At a time when
the newest variant of COVID-19, called omicron, is
running rampant across the country and the world,
vaccinations and booster shots continue to be
our best weapon against this deadly and
increasingly infectious disease. That's why
many employers, government agencies, restaurants, and
businesses are requiring staff or patrons to provide
proof of full immunization against COVID-19. Yet some people in
the United States are determined to endanger the people
around them by falsifying their health records in order
to gain access to safer, vaccination-only
spaces.
Using or
producing fake COVID-19 vaccine cards is not
just extremely immoral and unethical. It's also
straight-up illegal, in violation of
federal fraud laws as well as many states' laws. But
these crimes are still flourishing on social media
websites like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and eBay,
making such platforms complicit in
harming health and public safety. These
criminal activities are putting countless people in
danger. It's time for corporations like
eBay and Meta, as well as government officials, to step
up their efforts to strictly enforce federal rules by
shutting down these illegal efforts to falsify vaccine
cards. Officials and social
media sites must crack down on unscrupulous buyers and
sellers of fake vaccine cards
now!
