The Virus Shot Goes in Your Arm, but Where Does Your Data Go?

Patching together state immunization databases with information held by pharmacies like CVS, Walmart, and Walgreens to track Covid-19 vaccinations opens the door for misusing patient data, lawyers warn.

The Department of Defense is working with states and private companies to allow immunization databases to share data as part of a vaccine distribution plan. The system will allow someone who gets a shot at their local health center in one state to walk into a local pharmacy in a different state and figure out when they need their next dose and which vaccine they should take, according to Department of Defense ...