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Nature: Immunity Passport and Newsletter Sign-Up

nature: Those who have them would be issued certificates to roam and restart economies -- so the vulnerable can stay home, according to CTV. But the World Health Organization and other experts say that's a terrible idea. Lack of certain antibodies would mean you don't have an immunity passport and are therefore not allowed to venture out in public. Newsletter sign-up Get The COVID-19 Brief sent to your inbox So many flaws that it is hard to know where to begin, molecular biologist Natalie Kofler, founder of the global initiative Editing Nature, and Canadian bioethicist Francoise Baylis, said in a commentary published in Nature. The World Health Organization has warned governments against issuing immunity passports, saying there's no evidence people who have recovered from COVID-19 are protected from a second coronavirus infection. They listed reasons why they think it's unworkable and unfair So many unknowns For starters, they wrote, it's not clear whether people develop any kind of lasting immunity after a coronavirus infection. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.