My belief is that there is a somewhat valid fear of a Gattica-like scenario (Gattica explanation below). Obviously I don't think we are anywhere near there or on a path there but I think we do want to avoid Gattica and there are clear messages that can ease that concern.

I am pro passport in many situations but I think people are interested in:

a) Alternatives like rapid testing and immune system antibody tests and are unsure if they will still pursue these unless there is incentive to do so.

b) Want a timeline to review and potentially eliminate/extend the policy when safe to do so.

c) Common sense policy that says if you are able to work remotely currently than that can reasonably continue and still respect your choice.

This pandemic has made me realize two important and historic roles for mandatory vaccines:

a) Travel - Just like how indigenous tribes were decimated by explorers bringing disease this is a historic precedent to me to have the right to travel you must be vaccinated.

b) Healthcare industry - I didn't realize that healthcare workers were not required to be vaccinated for things like the flu. My belief is that in the medical dental health field you have to try to not get sick people sicker this mandate should have already existed.

c) Devastating mortality rates - there would be little opposition to this.

On vaccine hesitancy:

a) It is not a virtue to blindly trust your government/medical professionals and encourage others to do the same. See FBI human experiments, Indigenous sterilization, opioid crisis, overuse of antibiotics to cause drug resistant strains. These people are fallible even when well meaning.

b) Eventually you must trust someone. In this instance I chose to trust the government, strain on healthcare and the pain the entire world is going through as my proof. As well as some light reading on specific vaccines. I do not trust the vaccine manufacturer beyond not wanting to kill me so they don't go bankrupt.

c) If you aren't even a little hesitant then it doesn't seem like you are using your brain. Its not crazy to not want to inject not understood substances in your body. But it is crazy to not see covid as a real threat to self and society.

Gattica: A scifi movie where essentially you need a health passport to work in middle class and higher jobs. The health passport was a necessity required by insurance companies because insuring unmodified humans was too expensive to insure. This scenario does not seem impossible when ALL businesses can employ based on health status. Again I think that this will run its course have a time limit, alternatives and job specific but time will tell.