Or another way of entrenching inequality?
I cannot dance for love nor money, but one of the things I've been craving most during the pandemic is the return of a monthly music night I used to religiously attend. I always knew that when things opened up again, life would look and feel different. But when Britain's government announced this week that it is considering vaccine passports for entry into events like this, it got me thinking: Who among the regulars of this night would I see there again? |
Of course, Britain is not the only country considering this kind of approach to easing out of the pandemic, and no matter the location, the method raises thorny questions. "How much of the rhetoric around vaccine passports is partisan noise, and where are there legitimate justifications and concerns?" Spencer Bokat-Lindell asked this week in an edition of Times Opinion's Debatable newsletter, which illuminates a range of perspectives on the issue. And in this week's episode of "The Argument," Jane Coaston points out that passports and passes might be tickets to freedom for some, but for others the reality — fraught with privacy and ethical concerns — could be far less rosy. |
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