Health: Can the US crack down on fake vaccination cards?

by **Admin** Thu Nov 25, 2021 4:11 am

As more people in the US are asked to prove they have been vaccinated in order to work, study or socialize, a flourishing black market in fake vaccination cards has sprung up. But what can be done to tackle it?
The operator behind "Covid19vaccinecardsss" took just seconds to reply. One of a slew of Instagram accounts hawking fake proof of Covid-19 vaccination cards, whoever was running the page was eager to sell, inviting the BBC to move over to an encrypted messaging app to make a deal.
For $100 (£70), the vendor would deliver a "registered" card, with either the logo of the US Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) or Britain's National Health Service.
Payment could be made in Apple Pay or Bitcoin and delivery would be "discrete" and within 24 hours, they promised.
"Your cards will be saved into the database system," they told the BBC. "[These are] very good original vaccine cards, no worries."
As the Delta variant of coronavirus sweeps the US, businesses, universities, and cities such as New York and San Francisco have introduced vaccine mandates to boost uptake of jabs
Health: Can the US crack down on fake vaccination cards?