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by generj 1788 days ago
Vaccination status isn’t private health information in the same way a cancer diagnosis is. Vaccination’s are public health measures not private health measures.

Employers need to know if their employees represent a risk to the health of their employees and customers. Nobody wants to employ Typhoid Mary.

We should be extremely wary of giving employers our entire medical history, which is illegal for employers to collect in the US as well (under the ADA and other laws). We should have no concerns giving them our vaccination history for at least two reasons: 1) that info is already held by the government and we’ve already given it to K-12 schools plus university. And 2) as sensible members of society, we are vaccinated so there’s nothing for our employers to act against us on.