Florida governor Ron DeSantis signs executive order BANNING vaccine passports

Florida governor Ron DeSantis has signed an emergency order banning Covid-19 vaccine ‘passports’ claiming they are ‘completely unacceptable’ and would create ‘two classes of citizens’.

The executive order signed on Friday prevents any state-run organization and private business from demanding that their staff or customers show a vaccine passport to work there or gain services.

It follows a frenzy earlier this week from lawmakers and local leaders over the prospect of coronavirus vaccine passports, after an app was rolled out in New York, but some Republicans denounced it as the ‘mark of the beast’ and ‘dystopian’.

The Biden administration said there are currently at least 17 different passport initiatives being developed by public and private entities, while the World Health Organization is working to develop a ‘smart vaccination certificate.’

The White House, however, said Monday that it would not be imposing any restrictions at the federal level related to vaccine passports, like keeping a nationwide database of those inoculated.