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Vaccine passports look set to be coming but what’s the human cost?
What are the consequences of allowing the current government to introduce an ID system with the power to deny full participation in public life, asks BECK ROBERTSON

BORIS JOHNSON continues to dither on committing to a decision on vaccine passports but the latest murmurs from Camp Tory are that some form of the scheme will be in place by the end of September.

Many will welcome the move, including those left of the Tories — but it would be foolish to imagine vaccine passports will be without impact — several human rights campaigners and respected institutions have already flagged them as a major cause for concern.

Liberty has dubbed the scheme “an overreach on our rights,” stating that passports won’t protect us and will fail to extricate us from the pandemic. 

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