Vaccine Passports
Prospects and Problems
a) Think about
the steps countries take to exit lockdown and restore economy after Covid
pandemic. What can we do to make sure people stay healthy when they leave their
homes, go back to work or even travel?
b) What digital applications
or computer programs can help people to live a healthy life after lockdowns?
Would you like to use such applications in future? Why or why not?
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1. |
abroad |
A. |
existing
not for a long time |
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2. |
to kick-start
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B. |
to
remove something |
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3. |
lockdown |
C. |
older
person |
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4. |
jab |
D. |
someone
who is paid to work for someone else |
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5. |
to lift
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E. |
a
situation when people are not allowed to freely enter or leave an area
or building because of danger |
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6. |
to
prevent |
F. |
confidential
information |
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7. |
spread |
G. |
to make
something start more quickly |
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8. |
domestically
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H. |
people’s
right to have their personal matters and relationships secret |
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9. |
to
prime |
I. |
line of
people waiting for something |
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10.
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inequality
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J. |
a
program on mobile phone that determines people’s contacts and checks if they
met infected individuals |
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11.
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senior |
K. |
to a
foreign country |
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12.
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temporary
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L. |
a time
when a disease or something unpleasant suddenly begins |
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13.
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employee
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M. |
resistance
to the spread of an infectious disease resulting from the fact that many
people have immunity |
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14.
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queue |
N. |
using a
needle to put medicine into a person’s body |
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15.
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misuse |
O. |
the
process of passing something from one person to another |
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16.
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sensitive
data |
P. |
the
growth of something that affects a lot of people |
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17.
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contact
tracing app |
Q. |
to
prepare |
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18.
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herd
immunity |
R. |
to stop
something from happening |
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19.
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outbreak
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S. |
unfair
situation |
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20.
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privacy
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T. |
inside
a country |
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21.
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transmission
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U. |
use of
something in a wrong or unsuitable way |
III Watch the video above and fill in
the gaps with the words from the list. There are some words you don’t need to
use.
certificate; letting; diseases; freedoms; travel; passports;
lockdown; vaccine; vaccinated; prove; release; lifting
The
weekend is underway in Tel Aviv in Israel. Restaurants here only recently
reopened from 4) ______, but Covid-19
feels like a distant memory. The reason, the green pass, an app that lets you 5) ______ you've had the jab.
- You know, as a chef it’s made me
happy, like it's a huge joy. We feel
like we see colours again.
Israel is winning the global
vaccination race. Most over 40s are now fully 6) ______, and if you've had both jabs, the green pass opens doors giving
you access to restaurants, hotels and gyms.
- I saw a lot of young people, that
it was for them the incentive to do it. They wanted to come back to life, actually,
more than a paper, green paper. Just come back to life.
The green pass might be new, but vaccine passports are not. Travellers
to regions with yellow fever already need to carry a vaccination 7) ______. And children attending
public school in America must be vaccinated for several 8) ______. But governments are now paying keen attention to schemes
like the green pass.
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EU
leaders have agreed to develop a Covid-19 vaccine.
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Digital
vaccine passports that could to see if…
They could be key to 9) ______ lockdowns. But how well would
they actually work?
Vaccine passports might not be
that effect/effective/effectively
for two reasons. First, although vaccines prevent serious ill/unless/illness, it's not yet clear how effectively they stop
the spread/read/sprawl of Covid-19
particularly for new variants. So vaccinated people could potentially still passport/pass/passive Covid on to others. Second, vaccine passports are only
useless/useful/usefully for a very limited window domestically.
- They're not very useful early on
because there's not many people who fit/beneficial/benefit. And they're not very useful
late on either because vaccines work in two ways: they work by protecting you,
by priming your ammunition/immunity/immune system so that if you meet an
infection, you're ready to fight it off. But they also work by making sure that
you mostly won't meet infection/infected/infecting
because other people around you are vaccinated too.
If as in Israel most people have
been vaccinated, then the chances of meeting an infected person are low. So a vaccine passport adds little
additional protective/protected/protection. However, in places that are
taking longer to vaccinate, like the EU, these passports could be useful for
much longer to help reopen the economist/economy/money.
But could Covid passports create new qualities/inequality/quality?
Most countries are vaccinating
old people first. And some think vaccine passports could risk creating a
two-tiered society/socially/socially
where vaccinated seniors can resume normal life, while the young are stuck
inside waiting for the jab.
- So the vaccine passport is quite
a temporary thing that maybe governed/regiments/governments just use as one tool as
they exit lockdown. If the government is quick, and fair and transparent about
it, I think that sort of issue of unfairness will seem reasonable. It's unfairness for a bigger fairness.
In Israel relatively few
under-16s have had the jab, so they can't go inside restoration/restaurants/restarted.
But most seem willing to make this small sacrifice or not eat out at all if
it's too cold.
- We got yesterday, like seven
guests, one of them was like 16 years old, and it was pretty cold outside. And
they asked, they understand, they said, we’ve got the coat and all. Good, you
know, we have to protect each other.
