May 18, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – Something conservatives and those wary of government vaccine campaigns have warned about for months has now begun to enter into mainstream life: a Colorado physician is selling a scannable bracelet called Immunaband designed to provide proof of coronavirus vaccination in public.

The wristband, which has been featured by media outlets such as CNN, displays a QR code linked to personal vaccination records. Wearers must upload their vaccination card for review to receive the band, and have the option of adding their name to the bracelet, as well as the type of coronavirus vaccine they received. All bracelets read “COVID Vaccinated.”

“The real risk of ‘vaccine immunity passports’ is the violation of our rights and freedoms,” Ted Kuntz, president of Vaccine Choice Canada, told LifeSiteNews in an interview earlier this year.

Last year, then-U.S. Attorney General William Barr referred to the idea of digital proof-of-vaccination certificates as a “slippery slope in terms of continuing encroachments on personal liberty.”

Some left-leaning American states and municipalities both in the U.S and abroad have already begun rolling out various versions of “vaccine passports.” A 100-year-old woman in Chile was denied entry to a supermarket for lack of a digital “health pass,” and New York’s app allows anyone to look up another’s COVID-19 health records using only a first and last name, a date of birth, and a zip code (not even their address, just their zip code). 

Dr. J. Tashof Bernton, who created the wristband with the inspiration of an idea from his son, designed Immunaband as a way for restaurants “to assure customers that they are in a safe environment that takes Covid-19 seriously,” reported Total Food Service.