RMS: Vaccination certificate exaggeration

“Boston's Mayor Janey endorsed the exaggeration that compares vaccination certificates to the manumission certificates that freed slaves in the US needed to show to prove they were not slaves.

In the US, stores check a buyer's ID before selling alcohol. Does Janey say this is the same as slavery?

The real issues I know of regarding checking vaccination certificates are

• Making sure people don't need to own or use a mobile phone to enter a place.
• Making sure not to let the state (or businesses) track people's movements and activities through this system.
• Taking care not to exclude those who for medical reasons cannot be vaccinated.”

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