V Watch the video again. Are the sentences true (T) or
false (F)? Correct the false statements.
1. There is only one reason why
vaccine passports might not be very effective.
2. It's not yet clear how
effectively vaccines stop the spread of Covid-19.
3. Doctors say that vaccines can
stop the spread of all Covid variants.
4. Vaccinated people could still pass Covid on to others.
5. Vaccines protect people; they
guarantee that people will never get infected.
6. Vaccines also work by making sure
that people mostly won't meet infection because other people around them are
vaccinated too.
7. In Israel most people have been
vaccinated, the chances of meeting an infected person are low, so a vaccine
passport adds little additional protection.
8. In the EU Covid vaccination is taking longer than in
Israel.
9. Most countries are vaccinating
young people first.
10.In some society vaccinated young
people can go back to normal life, while the old are waiting for the jab.
11.The vaccine passport is quite a
temporary thing and one of the tools countries use as they exit lockdown.
VI
Watch the video and choose the correct option to complete the sentences.
1. Some businesses have already said
they'll require ________ from new employees.
a) full body checkup b) proof of vaccination c) two Covid-19 tests
2. Some businesses from _________
want to make vaccination a requirement.
a) kindergartens to design firms b)
care homes to lifeguard c) care homes to plumbing firms
3. This could make it harder for the
_____ to find work.
a) unvaccinated b) vaccinated c) unemployment
4. We require people in certain sensitive jobs,
for example, in the armed forces or working in certain ____ settings to have
all their vaccines.
a) healthy b) healing c) healthcare
5. Across 39 states in America the vaccination
rate among white people is over twice as high as the rate for ____ people.
a) historically b) Hispanic c) Spain
6. Across 39 states in America the
vaccination rate among white people is nearly ___ as high as the rate for black
people.
a) thin b)
two c) twice
7. Black Americans are on average
___ than whites meaning they're further back in the vaccine queue.
a) younger b) older c) more youthful
8. Black Americans are less likely
to ____ the vaccine because of a long history of misuse of health data and bad
vaccine programs.
a) trust b) track c) trialled
9. Countries can avoid inequality problems linked to
vaccination if Covid passports are
restricted to certain ______.
a) professional codes b) key professions c) few professioanls
10.There are also concerns over
_____: you need proof of vaccination to access many aspects of normal life, and
some people feel they had no choice but to have the jab.
a) freedom of choice b) freedom of speech c) freedom of movement
11.In Israel if you're not
vaccinated, you can't go to the ___, and you can’t leave the country.
a) gallery b) gym c) picnic
VII Watch the video and put the
sentences in the correct order.
A.
The government shared the information from the contact tracing app with
the police to fight crime.
B.
A vaccine passport is based on sensitive health data.
C.
In Singapore the government used a contact tracing app (it identifies
people’s close contact to find people who have been infected with the
coronavirus) to stop the spread of Covid-19.
D.
Now developers working on vaccine passports promise to design them in a
way that will share minimal personal data.
E.
Some people worry governments will be able to get more information about
their citizens.
F.
One of the biggest concerns around Covid passports is data privacy.
VIII Watch the video. Complete the
sentences with the words
you hear.
One area where development is racing ahead is
international 1) _____. There are already several
digital 2) _____apps in development that allow people to prove they’re Covid-free
and, in time, vaccinated.
- If you want people to be able to 3) _____between
countries that are at incredibly different stages in their journey towards conquering
Covid, you might decide that you only allow people to cross borders if you
could think of them as Covid safe.
Countries like Israel, America, and Britain may be
racing towards herd 4) _____, but large parts of Africa may
not get the jab for at least the next two years. A Covid passport would let 5) _____people
cross borders and provide a welcome boost to crippled economies. Countries like
Greece have already said they will welcome vaccinated Brits this summer, but 6) _____shouldn't
pack their bags just yet. A third wave
of the virus is sweeping much of Europe, and vaccinated holidaymakers could
still cause local outbreaks of 7) _____.
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Any
tourists who arrive, even if they're vaccinated, they're going to be a reason
that unvaccinated Greeks are coming out and mingling and that will increase the
number of 8) cases. It's really a trade-off, it's a trade-off here between
getting the economy going again and increasing the number of cases. Governments
need to be really really transparent about that to explain to people. This is
the hard choice that's in front of us. What do you think, what are the
trade-offs that you would find acceptable?
Israel’s 9)
_____is predicted to grow by up to
7.5 per cent this year if the vaccination program continues at its current rate,
but it remains to be seen how long this 10)
_____pass effect will last. Vaccine
passports are just one of many useful tools to help restart the 11) _____economy. And although developers already overcoming concerns about
privacy and security, their domestic success will depend on how well the 12) _____themselves prevent transmission of Covid-19 and how quickly
countries can reach herd immunity.
IX Watch the video again and answer the
questions.
1. How can digital health apps help
international tourism?
2. How would vaccine passport work
for international tourists?
3. What will be the dangers of
having many tourists with vaccine passports going to other countries?
4. What problems do developers and
governments have to solve before vaccine passports begin to work?
