Governors lining up to fight little piece of paper
Wednesday, April 14, 2021 |
Chris Woodward, Billy Davis (OneNewsNow.com)
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The push for so-called “vaccine passports” continues to make headlines and raise eyebrows over the issue of civil liberties, but there is now a grassroots effort urging more governors to speak out and fight back.
Twila Brase, who leads Citizens Council for Health Freedom and is a patient’s rights advocate, has also been an advocate for freedom during a year of COVID-19 lockdowns. She is now urging governors to follow Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, to tell the federal government it can’t make such demands.
6 Apr 2021
White House press secretary Jen Psaki downplayed government support for a vaccine passport system Tuesday, asserting the administration does not support requiring Americans to carry a vaccine credential.
“Let me be very clear on this. I know there’s been lots of questions. The government is not now, nor will we be supporting, a system that requires Americans to carry a credential,” she said during the White House press briefing.
Psaki pointed to corporations in the private sector exploring the idea of a vaccine passport for certain events or economic activities.
“As these tools are being considered by the private and nonprofit sectors, our interest is very simple from the federal government, which is Americans’ privacy and rights should be protected and so that these systems are not used against people unfairly,” she said.
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