ABSTRACT. Employing recent research results covering ethical and regulatory issues raised by COVID-19 immunity certificates, and building my argument by drawing on data collected from Ada Lovelace Institute, CSA Canada, and Institute for Government, I performed analyses and made estimates regarding the freedoms COVID-19 immunity passports confer. Descriptive statistics of compiled data from the completed surveys were calculated when appropriate.

Keywords: COVID-19; vaccine passport; immunity certificate; ethics; public health

How to cite: Platt, C. (2021). “Public Legitimacy of Vaccine Passports: Ethical and Regulatory Issues Raised by COVID-19 Immunity Certificates,” Linguistic and Philosophical Investigations 20: 135–144. doi: 10.22381/LPI20202112.

Received 14 March 2021 • Received in revised form 19 May 2021
Accepted 28 May 2021 • Available online 30 May 2021