Rossen Reports: Do 'vaccine passports' track your location?

Hi. Yes. So many of you are divided about this. Our vaccine passports. The safe way to get back to normal. You want to go to a concert prove you're safe to everyone else there? Or is it an invasion of your privacy? It's not the government's business. If I got a vaccine or not. And are they tracking my location? Either way, you need to know how this works because it may be coming to your town. So I'm about to show you the vaccine passport. Think of it like a real passport. You want to go somewhere. You need a passport to prove who you are and that you're allowed to go and now proof that your covid free. It's causing a major controversy. The federal government saying it won't be putting out a national vaccine passport and some states like florida, texas and Idaho. Going even further saying vaccine passports won't be required there either. Some governors say they infringe on personal freedom and privacy. It's completely unacceptable for either the government or the private sector to impose upon you. The requirement that you show proof of vaccine to just simply be able to participate in normal society. But right now, most states could allow it. So several tech companies are developing apps, including one you'd use for air travel. So how do they work? Vaccine passports live on your phone? New york is the first state to roll it out. It's called the Excelsior Pass. I want to go to a Brooklyn nets game at Barclay Center or a rangers game at Madison Square Garden. They want you vaccinated or at least the test negative for Covid. Show them your personal QR code to prove it and you're in. Okay? So how do you get it? It's going to be right here in the app store now. I'm using an iphone because that's what I use. But this goes for the android as well. If your state launches one of these vaccine passport sites, it's going to be in the app store on both the iphone and the android. So we're going to go into the app store here on my iphone. We're demonstrating with new york since they're the ones to do it first. Here. There it is. Excelsior pass. I'm going to click on that here. That is going to open it up and there it is. You have no passes, get my past. So I'm going to do that. Let's get started. It's going to ask me for some personal information, basics. It's asking for my name, Jeffrey. Yes, I'm a Jeffrey. You know Rawson, My Birthdate November 13 1976. And my zip code putting that in now. It's going to ask me to verify my identity. It's going to ask me a bunch of questions. When did you get the last dose of the vaccine? It's going to give you a bunch of choices. I got mine on sunday March 21st. And what county were you vaccinated? Going to click on the county? What type of vaccination did you receive Pfizer? I'm going to verify identity. And right now in that quick amount of time, instantaneously the app is comparing my answers to state health department records, making sure they match up. If they don't match up, it will say no you don't qualify. Try again. In my case I told the truth it matched up and boom, there is my past. So if I go anywhere and I want to get in to a sporting event to an arena anywhere and they require me to be vaccinated or have a negative covid test. Boom, they'll scan this and I'm in the makers of the Excelsior past, say it doesn't track your location or store anything else about your health records. It just stores your first name, last name and birthday. And if you're safe to enter. Yeah. Now remember, even if the state, even if the government doesn't require it, private businesses and venues may, so I'm putting all of this information on my website right now for you to go through rossen Reports dot com back to you.

