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Adam Balogh
brits are inbred...just look at them...have a nice day !
Alex K.
you mean Friday 19 August!
Sérgio Oliveira
Because vaccine visas would be public, the information would be available, that's the whole point. that is why it can't be like a passport and the information in it is sensitive. And also, 3rd world countries wouldn't be able to access a computer and the internet to register and control? This is not a real argument. Who did they interview? My neighbour?