Topic: These new wristbands are a wearable way to prove you’re vaccinated
New technology in the form of a wearable wristband could carry your COVID-19 vaccination card’s information and tell others around you that you’ve been fully vaccinated.
ImmunaBand is a blue silicone bracelet that has two purposes — first, it has a built-in QR code that carries your COVID-19 vaccination card’s information that can be used as a back-up for people who lose or misplace their CDC vaccination card. ImmunaBand’s second function is to show an outward display that a person has been fully vaccinated, thus making them safe to be near.
So how does it work? Wearers have to upload their vaccination cards for review before they can receive the band. The documentation is stored on a server compliant with medical privacy laws and the process is end-to-end encrypted, the company said in a news release.
The company makes two bands — one with just the QR code, and another with the QR code plus the wearer’s name and type of vaccine they received. The bands are both priced at $19.99. That code can be scanned with a smartphone to prove vaccination, the company said.
One Philadelphia restaurant is using ImmunaBands to try to make customers feel more comfortable by making clear its employees are vaccinated.
Most of the staff members at El Merkury sport the ImmunaBand, according to CNN affiliate WPVI. The owner of El Merkury, Sofia Deleon, told WPVI she made the move so customers would know it was safe to eat from her restaurant.
“It was really important for me to have everybody be vaccinated, to have everyone come back to work and feel safe,” Deleon said.
ImmunaBand President Tashof Bernton told CNN restaurants in Los Angeles and Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, have also bought the bands.
Topic Discussed: These new wristbands are a wearable way to prove you’re vaccinated
