{"id":55464,"date":"2020-10-29T05:45:10","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T10:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=55464"},"modified":"2020-10-29T05:45:10","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T10:45:10","slug":"new-covid-19-security-measures-will-make-health-a-prerequisite-for-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=55464","title":{"rendered":"New COVID-19 Security Measures Will Make Health a Prerequisite for Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"site-header header-dark\">\n<nav class=\"nav-primary\">\n<div class=\"wrap\"><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"site-inner\">\n<div class=\"featured-post\">\n<div class=\"featured-post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mintpressnews.com\/commonpass-new-covid-security-measures-will-make-health-a-prerequisite-for-travel\/272298\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-banner size-featured-banner\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mintpressnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CommonPass.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mintpressnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CommonPass.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.mintpressnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CommonPass-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mintpressnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CommonPass-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mintpressnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CommonPass-768x432.jpg 768w\" alt=\"CommonPass Feature photo\" width=\"1366\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"featured-post-text first-featured-post-text black-box\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mintpressnews.com\/commonpass-new-covid-security-measures-will-make-health-a-prerequisite-for-travel\/272298\/\">New COVID-19 Security Measures Will Make Health a Prerequisite for Travel<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>As the multi-sector, global response to the coronavirus tightens the noose around civil liberties, CommonPass stands out as one of the most appalling and dangerous attacks on basic human rights in the name of public health.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-sidebar-wrap\"><main class=\"content\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"post-272298 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-highlights category-national category-news tag-commonpass tag-commons-project tag-corinavirus tag-covid-19 tag-travel entry\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<div data-js=\"social-icons-bar-reload\" data-post_id=\"272298\">\n<div class=\"social-icons-full addthis_inline_share_toolbox at-style-responsive\" data-url=\"\" data-title=\"New COVID-19 Security Measures Will Make Health a Prerequisite for Travel\" data-description=\"As the multi-sector, global response to the coronavirus tightens the noose around civil liberties, CommonPass stands out as one of the most appalling and dangerous attacks on basic human rights in the name of public health.\" data-media=\"https:\/\/www.mintpressnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CommonPass.jpg\">\n<div class=\"at-resp-share-element comment-icon-wrap\" style=\"text-align: center;\">*****<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><span class=\"drop-cap\">I<\/span>magine standing at a TSA security checkpoint on your way home for the holidays. You\u2019re getting ready to go through the awkward travel procedures instituted almost immediately after 9\/11 when the Transportation and Security Administration (TSA) was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/aviation_and_transportation_security_act_atsa_public_law_107_1771.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">created<\/a>\u00a0and air travel in the United States morphed into a search and seizure operation with the implied possibility of your detention and interrogation.<\/p>\n<p>The initial outrage such expressions of implicit state violence caused early on eventually gave way to begrudging acceptance. But now, a new layer of \u201csecurity,\u201d\u00a0that could restrict freedom of movement even further, is being rolled out at several ports of entry in partnership with health technology industry leaders, academic institutions, and government health entities in more than three dozen countries.<\/p>\n<p>A new digital certificate called CommonPass, designed to serve as a clearance mechanism for passengers based on a health diagnosis underwent its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiercehealthcare.com\/tech\/united-airlines-tests-covid-19-health-pass-app-to-bring-back-global-travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first<\/a>\u00a0transatlantic test on October 21 under the watchful eye of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at Heathrow Airport in London. There, a group of select participants<a href=\"https:\/\/www.luxurytraveladvisor.com\/transportation\/travel-execs-support-new-digital-health-pass-after-trials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luxurytraveladvisor.com\/transportation\/travel-execs-support-new-digital-health-pass-after-trials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">embarked on<\/a> United flight 15 to Newark, New Jersey after being screened and tested for COVID-19 at the point of departure in a largely ceremonial exercise that included initiative co-founders, Paul Meyer and Bradley Perkins.<\/p>\n<p>The app\u2019s first trial run took place with much less media fanfare last month on a Cathay Pacific Airways flight from Hong Kong to Singapore and marked the beginning of the CommonPass pilot project launched by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thecommonsproject.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Commons Project<\/a>\u00a0non-profit organization in-tandem with the World Economic Forum.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_272297\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New COVID-19 Security Measures Will Make Health a Prerequisite for Travel As the multi-sector, global response to the coronavirus tightens the noose around civil liberties, CommonPass stands out as one of the most appalling and dangerous attacks on basic human rights in the name of public health. ***** Imagine standing at a TSA security checkpoint [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[30517,338,8881,29741,23460,17622],"class_list":["post-55464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberty","tag-commonpass","tag-freedom","tag-mintpress-news","tag-raul-diego","tag-travel","tag-travel-restrictions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55465,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55464\/revisions\/55465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}