THAT YOU
PROVE THAT YOU HAD THE COVID-19
VACCINATION.
VACCINATION. THE BOTTOM LINE OUR STORY WAS
TALKING ABOUT THIS FEDERALLY
MANDATED SYSTEM THAT WOULD BE
REQUIRED AND MAINTAINED BY THE
GOVERNMENT.
GOVERNMENT. PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID THAT IS
NOT IN THE WORKS AND THAT WILL
NOT BE HAPPENING