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ٌThe CDC card reads “record of vaccination.” That is a certificate; a document doesn’t have to include the word “certificate” for it to certify something, which the CDC record of vaccination certainly does. If anything, the absence of definition of what constitutes a valid certificate should make the CDC card that much more acceptable, since the IATA program does not say, for instance, “the certificate must say ‘certificate.’”
Indeed it is a record, not a certificate. There is a difference. It was never intended to be an official vaccination certificate. It is there are a reminder for your second dose and as an additional check that you get the same vaccine next time.
The US government has said that it does not intend to provide a federally issued vaccination certificate - which is a bit of an odd comment from them if your argument is that the CDC card is one already.
The CDC card is the designated format for a vaccine certificate as set forth by the government of the United States of America at this time and should be treated as such at this point. Iceland and it’s airlines have been cheerfully taking it for weeks.
No it isn't, see above. The US government has said they are not issuing vaccine certificates.
I absolutely agree that some countries are accepting them in lieu of a certificates though..