[saiya-jin]

I think this kind of attitude is exactly what OP had in mind. There are tons of central databases you are already registered in, all available on demand. They detail your life in more detail than you know about yourself at this point (certainly when all data are combined).

To be not aware of this on place like HackerNews is... not very believable, we discuss this all the time, every day.

"last bastion of freedom" - there are places like Switzerland which have more of freedom than any place in US. There is no power nor amount of the money in the world that would force me to move from here to police state like US where everybody talks about freedom but only top 0.1% enjoys some of it.

This might be hard to grasp, but it should be generally true also in US - your freedom ends where other's begins (ie transportation, coming to any work/office). With Covid, this is valid 1000x more. Freedom and anarchy are not the same as some hardliners would like to believe.

[reedjosh]

I like your comment, and I agree the Swiss are probably free-er at this point--but we were something of a free nation at one time, and we still (Orwellian?) bill ourselves as such.

> There are tons of central databases you are already registered in, all available on demand.

Most of these are not ran by the government though. Thus their use is not mandated.

> your freedom ends where other's begins

In libertarian circles this is generally spoken about as the `non-aggression principle`.

I in no way think that a proof of vaccination system put together by private providers, coupled with businesses' choice to check vaccination status is wrong. I do think the responsible thing to do is somewhere along the lines of self isolating to either being vaccinated or having an antibody test.

My objection is a government orchestrated vaccination database with mandated use in private businesses.

edit: I don't know why you're being downvoted, but I did upvote you for the thoughtful commentary. : )

[melody_calling]

Well, you're halfway there. Each state already runs an immunization information system which holds this data.

In Arizona, it's required that all immunizations given to <=18s are reported (along with "encouragement" for providers to report adult immunizations) and this is the basis for determining if the child may attend a public school, for example.