Vaccine passports will discriminate against travellers from poor countries

I DO not believe in states, they monopolise violence by imposing their “laws”. And, without a doubt, as humans mature, they will disappear, at least in their character of policing and military imposition.

However, I always thought that their disappearance would be slow, towards the end of history. But, due to the “pandemic” they behave in such an abusive and childish way that times are accelerating.

“World Vaccine Passports Are Coming” headlined Tyler Durden’s article on the recommended ZeroHedge website. These “vaccine passports” are called the “golden ticket” to travel.

Some private companies that make a living from tourism agree because they see the possibility of governments lifting restrictions.

Vaccines do not guarantee immunity and they have side-effects. Falsified negative tests have begun to circulate, and few are detected. This shows that states induce illegality, especially amid so much abuse of “authority”.

Countries like Greece, which has a lot of tourism, hope to receive visitors again, and leads to the promotion of passports for vaccines, or immunity tests, in the form of certificates or digital cards.

But, as Durden points out, apart from the fact that it would be difficult to find an agreement since there are governments that do not trust some vaccines and others do, passports are also highly discriminatory. To begin with, “they would favour the inhabitants of the richest nations over the poorest ones, where vaccine distribution has just begun”.

It would be ironic to prohibit private companies from discriminating because it would be discriminatory to determine which ones do. But if the government does so by forcing everyone to use passes, then it becomes a violation of human rights, starting with life itself, since there are many people who – for health reasons – refuse to be vaccinated.

Politicians have been astute in instilling panic so that people ask for more restrictions – that is, increasing the power of politicians – due to a disease that does not seem to merit it, since only 0.04% of the global population has died, a fifth of those who died of cancer. In any case, and this is key, whether the disease is serious or not, free society could handle the situation much more efficiently than states, and, in this way, the fundamental human right of the personal freedom would be preserved.

ALEJANDRO A TAGLIAVINI, SENIOR ADVISER AT THE CEDAR PORTFOLIO AND A MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY COUNCIL OF THE CENTRE ON GLOBAL PROSPERITY | Oakland, California