Years after COVID-19 pandemic restrictions were abolished across the country, and the political push for vaccine mandates subsided, Maine’s Center for Disease Control (CDC) unveiled a new app for Mainers to quickly access their vaccine records from their phones.
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The CDC announced the rollout of the new app on Thursday, citing convenience as a primary reason to allow Mainers to access sensitive personal information through a third-party app.
“Docket can be used to share immunization records with health care providers, for school or child care registration, or as a reminder for Maine people about vaccinations that they are due to receive,” said Maine CDC Director Dr. Putheiry Va.
“With schools starting, weather getting cooler, and respiratory virus season upon us, this new app makes it easier and faster for Maine people to put their hands on their up-to-date vaccination records right when they need them,” he continued.
The new app, Docket, will now be able to search Maine’s immunization record database after users verify their identity.
The CDC did not respond to an email asking whether Docket will have universal access to Maine immunization records, even for people who do not choose to sign up for the service.
The CDC suggested that the new app comes in response to the dramatic uptick in the number of people requesting immunization records since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020.
In 2019, the Maine CDC received only 111 requests for vaccination records.
Between 2020 and 2023, that number increased to nearly 10,000, and the CDC has already received over 3,000 requests in 2024.
Despite the need for vaccine records being so low before COVID, the Maine CDC has determined that Mainers will need an app to access their records at a moment’s notice in a post-COVID world.
The CDC reassured the public that its new app does not constitute a “vaccine passport,” despite its similarities to vaccine passport systems in place for various purposes across the world during the COVID pandemic.
As part of pandemic-era restrictions, a vaccine passport was required for international travel and various other common activities, such as attending certain concerts.
“A vaccine passport is proof that you’ve tested negative for or been protected against certain infections. It can be digital, like a phone app, or physical, such as a small paper card,” said WebMD in its definition of a vaccine passport.
Maine’s Docket app certainly qualifies as a vaccine passport under that definition since it is a phone app that verifies protection against certain infections.
Currently, the use of the Docket app remains optional, and Mainers will still be able to request physical copies of their immunization records.
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Oh boy, payday coming soon. Release of medical records is indefensible in court and should be a felony. Be prepared to pay a lot more in taxes to cover the lawsuits. Fire these DEI representatives now.
Putting sensitive info on your phone , Oh my what could possibly go wrong …. The Gov’t is NOT YOUR FRIEND !
Shove it up your 🍑
“Currently, the use of the Docket app remains optional” Sure is does. Next week, if you wish to renew your Maine driver’s license, or register a vehicle at the DMV, you vill be ORDERED “Achtung! Shew us you papers”.
All set, thanks
Vaccine passport? They told you that you not have to show proof, they told you the experimental shot was a vaccine, they said you were protected, no boosters etc, all lies. Who would anyone trust the CDC, NIH etc?
Who was awarded the contract to develop this solution in search of a problem?
Follow the money MaineWire. Cui bono?
Oh boy! 1984 is here!
You track your records .
They track you .
If you have a cellphone they are already tracking you.. You want go see big brother freak out , ditch the electronic leash.
Never ever comply especially when it comes to the “safe and effective” gene therapy death jabs!