Israel adopts law allowing names of unvaccinated to be shared

February 25, 2021

Israel's parliament passed a law Wednesday allowing the government to share the identities of people not vaccinated against the coronavirus with other authorities, raising privacy concerns for those opting out of inoculation. That too has raised concerns about unequal access for those exercising their right to not be vaccinated. "I've been asked what about people's privacy: Is privacy more important than life itself?" Katz said in parliament, stressing the information would include nothing beyond the question of whether or not the person was vaccinated. Israel has officially recorded more than 760,000 coronavirus cases and over 5,600 deaths since the start of the pandemic.