HIPAA privacy allows for the disclosure of immunization records to public health officials in order to prevent the spread of disease.
and if you can't be immunized because of pre-existing conditions, immune deficiencies, medical allergies, and the like, what then?
People that sign up to go door to door in vaccination community outreach are either heroes or insane. I am absolutely certain they will be frequently yelled at and spit on. People who doesn't understand HIPAA will claim that the government have no rights to look at their records. I think the government need to do a partnership with the Girl Scouts. Free box of cookies just to listen to their spiel and more if you sign up on the spot. Having a little girl present will probably also stop most heated reactions.
Then you don't. Psaki didn't say that they will go door to door to vaccinate people, that's a misquote [EDIT: My mistake. She didn't say the quote, but the gist was right]. She said there will be targeted door-to-door community outreach to ensure people have the information they need to know how safe and accessible the vaccine is. No one is going to stab you in the arm when you aren't looking. It's to push those who are technologically unaware or didn't sign up due to laziness.
Last summer MN tried a program in rural parts of the state going door to door to encourage people to get tested and they had to stop because the door knockers were getting threatened.
I will say it again how sad a sign of it is for the US that we have to do things like going door to door to encourage people to get vaccinated. There are many countries where they are desperate for the vaccines including developed countries.
the quote was ""We will be going door-to-door to Americans who have not been vaccinated" and the response was "If your medical records are private, how do they know?"
Yep. In Brazil they've been GLAD to take the second-hand vaccines (AstroZeneca). My wife's sister-in-law there, as a new mother, was eligible for and received the Pfizer vaccine, but has to wait three months for the second dose for lack of availability.
' A) There are no pre-existing conditions, or immune deficiencies that prevent anyone from getting the vaccine. If you are allergic to one vaccine, there are others you can take B) The shot is not mandatory. C) For those worried about their vaccination status being released publically, that is highly unlikely given it is not legal to do so. People who are concerned about their privacy are not forced to give out their vaccination status unless they need to travel. If an employer requires it and will dismiss without proof, that is their right.
You're right. I misread the tweet. It still shouldn't be a quote since it was paraphrased, but the gist is right. I still don't think the workers that will go door to door will receive granular vaccination status of each person at a house (even though that's completely legal and within the right of the government health services agency). There is too much risk of data breach. It'll be faster, cheaper, and safer to send teams out to zip codes/neighborhoods that has an overall low vaccination rate then go door to door. It's better and easier to get an extra 20% out of a population that's 30% vaccinated than to get a 60% group to 80%.
Hate to break it to you, but the state of Texas has everyone's vaccination records. Medical providers are required to submit the records. So you could know who doesn't have vaccines if they aren't listed in there. But most likely the are doing door to door outreach like Jehovah witnesses
