Ken Macon
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Hospitals struggle with staff shortages after vaccine passport mandates
Forcing staff to show vaccine passports has reduced the number of staff by up to 20% in some US hospitals.
London Police to rollout “Retrospective Facial Recognition,” scanning old footage with new invasive face recognition tech
One of the most surveilled cities in the world is increasing its surveillance.
Workers fired for not showing New York vaccine passport will be denied unemployment insurance
A further affront to civil liberties.
UK considering joining EU vaccine passport scheme, reports say
It would make it easier for the UK to rapidly deploy a domestic vaccine passport.
Italy tells employers to withhold pay for those with no vaccine passport
No vax pass = no income.
Apple to embrace vaccine passports
Apple will soon normalize the controversial tech by adding it to its Wallet app.
Black Lives Matter says vaccine passports are being used to propagate racism
Accused of being used to discriminate.
The Vatican introduces vaccine passports
Starting October 1, The Vatican will ask for a vaccine passport that shows a vaccine, a recovery from the virus, or a recent negative test to enter the city-state. Catholic cathedrals in Italy had already controversially implemented vaccine passport mandates. According to an ordinance published
Victoria Premier Dan Andrews is already talking about “booster passports”
Andrews suggests the eradication civil liberties will extend into at least the first half of 2022.
“The Fourth Amendment is Not For Sale” – bill gets renewed attention amidst telecoms privacy concerns
Privacy activists have raised questions about law enforcement agencies’ increased use of commercial phone data and a couple of lawmakers have drafted legislation to address these concerns. While commercial phone data can aid in investigations, it is obtained in an unregulated way and the govern
Florida landlord says he’ll kick out tenants who don’t show vaccine passport
There are already questions about the legality of the extreme policy.