Fake COVID-19 Vaccination Cards Worry College Officials, $25- $250 Online: AP News
AP News, Aug. 9, 2021. *IMAGE BELOW.
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — As the delta variant of the coronavirus sweeps across the United States, a growing number of colleges and universities are requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination for students to attend in-person classes. But the new mandate has opened the door for those opposed to getting the vaccine to cheat the system, according to interviews with students, education and law enforcement officials.
Both faculty and students at dozens of schools interviewed by The Associated Press say they are concerned about how easy it is to get fake vaccine cards. Across the internet, a cottage industry has sprung up to accommodate people who say they won’t get vaccinated for either personal or religious reasons. An Instagram account with the username “vaccinationcards” sells laminated COVID-19 vaccination cards for $25 each. A user on the encrypted messaging app, Telegram, offers “COVID-19 Vaccine Cards Certificates,” for as much as $200 apiece.
An increasing number of inquiries to these sites and similar ones appear to be from those who are trying to get fake vaccination cards for college. A Reddit user commented on a thread about falsifying COVID-19 vaccination cards, saying, in part, “I need one, too, for college. I refuse to be a guinea pig.”
On Twitter, one user with more than 70,000 followers tweeted, “My daughter bought 2 fake ID’s online for $50 while in college. Shipped from China. Anyone have the link for vaccine cards?” According to a tally by The Chronicle of Higher Education, at least 675 colleges and universities now require proof of COVID-19 inoculations. The process to confirm vaccination at many schools can be as simple as uploading a picture of the vaccine card to the student’s portal...
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- Undated image, U.S. District Court for the No. District of CA shows 2 fake CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Record Cards that are part of a criminal complaint. More than 600 colleges & universities now requiring proof of COVID-19 inoculations; an online industry has sprung up offering fake vaccine cards. Dozens of students interviewed by the AP said they were aware of fake covid-19 vax cards, though none admitted to actually using one.
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WE only bought fake ID to go drinking! How times have changed....... 
'LOGIC 101' isn't a required course! 
I KNOW where you got that number - 40%!
And YES! A felony for ALL fake virus ID's - in college, on cruises, on airlines - anywhere!!!!!! 
