Like many, I carry a copy of my CDC card in my pocket, and millions of us figured out how to photograph our records without the mayor’s help. American schools and businesses have effectively used paper-based vaccine registries for decades. New vaccine requirements make sense, but what we don’t need is apps promising to make vaccine-based entry to places easier. In just a month, COVID-19 cases spiked more than 10-fold, rising beyond any point in summer 2020. In recent days, we’ve gone from “Hot Vax Summer” to the “Delta Doldrums,” as the highly contagious variant threatens to once again lock down our city and cripple our hospitals. Mickey might not be accepted as vaccine proof, but someone could just as quickly upload a vaccine card from Google or a friend’s social media. De Blasio’s fanfare for the app is ludicrous, but I’m not laughing. With a few clicks, I not only renamed myself “Mickey Mouse,” but I used the Disney character’s image as my ID, vaccine card, and negative COVID test. No, it was nothing more than a camera app dressed up as a health credential. I quickly saw that this software wasn’t a true passport, as some claim. That’s what happened when I tested out the software, which the city released as part of its new “Key to NYC Pass” vaccine mandate. Well, to be specific, the app shows Mickey Mouse. There are few things as deadly serious as getting New Yorkers vaccinated, but when you look at Mayor de Blasio’s new NYC Covid Safe app, the technology is just cartoonish.
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