Opinion

We aren’t getting a national vaccine ‘passport.’ So let’s use the next best thing: CDC vaccination cards.

Drew Altman is president and chief executive of the Kaiser Family Foundation and founding publisher of Kaiser Health News. He was commissioner of New Jersey’s Department of Human Services from 1986 to 1989.

Vaccine passports quickly became a political lightning rod, but they offer a simple and effective way to end confusion about who is vaccinated and who still ought to wear masks in public spaces or workplaces. Rather than waste any more time squabbling over passports, which aren’t going to be created at a national level, let’s ramp up use of the next best thing: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccination cards.