8042 Israel’s Vaccine Freedom – Timecoded Script

 

 

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Reporter (VO) : Ditch everything to catch a plane... go to the beach or the swimming pool for a dip ... or simply set foot in the gym ... and why not even have a little popcorn before a good restaurant and one last drink on the terrace?

 

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Reporter (VO) : For the moment, everything is closed in Switzerland. But by June this little white and black square could change everything.

 

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Title : ISRAEL’S VACCINE FREEDOM

 

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Reporter (VO) : Vaccination passport, green passport, or even Covid certificate. Whatever its name, one thing is certain - this QR code will turn our lives upside down.

 

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Reporter (VO) : In some countries like Israel, the COVID passport already exists. I called our correspondent to find out more about this open sesame.

 

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Reporter : Hi Stephane, are you still in Tel Aviv? What is this life like with the vaccine passport?

 

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Stephane : We all have a vaccine passport, the Green Pass, let's see how it works, follow me!

 

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Reporter (VO) : Smiles, chairs touching and carefreeness in the air, In this neighborhood of Yafo, the pandemic alsmost seems a thing of the past.

 

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Lower Third : STÉPHANE AMAR

TEL AVIV CORRESPONDENT

 

 

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Stephane (DIALOGUE): The nightlife has resumed its course in Tel-Aviv and most people don't even wear masks anymore.

 

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Reporter (VO) : The only difference with life before are the controls to get in a bar, a restaurant or a concert hall. You have to show a white card, or rather a green green passport to get in.

 

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(SYNC) : Can I see your passport and your ID?

 

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Reporter (VO) : It takes more time, but the system is working fine.

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Lower Third : OR BITTON

WAITRESS

 

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Or Bitton (DIALOGUE) : All the people we ask to show their their passport understand well and cooperate without any problems. They show us their document to us right away.

 

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Or Bitton (DIALOGUE) : We all have an app, Ramzor, that means traffic light and we see if they have a certificate, it's really easy actually.

 

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- Reporter (VO) : Inside the restaurant, some French people are waiting for their order. For them, presenting their personal data is no problem at all.

 

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Customer (DIALOGUE) : Once we have given our green passport and we are known, we don't have to show it every time.

 

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Customer (DIALOGUE) : And we live exactly as we did a year ago, it's nice! At our age, it is sad to think that we have lost a year, but now we hope to catch it up quickly.

 

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Customer (DIALOGUE) : So this green passport gives us access to a daily life that we thought we'd never find again a few weeks ago.

 

 

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Customer (DIALOGUE) : There are people who say that it's illegal to give data. But everybody knows everything about everybody so it doesn't matter.

 

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Customer (DIALOGUE) : Is anyone interested in knowing if I have antibodies, or if I had the vaccine? I really don't see the problem!

 

 

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- Reporter (VO) : In Israel, half of the population is already vaccinated, and 70% should be vaccinated by April.

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Reporter (VO) : As a result, those who refuse to show their green passports cannot eat inside. They have to make do with the terrace.

 

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Reporter (VO) : Same observation in this gym in Jaffa. Here, sports sessions have resumed after a year of closure. But the access is controlled.

 

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(SYNC) : Can you show me your passport?

 

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- Reporter (VO) : Today, every Israeli has a 9-digit number which he has to give every time. Going back to the gym, taking a shopping cart, going to the bank: this code is checked everywhere.

 

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-(SYNC) : Okay, that's fine.

 

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- Reporter (VO) : At first, some customers were reluctant but the boss has seen a change in mentality.

 

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Lower Third : MATAN BELLO

COACH, GYMNASFIT

 

 

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- Matan Bello (DIALOGUE) : We can't force them but but little by little people understand. I have many friends who wanted to do sports so they're going to get vaccinated.

 

 

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- Journalist (DIALOGUE) : That puts a lot of pressure on them, right?

 

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- Matan Bello (DIALOGUE) : Yes, that's true, it puts pressure on, but they understand that now everything is working. The restaurants, the gyms, so they want to be able to live.

