April 9, 2020

Attorney General William Barr told Fox News’s Laura Ingraham on Wednesday evening that he was “very concerned” about billionaire Bill Gates’ apparent desire to have “digital certificates” to show if people had been vaccinated against viruses.

“Bill Gates, the Gates Foundation are in favor of developing digital certificates that would certify that individuals, American citizens, have immunity against this virus and potentially other viruses in the future to then facilitate travel and work and so on, “said Ingraham. “What do you think from a civil libertarian perspective of these types of – what would some of the follow-up mechanisms that would be adopted in the future to reopen our economy at large say?”

“Yes, I’m very concerned about the slippery slope in terms of continued encroachments on personal freedom,” said Barr. “I think that during the emergency, appropriate and reasonable measures are fine. “

“But a digital certificate to show who recovered or was tested recently or when we have a vaccine that has it – people who got it,” said Ingraham. “It’s his answer in a Reddit asking me anything. They had a small forum. “

Barr replied, “Yeah, I would be a little worried about it, tracking people and so on, in general, especially over a long time. “

LAURA: Bill Gates, the Gates Foundation are in favor of developing digital certificates that would certify that individuals, American citizens, have immunity against this virus and potentially other viruses in the future to then facilitate travel and work And so on. What do you think from a civil libertarian perspective of these types of – what would some of the monitoring mechanisms that would be adopted in the future to reopen our economy at large say?
BARR: Yes, I’m very concerned about the slippery slope in terms of continued encroachments on personal freedom. I think that during the emergency, appropriate and reasonable measures are adequate.

LAURA: But a digital certificate to show who recovered or who was tested recently or when we have a vaccine that has it – people who received it. It’s his answer in a Reddit asking me anything. They had a small forum.

BARR: Yes, I would be a little worried about it, tracking people and so on, in general, especially over a long time.