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Why 'vaccine passports' may be critical for equity

Clip: 5/19/2021 | 9m 26sVideo has Closed Captions

'Vaccine passports' may be critical for equity, but polarization could undermine efforts

Despite good progress on vaccinations in the U.S., the Biden administration and most officials are weary of requiring "vaccine passports" to prove inoculation. William Brangham discusses the related concerns with Dr. Georges Benjamin, the executive director of the American Public Health Association, and Lawrence Gostin, a professor of global health law at Georgetown University Law Center.

05/19/2021

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