Immunity passport

An immunity passport is a document attesting that its bearer is immune to a contagions diseases. Te idea of an immunity passport has been going viral as means of speeding up economic recovery.Immunity passports are not a new idea, but they are a bad one, and they would hinder the future of work.

The immunity passport could split the world into two groups: those who can live a normal life, and those confined to shelter in place quarantines for an indefinite period of time.

Furthermore, issuing immunity passports depends on tests that( as of today) are not 100 % accurate. False positives could lead people to believe they have immunity when they don't.

Even testes that accurately show that a person has corono virus antibodies may not necessarily mean that they are immune to the virus.

Could companies openly discriminate and not hire people without immunity passport?

The genetic information nondiscrimination act of 2008 offers protection against employer discrimination, but it wouldn't apply in the case of covid -19 since it's an infectious disease, not a genetic condition. Present anti-discrimination policies may not be enough.

How about matters of false paperwork?

Its already a well known secret that the market for fake college degrees booms on the dark web. That being the case, it is very likely that a black market for false immunity passport will also boom.

If you found yourself in a difficult situation and circumstances prohibited you from finding work, would you consider buying a fake immunity passport?