Posted on August 5, 2021 at 2:28 pm by Carol Tannenhauser
NYC Covid Safe, one of the apps you can use to show you’ve gotten the vax.
By Carol Tannenhauser
“Checking your proof” will take on added meaning in September in New York City, which recently became the first U.S. city to require people to show proof of at least one COVID-19 vaccination to gain indoor access to restaurants, bars, gyms, movie theaters, and other entertainment venues. The program will be launched on August 16, but there is some lead time; enforcement won’t begin until September 13. Then, to paraphrase Mel Brooks, it will be good to be vaccinated in New York City! But you’ve got to be able to prove it. Here are four ways to do so, tweeted by newly elected Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine.
With the big news that NYC will be requiring proof of vaccination for indoor dining and gyms, you might be asking: what vax proof will be accepted??
There are four options:
* Excelsior Pass
* NYC COVID Safe App
* CDC Vax Card
* NYC Vax RecordA 🧵on how these work…
— Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevineNYC) August 4, 2021
Presumably, if you got vaccinated, you got a CDC Vax Card, made of paper, which you put in a safe place (not your wallet, because it’s slightly too big). As you look at the other three methods of proof, all involving the internet, remember there will inevitably be glitches, as there were when we were all searching desperately for vax appointments. You’ve always got your card — hopefully. If lost, it cannot be replaced right now, according to the NYC Health Department. Here is a link directing you to a second way of obtaining proof of vaccination: accessing and printing a copy of your NYC Vax Record, available by clicking on My Vaccine Record.
Now, for the apps. The New York State Excelsior Pass provides “a free, fast and secure way to present digital proof of COVID-19 vaccination” on your phone, according to the state. “Simply click on the state’s Excelsior link, answer a few questions, and pass retrieved!” (Yeah, right. Two days later, this reporter is still waiting!) Levine explained that “even a minor inconsistency in your name, birthdate, etc. in the database will block you.” If you have a problem retrieving the Excelsior Pass, call your provider. As with the rollout of every new coronavirus-related initiative, it will take awhile to work out the kinks in this one. And apparently it’s not currently available to people who got vaccinated in other states.
“A simpler option,” according to Levine, “is the new NYC Covid Safe App (available on iphone and android app stores). It simply stores a picture of your vax card. It doesn’t communicate w/ any outside databases. This will allay some people’s privacy fears — especially for, say, undocumented immigrants. To get the NYC Covid Safe App and an overview of the new vaccination mandate program, including rules related to children, and if you’ve been vaccinated out of state or abroad, click here.
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