We asked 250 physicians across the KeyOps community for their thoughts on vaccine verification programs.

Here are the highlights of what they had to say:

96% indicated that a vaccine passport should be required to enter high capacity and high contact rate venues such as music halls, sporting venues, bars, restaurants, and gyms
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93% believe that vaccine passports can help us avoid future lockdowns and 96% believe they can help re-opening plans
97% responded vaccines should be mandatory for frontline health care workers
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90% want to see Canada have a national policy on vaccine verification and only 10% believe it should be handled at a local level

Do you believe a COVID-19 vaccine passport should be required to enter high capacity and high contact rate venues such as music halls, sporting venues, bars, restaurants and gyms?

96% of the physicians in our network believe a vaccine passport should be required to enter high capacity and high contact rate venues.

In my experience a lot of hesitation is due to lack of knowledge and another group is due to feeling 'forced' into taking the vaccine. So choice should still be stressed, but people need to understand that restrictions are imposed due to the increased risk of transmission and hospitalization.

Dr. Rajbir Rai

If we’re going to create one for COVID-19, it should be easily integrated with the other public health vaccines such as hep B, MMR, varicella etc.

Dr. Danusha Jebanesan

Changing name to vaccination record rather than passport is ideal. Using education as much as possible to increase vaccination and less in force would be best for long term acceptance and likely future requirements for vaccinations

Cardiologist, ON

I think health care workers should all be vaccinated (I am), I just don't think it should be mandatory. If e.g. a physician wants to provide virtual services only, there is no reason they should be forced to be vaccinated any more than the general public.

Dermatologist, ON

I wish they had identified them as an immunization record instead; I feel many people react to the ‘passport’ name whereas vaccination records are an accepted idea in society.

Family Practice Physician, ON

Physicians and scientists need to be more transparent with the public about the COVID situation in hospitals. I believe most people concerned about the vaccine or who are opposed to it have no idea what the situation is like in hospital critical care units.

Dermatologist, ON

We asked 250 physicians across the KeyOps community for their thoughts on vaccine verification programs.

Here are the highlights of what they had to say:

Check out our podcast with infectious disease expert Dr. Sumon Chakrabarti as he weighs in on vaccine hesitancy and the role of vaccine “passports”.

Do you believe a COVID-19 vaccine passport should be required to enter high capacity and high contact rate venues such as music halls, sporting venues, bars, restaurants and gyms?

Should Canada have a national policy for vaccine verification or should it be handled at a local level?

Can COVID-19 vaccine passports help us avoid lockdowns?

Can vaccine passports help re-opening plans?

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In my experience a lot of hesitation is due to lack of knowledge and another group is due to feeling 'forced' into taking the vaccine. So choice should still be stressed, but people need to understand that restrictions are imposed due to the increased risk of transmission and hospitalization.

If we’re going to create one for COVID-19, it should be easily integrated with the other public health vaccines such as hep B, MMR, varicella etc.

Changing name to vaccination record rather than passport is ideal. Using education as much as possible to increase vaccination and less in force would be best for long term acceptance and likely future requirements for vaccinations

I think health care workers should all be vaccinated (I am), I just don't think it should be mandatory. If e.g. a physician wants to provide virtual services only, there is no reason they should be forced to be vaccinated any more than the general public.

I wish they had identified them as an immunization record instead; I feel many people react to the ‘passport’ name whereas vaccination records are an accepted idea in society.

Physicians and scientists need to be more transparent with the public about the COVID situation in hospitals. I believe most people concerned about the vaccine or who are opposed to it have no idea what the situation is like in hospital critical care units.

We asked 250 physicians across the KeyOps community for their thoughts on vaccine verification programs. Here are the highlights of what they had to say:

Check out our podcast with infectious disease expert Dr. Sumon Chakrabarti as he weighs in on vaccine hesitancy and the role of vaccine “passports”.

Do you believe a COVID-19 vaccine passport should be required to enter high capacity and high contact rate venues such as music halls, sporting venues, bars, restaurants and gyms?

Should Canada have a national policy for vaccine verification or should it be handled at a local level?

Can COVID-19 vaccine passports help us avoid lockdowns?

Can vaccine passports help re-opening plans?

Respondent profile

Male respondents

Female respondents

Average age

Average years in practice

In my experience a lot of hesitation is due to lack of knowledge and another group is due to feeling 'forced' into taking the vaccine. So choice should still be stressed, but people need to understand that restrictions are imposed due to the increased risk of transmission and hospitalization.

If we’re going to create one for COVID-19, it should be easily integrated with the other public health vaccines such as hep B, MMR, varicella etc.

Changing name to vaccination record rather than passport is ideal. Using education as much as possible to increase vaccination and less in force would be best for long term acceptance and likely future requirements for vaccinations

I think health care workers should all be vaccinated (I am), I just don't think it should be mandatory. If e.g. a physician wants to provide virtual services only, there is no reason they should be forced to be vaccinated any more than the general public.

I wish they had identified them as an immunization record instead; I feel many people react to the ‘passport’ name whereas vaccination records are an accepted idea in society.

Physicians and scientists need to be more transparent with the public about the COVID situation in hospitals. I believe most people concerned about the vaccine or who are opposed to it have no idea what the situation is like in hospital critical care units.

We asked 250 physicians across the KeyOps community for their thoughts on vaccine verification programs.

Here are the highlights of what they had to say: