While the United States government has not issued a digital vaccine pass, a national standard has nevertheless emerged. The District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and 21 States offer accessibility to the SMART Health Card, a verifiable digital proof of vaccination developed through the Vaccination Credential Initiative (VCI), a global coalition of public and private stakeholders including Microsoft, Salesforce, Oracle, the Mayo Clinic and other health and tech heavyweights. A digital vaccine verification system sways some red states because digital access to personal health records empowers the individual.
