You shouldn’t laminate anything… Isn’t there enough plastic crap in the environment?
I think laminating something that is meant to last for years can be a reasonable thing do do. It makes sense, as opposed to the greater amount of plastic in a single take out dinner from many restaurants, something that is not intended to last at all.
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I have a book from 1861, a little rough around the edges but still in good shape. I have report cards from the 1970s, etc., etc. – What is the vaccine card made of, tissue paper?
That card will be obsolete in a year or two. If you want to keep it for posterity’s sake, put it under glass or in a book.
Because the thought is that it is something people will have to carry with them, and thus be subject to wear.
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I have one of those somewhere, if I can find it my vax card is definitely going in there, thanks for the reminder!
BTW, on my second jab (but not the first…?) they took an uncomfortable amount of information, including my full SS#. When I asked they said it was for CDC records. Just in case I gave them the name of my second pet instead of the first.
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Like the little annual membership card I got from the local theatre, back when you could go to the local theatre? It stayed in my wallet, got taken out multiple times, looked great even after a year. I took no special measures other than the protection the wallet gave.
Rather than looking for excuses to use plastic, maybe we should be putting that energy into coping without it.
Here, watch this, it’s funny and scary:
I’m all for reducing our use of plastics. But I think worrying about laminating vaccine cards is on par with worrying about drinking straws. These are not the primary issues with plastics.
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Why laminate it when you can cover it in 24K gold leaf like a common wagyu steak?
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Agreed, definitely not. But why go out of your way to use more plastic, unnecessarily?
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Not all of us are so good at keeping cards pristine 
As for me, I’m reusing an old plastic conference badge holder, which I somehow neglected to discard in over a year of pandemic shelter in place time…
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Odd. I was talking to a friend in the US who said for their first jab they showed ID and insurance card. For their second they just walked into CVS. Maybe the data was passed on to the CDC via insurance and different states have different policies? Maybe it was for their own reimbursement process and not necessarily for user-tracking?
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I thought so.
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Exactly the same for me at a different store (Meijer’s) in Indiana.
No, that’s why you show your insurance card (if you have one…this is the States, after all). There are administrative fees that can be charged to insurance companies, but the actual person will not have to pay anything to get the vaccines, no matter what their insurance situation is.
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Just for diversion, this article found on the official website of Social Security [it doesn’t onebox properly, sorry], about people misusing Social Security numbers, may amuse folks here. It’s not even about faking/counterfeit cards—just people’s ignorance about what a real one even is!
Social Security Numbers
This is an archival or historical document and may not reflect current policies or procedures.Social Security Cards Issued by Woolworth
The most misused SSN of all time was (078-05-1120). In 1938, wallet manufacturer the E. H. Ferree company in Lockport, New York decided to promote its product by showing how a Social Security card would fit into its wallets. A sample card, used for display purposes, was inserted in each wallet. Company Vice President and Treasurer Douglas Patterson thought it would be a clever idea to use the actual SSN of his secretary, Mrs. Hilda Schrader Whitcher.
The wallet was sold by Woolworth stores and other department stores all over the country.
The story goes on from there…
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