New Medical Codes for COVID-19 Vaccination Status Used to Track People, CDC Confirms

New Medical Codes for COVID-19 Vaccination Status Used to Track People, CDC Confirms
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, Ga., on April 23, 2020. Tami Chappell/AFP via Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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Medical codes introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic to show when people are unvaccinated or undervaccinated for COVID-19 are being used to track people, the top U.S. public health agency has confirmed.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) made the confirmation in emails that The Epoch Times obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.
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