Orange County Pauses Vaccine Digital Verification System
The Orange County Board of Supervisors voted to pause the creation of digital vaccination records after more than 700 people gathered at a May 11 board meeting to oppose the move.
A motion to halt any plans of establishing digital vaccination records was approved during a 4-1 vote, with recently-elected Supervisor Katrina Foley being the sole dissenter.
The motion was created by Chairman Andrew Do after more than 740 people spoke during the meeting to oppose the creation of an optional vaccine verification system. Speakers were limited to 30 seconds each due to the high volume of attendees.
Orange County’s Vaccine App is Voluntary, Says Health Boss
After an uproar of 215 public commenters spoke during a recent Orange County Board of Supervisors (BOS) meeting, county officials are reiterating to the public that the upcoming vaccine verification program is voluntary.
“I really respect people’s freedom to voice whatever their opinion is, whether it be anti-mask, or anti-vaccine because that’s the beauty of our country…you have a freedom of choice,” Orange County Health Care Agency (OCHCA) director Dr. Clayton Chau told The Epoch Times April 16. “That’s the piece that I was trying to tell people; that I’m not mandating anybody to get the vaccine.”
UpdatedWed, Apr 14, 2021 at 5:01 pm PT
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Will you need a vaccination verification or passport to travel? To visit Disneyland? A sporting event? Or even a trip to the grocery store? (Shutterstock)
ORANGE COUNTY, CA With so many Orange County residents getting vaccinated, the Orange County Board of Supervisors and Health Care Agency are poised to provide digital proof-of-vaccination codes. But more than 100 residents took their two minutes at the podium Tuesday to decry the idea of putting health records on public display.
Orange County officials reassured the public they would not issue any mandates regarding access to public or private places depending on a resident s vaccine status and added that they re working on a program to provide digital proof of inoculation if a vaccine recipient wishes to have it. That program is a part of the Othena app, the end-to-end vaccination appointment scheduler that the county purchased to manage vaccinating 3.2 million residents.