And what do you make of the comparison with voter ID laws?

In NYC, for example, the vaccination rate of black residents is lower than that of white residents, which is lower than that of Asian residents. There is a significant gap in vaccination rates between black/Hispanic residents and white/Asian residents.

I’ve often heard that the problem with voter ID laws isn’t that showing ID to vote is wrong in principle, but that because certain racial minorities are less likely to have ID, it functionally discriminates against them. Isn’t that the same thing happening with these “proof of vaccination” requirements? Bars, restaurants, and other venues are now open only to the “vaccinated”, which translates to mostly white and Asian people and much fewer black and Hispanic people.

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