Don’t laminate your COVID vaccination card before doing these 5 things

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Don’t laminate your COVID vaccination card before doing these 5 things​

Don’t laminate your COVID vaccination card before doing these 5 things

How to keep your COVID vaccine card safe, and what to do if you lose it

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How to keep your COVID vaccine card safe, and what to do if you lose it​

More than a dozen states are opening COVID-19 vaccinations to all adults this week, which means more Americans could soon be getting some form of a vaccination card — and wondering where they should keep it.

You see, the three-by-four-inch paper vaccination card designed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is too big for most wallets, let alone the standard credit card pockets sewn into wallets and purses. So questions about how to keep your vaccination card safe, and whether you should laminate it, have been popping up online.

Enterprising vendors on Etsy ETSY, +1.30% and Amazon AMZN, -0.66% are already selling vaccine card holders and sleeves, some of which are looped to decorative lanyards. And retailers including OfficeMax and Office Depot, as well as Staples, are offering free lamination services without purchase for those who want to protect their vaccine cards. (What’s more, “I’m vaccinated” merch is also giving Etsy sellers another shot at profits. )

 

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Covid passports: Certification is 'one option', vaccines minister says​

Covid passports: Certification is 'one option', vaccines minister says

Introducing Covid status certificates risks creating a "two-tier Britain", critics say.

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Amid criticism of the plans, Mr Zahawi said: "It's only right that we look at all these options that are available to us to take our lives back."
The government said certificates showing vaccination, test or immunity status could "provide reassurance".
Boris Johnson said they could help signal a person is not contagious.

Speaking on a visit to an AstraZeneca factory in Macclesfield, Cheshire, Mr Johnson said Covid certificates - also referred to as passports - would not be rolled out until well after indoor hospitality reopens from 17 May.

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she was open-minded about using certificates to allow certain activities to resume, and called for an open debate.

But many MPs have criticised the plans, with senior Tory backbencher Mark Harper warning it could lead to a "two-tier" Britain, demanding a vote on the issue.