Here's what we know about the first state's vaccine passport program. Spoiler: It doesn't track you.People are wondering if vaccine passports could be the key to returning to normal activities or if they're an invasion of privacy. Here's what to know.Think of a vaccine passport like a real passport. When you want to go somewhere, you need a passport to prove who you are and that you're allowed to go. With a vaccine card, you're showing you've received a vaccination. It’s causing major controversy. The federal government says it won’t be putting a national vaccine passport into play. Florida, Idaho and Texas won't require vaccine passports there! Some governors say they infringe on personal freedom and privacy. “It's completely unacceptable for either the government or the private sector to impose upon you the requirement that you show proof of vaccine to just simply be able to participate in normal society," Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said. But right now, most states could allow it. Hawaii revealed plans to allow vaccinated travelers to bypass mandatory quarantine upon arriving to the state. People who are fully vaccinated would be able to avoid testing and quarantine by uploading vaccination documents to the Safe Travels Program. Several tech companies are developing apps as well. Walmart is making vaccination records digitally available through the Health Pass by CLEAR app. This is so people vaccinated at Walmart and Sam’s Club can easily access their vaccine status as needed. Some apps are being created for air travel. More than 20 airlines are experimenting with vaccine passports. The International Air Transport Association is working with apps called Travel Pass and CommonPass. Right now, you can use the CommonPass app on a limited number of United flights from Germany to the U.S. and to skip the screening line when traveling to Aruba. So how do they work? Vaccine passports live on your phone. New York is the first state to roll it out. It’s called the Excelsior Pass. Want to go to a Brooklyn Nets game at Barclays Center or a Rangers game at Madison Square Garden? They want you vaccinated or to test negative for COVID-19. Show them your personal QR code to prove it and you’re in! The Excelsior Pass says you can get it if you:Have been fully vaccinated in the State of New York and it has been 14 days or longer since your final shot, orHave had a PCR test administered in the State of New York in the last 3 days and the result was negative, orHave had an antigen test administered in the State of New York in the last six hours and the result was negative.Have not tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 10 days. The Excelsior Pass says it doesn’t track your location or store anything else about your health records. It just stores your first name, last name and birthdate and if you’re safe to enter. Another big controversy concerns people that don’t have smartphones. Most of the apps say you can get a pass online and print it out. Now, remember, even if the state — even if the government doesn’t require it — private businesses and venues may. Or they’ll require some sort of proof of a vaccine or a negative test. That’s why you’re encouraged to keep your vaccination card from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and take a picture of it so you have it in your phone.

Here's what we know about the first state's vaccine passport program. Spoiler: It doesn't track you.

People are wondering if vaccine passports could be the key to returning to normal activities or if they're an invasion of privacy.

Here's what to know.

Think of a vaccine passport like a real passport. When you want to go somewhere, you need a passport to prove who you are and that you're allowed to go. With a vaccine card, you're showing you've received a vaccination.

It’s causing major controversy. The federal government says it won’t be putting a national vaccine passport into play. Florida, Idaho and Texas won't require vaccine passports there! Some governors say they infringe on personal freedom and privacy.

“It's completely unacceptable for either the government or the private sector to impose upon you the requirement that you show proof of vaccine to just simply be able to participate in normal society," Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said.

But right now, most states could allow it. Hawaii revealed plans to allow vaccinated travelers to bypass mandatory quarantine upon arriving to the state. People who are fully vaccinated would be able to avoid testing and quarantine by uploading vaccination documents to the Safe Travels Program.

Several tech companies are developing apps as well.

Walmart is making vaccination records digitally available through the Health Pass by CLEAR app.

This is so people vaccinated at Walmart and Sam’s Club can easily access their vaccine status as needed.

Some apps are being created for air travel. More than 20 airlines are experimenting with vaccine passports. The International Air Transport Association is working with apps called Travel Pass and CommonPass. Right now, you can use the CommonPass app on a limited number of United flights from Germany to the U.S. and to skip the screening line when traveling to Aruba.

So how do they work? Vaccine passports live on your phone. New York is the . It’s called the .

Want to go to a Brooklyn Nets game at Barclays Center or a Rangers game at Madison Square Garden? They want you vaccinated or to test negative for COVID-19.

Show them your personal QR code to prove it and you’re in!

The Excelsior Pass says you can get it if you:

Have been fully vaccinated in the State of New York and it has been 14 days or longer since your final shot, or
Have had a PCR test administered in the State of New York in the last 3 days and the result was negative, or
Have had an antigen test administered in the State of New York in the last six hours and the result was negative.
Have not tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 10 days.

The Excelsior Pass says it doesn’t track your location or store anything else about your health records. It just stores your first name, last name and birthdate and if you’re safe to enter.

Another big controversy concerns people that don’t have smartphones. Most of the apps say you can get a pass online and print it out. Now, remember, even if the state — even if the government doesn’t require it — private businesses and venues may. Or they’ll require some sort of proof of a vaccine or a negative test. That’s why you’re encouraged to keep your vaccination card from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and take a picture of it so you have it in your phone.

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