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THE ‘RIGHT’ As the world’s nations battle for solutions to protect their citizens, a great deal of controversy has come from proposals around mandatory vaccine passports. Meetings learns more.
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here have been many unknowns surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic that have resulted in a great deal of speculation. The development, testing and release of vaccines intended to create a degree of immunity against the virus have been cause for a significant amount of upheaval, further exacerbated by talk that, eventually, it could become mandatory to be vaccinated to gain entry into certain public and shared spaces.
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There is simply no way for us to control the rate of transmission if we cannot determine a person’s vaccination or health status. It’s very controversial and there are allegations of discrimination, but we really have to come to a point where we know in an environment with lots of people… whether they are a risk to others.” – Justin van Wyk, CEO, Big Concerts
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