 

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- Reporter (VO) : The reason why the passport is so little debated? Well Israel has accepted to hand over the biomedical data of its population at the end of 2020 to Pfizer to get access to vaccine doses more quickly.

 

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Reporter (VO) : In Switzerland, the situation is different. The issue of digitizing sensitive data is causing a stir.

 

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Reporter (VO) : This week, the platform mesvaccins.ch which allowed to register your proof of vaccination had to be deactivated after a major security breach. A hard blow for already under pressure health officials.

 

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Lower Third : THIERRY CLÉMENCE

JOURNALIST

 

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- Thierry Clémence (DIALOGUE) : Don't you have the impression that the health authorities, when it comes to digital, have been acting very lightly since the beginning of this pandemic?

 

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Lower Third : VALÉRIE GILLOZ

JOURNALIST

 

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- Valérie Gilloz (DIALOGUE) : How do you intend to regain this trust? It is essential to have the support of the population.

 

 

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Lower Third : ANNE LÉVY

DIRECTOR, FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH (FOPH)

 

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- Anne Lévy (DIALOGUE) :  The introduction of this  COVID-19 vaccine certificate has nothing to do with the website in question.

 

 

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- Reporter (VO) : In spite of this mishap, the Confederation announced on Wednesday the introduction of a health passport for this summer. But another contradictory voice voice is raised in Geneva. That of the WHO: For its spokesperson, the passport is premature and discriminatory.

 

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Lower Third : MARGARET HARRIS

WHO SPOKESPERSON

 

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- Margaret Harris (DIALOGUE) : Countries should not

make this vaccination compulsory for entry into or exit from their territory.

 

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Margaret Harris (DIALOGUE) : It is not yet known whether the vaccine can stop the transmission of the virus and the distribution of the vaccine is very uneven.

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Margaret Harris (DIALOGUE) : Some countries vaccinate their entire population, while others still have not received a single dose. So, that would make it really unfair to these people.

 

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- Reporter (VO) : A real diplomatic headache, this passport will be subject to of many safeguards.

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Reporter (VO) : To avoid discrimination, it will have to include people who have recovered or tested negative and be compatible throughout Europe. To get a clearer picture, I called our correspondent in Brussels.

 

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- Reporter (DIALOGUE) : I understand that it will be going through in Brussels in the next few days. How is this going to happen, these negotiations on this green passport? Do you think we will have any say in the matter?

 

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Lower Third : ISABELLE ORY

BRUSSELS CORRESPONDENT

 

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-Isabelle Ory (DIALOGUE) : It's actually happening here in the European district of Brussels, and especially in the building of the European Commission. I suggest you follow me, I have an appointment with Didier Reynders, the European Commissioner who is in charge of the file.

 

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- Reporter (VO) : This is a man whose voice is particularly important at the moment. The Belgian Commissioner for Justice, has until June 15 to introduce a single vaccine certificate across Europe.

 

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Lower Third : DIDER REYNDERS

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

 

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- Dider Reynders (DIALOGUE) : We want to avoid having 27 different certificates that we can't make compatible. So we are going to be interoperable within the 27 countries of the European Economic Area and with Switzerland.

 

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--Isabelle Ory (DIALOGUE) : Will we be able to participate in the elaboration of this European solution?

 

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- Dider Reynders (DIALOGUE) : It is not a unilateral action of the EU, but an integration mechanism, there is a discussion with our partners and we want reciprocity.

 

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--Isabelle Ory (DIALOGUE) : Is this certificate not a way to make vaccination compulsory?

 

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- Dider Reynders (DIALOGUE) : It's not a question of saying "you can travel because you are vaccinated". We want to avoid discrimination.

 

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Dider Reynders (DIALOGUE) : The vaccine is not compulsory, not everyone can have access to it so either you have antibodies, or you are vaccinated, or we can continue using PCR tests.

 

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Dider Reynders (DIALOGUE) : And the second concern is to avoid collecting too much data.

