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Do vaccination passports take away freedoms? It depends on how you frame the question

  • Written by John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
A demonstration against the COVID-19 pass in in Paris on July 31 2021.

You may have already downloaded to your phone a digital certificate proving you have received one or two doses of a COVID vaccine. Its dark-green colour calls to mind the “Green Pass” now in use in European countries, which is required to gain access to venues such as restaurants, museums and some public transport.

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