Will Minnesota Residents need to Show a COVID Vaccination Card to Attend Events or Shop soon?

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) – Rep. Paul Marquart isn’t sure if Minnesota residents will need to show a vaccination card to attend events or shop in businesses in the future.

Talk of a universal vaccination card has already sprung up across the country and some businesses including several cruise lines are already telling customers they’ll need proof of vaccination to board.

Places like entertainment venues or airports might soon also require people to show proof of being vaccinated for COVID-19.

Rep. Paul Marquart says the state legislature isn’t working on a universal vaccination card, he isn’t even sure that it’s legal, “so far there’s nothing in the works to do that, but I don’t know if businesses could say we need to see that [vaccination card] before we let you in, but there may end up being some things in that effort to ensure people are safe.”

President Joe Biden in January issued an executive order directing agencies to assess the feasibility of linking coronavirus vaccinations to vaccine cards and producing a digital version.

Others, however are raising the alarm over the ethical questions of a universal vaccine card, including creating an underclass of unvaccinated people who can’t travel or potentially shop at certain businesses.