 

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Dider Reynders (DIALOGUE) : We want to minimize the data of this certificate and not exchange it. The only thing we exchange is the security key, to make it clear that that the certificate is authentic.

 

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- Reporter (DIALOGUE) : So, how does he see things going?

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-Isabelle Ory (DIALOGUE) : He's very confident that it will be in place by the summer.

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- Reporter (DIALOGUE) : But you, what are the echoes, do you really believe it?

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-Isabelle Ory (DIALOGUE) : From the capitals and the Parliament, there are a lot of objections. People don't seem to believe it so much and seeing how the Europeans have had a hard time being united the last few months on the issues the pandemic, it's not a good omen for rapid unity.

 

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Isabelle Ory (DIALOGUE) : And then there's also the issue of personal data. He seems to be saying that it would be well preserved but I think it's worth digging into.

 

 

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- Reporter (DIALOGUE) : Okay, so I'll look into it.

 

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- Reporter (VO) : To dig into this question, we went to Prilly. This company already secures the banknotes from all over the world, but today, they're dealing with  health certificates too.

 

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Reporter (VO) : For the moment, once vaccinated, you receive a very easy to forge document. With the future COVID passport, a secure QR code will be added.

 

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Reporter (VO) : Philippe Thévoz has retrieved his mother's certificate then added the QR code to make a simulation.

 

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Lower Third: PHILIPPE THEVOZ

VICE PRESIDENT

SICPA EGOVERNMENT SYSTEMS

 

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- Philippe Thevoz (DIALOGUE) : I enter this QR code and we have a positive positive result marked in green, we'll see that it's really about my mom.

 

 

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- Reporter (DIALOGUE) : But what happens if people tamper with this QR code?

 

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- Philippe Thevoz (DIALOGUE) : It is possible to tamper with this QR code. I'm going to put my first name in place of hers, I scan this QR code again and you can see that the result has been tampered with.

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Philippe Thevoz (DIALOGUE) : I just changed a first name and the result went from green to red.

 

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- Reporter (VO) : To crack this technology, you'd have to run computers for thousands of years.

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Reporter (VO) :But even in this case, the company swears: no data would be accessible because nothing comes out of your phone.

 

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- Philippe Thevoz (DIALOGUE) : Even if our systems were penetrated, we have no data. The only result of a hack would be to take down our system for a few hours, but no risk to the data.

 

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- Reporter (VO) : Switzerland will have to choose which technology to use. In the meantime, Israel is a test country.

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Reporter (VO) :That evening, a concert is expected by many fans across Tel Aviv.

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Reporter (VO) :1,000 people are waiting in line listen to their idol Itay Levy. The problem is that fake passports are multiplying, so you have to be careful.

 

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-Security Guard (DIALOGUE) :There are people who falsify their green passport and it doesn't match their identity card, we're still catching people like that.

 

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-Journalist (DIALOGUE) : Does this often happen?

 

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-Security Guard (DIALOGUE) :I haven't had one yet tonight, but it happens a lot.

 

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-Woman (DIALOGUE) :I don't cheat!

 

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- Reporter (VO) : A little further on, these unvaccinated girls are having a hard time. They thought they could negotiate, but they couldn't, without their green passport, there's no way they can get in.

 

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Reporter (VO) :There's nothing to disturb the mood of all fans inside. The vaccinated enjoy a pleasure they thought they had forgotten, finally leaving the health stress to the locker room.

 

 

Vaccine Passport L3rds

 

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Title:

ISRAEL’S VACCINE FREEDOM

 

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Stéphane Amar

Tel Aviv Correspondent

 

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Or Bitton

Waitress

 

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Matan Bello

Coach, Gymnasfit

 

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Thierry Clémence

Journalist

 

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Valérie Gilloz

Journalist

 

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Anne Lévy

Director, Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH)

 

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Margaret Harris

WHO Spokesperson

 

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Isabelle Ory

Brussels Correspondent

 

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Dider Reynders

European Commission

 

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Philippe Thevoz

Vice President

SICPA eGovernment Systems