Kentucky libertarian party compares vaccine passports to Holocaust badges

Source: The Hill | March 31, 2021 | Marina Pitofsky

The Libertarian Party of Kentucky drew widespread condemnation from political officials, Jewish groups and others after comparing proposed “vaccine passports” to the yellow stars Jewish people were mandated to wear during the Holocaust. 

“Are the vaccine passports going to be yellow, shaped like a star, and sewn on our clothes?” the party tweeted on Monday.

Vaccine passports, like the ones launched in New York, are a digital document with a QR code placed on a cell phone that shows proof of inoculation. 

The vaccine passport could allow businesses and local governments to mandate that people show they have received a coronavirus vaccine to gain access to certain activities, buildings or events.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) called the state Libertarian Party’s comparison “shameful.” 

“There is no place for anti-Semitism in Kentucky,” Beshear added. 

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Republicans across the country have also slammed the use of vaccine passports. 

Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Monday called the use of such medical documents “Biden’s mark of the beast,” after claiming that the Biden administration was seeking to require that all Americans who are vaccinated must be documented. 

However, White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday pushed back against similar claims, stating that the Biden administration would not require the American public to be vaccinated, nor would it require people to document their vaccinations.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Monday vowed to take executive action against vaccine passports.

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  • Consistent March 31, 2021 at 5:11 pm #48223

    Consistent March 31, 2021 at 5:39 pm #48224

    EVERYDAY March 31, 2021 at 6:33 pm #48225

    Melodramatic much?

    This isn’t the government forcing people to be vaccinated. But I do expect that businesses and other entities will require people to be vaccinated or they will not be served. I can see the travel industry in particular requiring the shots. Already cruise lines have policies in place for when they start sailing again. Vaccination of patrons may become a requirement under business insurance issued to these businesses. Insurers may not want to pay for liability of their insureds if a customer becomes infected and dies from COVID as a result of exposure on the business’ premises.

    I don’t know — maybe it’s far fetched, but the reality is that our lives have been changed permanently by this pandemic and these naysayers had better get used to the new normal. If they don’t, their lives will become severely limited.

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