DISINFO: The Italian Nazi pass is needed to work if you are not vaccinated with the experimental vaccine
SUMMARY
The Italian Nazi pass is needed to work if you are not vaccinated with the experimental vaccine. The government follows a discriminatory policy based on the green card.
RESPONSE
Recurrent pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative claiming that Western governments have exploited the coronavirus pandemic in order to abolish liberal democracies and establish dictatorships. It also conveys a recurring anti-vaccine message questioning the validity of vaccines, which are described as experimental. Neither claims are true.
The European Covid Digital Certificate, called the Green Pass in Italy, is a certificate introduced to attest to the non-infected status with Covid-19, is required for workers in the public and private sectors, but also for travel over long distances and across national borders. The Green Pass can be presented by both vaccinated and unvaccinated citizens, subject to a negative test Covid test or a certificate proving recent recovery. It is true that workers have protested over the implementation of the Green Pass, but the main demands from business and trade unions to the government on this measure are the extension of the validity of medical tests for the unvaccinated and the free availability of Covid-19 tests.
Reference to a Nazi pass, is a frequent accusation by Italian anti-vaxxers, according to which the Green certificate serves the same purpose as the compulsory genealogical passport during the Nazi regime. It is not possible to compare the Green Pass to the Nazi laissez-passer – the Ahnenpass (“ancestor pass”), a genealogical passport which documented the Aryan lineage of citizens of Nazi Germany.
Furthermore, the COVID-19 vaccines are not “experimental”. They have gone through standard safety testing before being rolled out to the public. COVID-19 vaccines are tested, approved, constantly monitored, and developed on the basis of the same legal requirements for pharmaceutical quality, safety and efficacy as other medicines.
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