Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

LETTER TO THE EDITOR:

Vaccines are the path to normalcy

It looks like vaccination passports are going to be needed for entry into venues, sports and even countries, but why? Can’t we trust people to tell the truth? In this case, it appears we can’t.

There are already ads online for fake certificates or electronic passports, some even before the systems to use them have been developed. Most of these will be scams but we do need a real system to determine whether someone is vaccinated and thus reasonably safe. I am not sure how the small number of people who can’t get vaccinations due to legitimate medical reasons will be handled — maybe a few people will miss out on events until the pandemic passes. The COVID deniers, skeptics and needlephobic will just have to miss out.

This is a worldwide problem, and it has shown a usually hidden split in society — the rule followers and the rule breakers — and the consequences of those who will not get vaccinated is that we will spend more time in lockdowns, have more cases and more deaths.

Get vaccinated.