The following report is from the Wall Street Journal:
More smartphone apps are adding features that let people display their Covid-19 vaccination status and search for other users and businesses that favor vaccines.
Dating app Grindr LLC said that starting in September, it will let users add their vaccination status to their profiles and filter their searches to find other vaccinated people. Vacation-home rental company Vrbo, part of Expedia Group Inc., this fall plans to enable hosts on its platform to share their requirements for renters to be vaccinated against, or tested for, Covid-19.
And OpenTable Inc., whose dining-reservation service already lets restaurants display Covid-19 vaccine requirements, this month added a “verified for entry” tag that patrons can get by showing proof of vaccination, for example, to any participating restaurant. Starting next month, OpenTable will also let users get the tag by obtaining a digital vaccine card from Clear, a platform operated by Secure Identity LLC.
The moves follow similar initiatives from companies including dating apps Hinge Inc. and Match Group LLC’s Tinder, which allow users to share their vaccination status on their profiles, and reviews company Yelp Inc., which added two filters that let users search for restaurants where the staff is fully vaccinated or businesses that require proof of vaccination from customers.
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Some of the new features cater to users who want to avoid close contact with unvaccinated people, while others are designed to help individuals follow local governments’ new vaccine requirements amid the surge in Covid-19 cases tied to the Delta variant. Cities such as New York and San Francisco, for example, now require proof of vaccination for indoor activities.
It really is trying to be the most helpful tool we can be to our restaurants and also to our diners, because things are changing quickly. We’re trying to make it as easy as possible for people to go out and dine or get takeout, and for restaurants to continue to pivot and survive this pandemic.
Debby Soo, chief executive of OpenTable, which is part of Booking Holdings Inc.
The spread of “vaccinated” badges on user profiles might influence others to get vaccinated, according to digital experience designers, who call the phenomenon “social proof.”
If more people potentially demonstrate that they’re vaccinated, that might have a really good impact on encouraging other people to get vaccinated, because of that social proof—you start to see that that’s becoming a norm.
Amy Lokey, senior vice president and head of global design at ServiceNow, Inc., which has developed a cloud-based platform to help companies manage digital workflows.
Many of the features rely on people to self-report their vaccination statuses, however, leaving room for users to misrepresent themselves, designers said.
“Vaccinated” stickers on dating platforms’ user profiles can be faked by adding a copy of the sticker to a profile photo, for instance.
It is almost like the floodgates are open for potential bad players.
Alex Levin, founding partner and strategy director of L+R, a design and tech consulting firm.
On the flip side, Mr. Levin said, business owners might not think of immediately updating their profile pages on Yelp or OpenTable with their vaccine requirements, relying on a physical sign on the door instead.
The latest technology fixes could end up falling to the wayside like Covid-19 exposure-notification apps did, said Albert Fox Cahn, founder and executive director of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, a New York-based privacy and civil rights group.
But many of the features are a step in the right direction, Mr. Cahn said.
One thing that’s nice about some of the vaccine credentials on dating apps, restaurant apps, is that we know it is a trust exercise. We know that it is about trying to build a sense of community solidarity to get vaccinated.
AUTHOR COMMENTARY
[33] Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. [34] Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.1 Corinthians 15:33-34
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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question, will J&J be on the passports, or think the MRNA will be the only one accepted, at least at some point?
It could be possible that multiple vaccines might have full FDA approval. I was reading this article that the people who fled from Afghanistan were offered the Johnson & Johnson vaccine upon arrival. Moderna and eventually Johnson & Johnson will soon start to file for Full FDA approval requests.
Disgusting. ‘Dating’ ap….Grindr. You couldn’t get more bestial and de-personalized if you tried. These mindless drones & flesh-indulging to destruction are so primed & ready to take the mark & join themselves to the Beast. They’re like lemmings, or metal shavings drawn to a magnet with their mindless groupthink, groupfeel, lostness. But they think they’re wise, advanced, and that they see.
Left the steered, selective shadow-banning facebook & social media awhile back when it became plain that what was long only suspected was surely true. There is nothing there for a Christian, or any seeking truth or true communicating & relating. All crassly manipulative, disingenuous, pragmatic at best, & despising reason & honesty. The righteous man maketh himself a prey there.
In a way, I’m glad I stayed on FB if for no other reason than to warn people about these shots. But I think it’s time to leave the cyber hell the CIA created, put a Jewish name and face to, and called Facebook. You are right, there is no true communicating and relating. Just glad I never bothered with the other social media sites.