CDC Ends COVID-19 Vaccination Cards

The pandemic-era proof of vaccination cards, which once determined who could participate in society, are ending.

A health care worker displays a COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card during a vaccine and health clinic at QueensCare Health Center in Los Angeles on Aug. 11, 2021. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is phasing out its COVID-19 vaccination cards, according to an Oct. 4 update on the agency’s website.

Considered a controversial relic of the COVID-19 pandemic era, the white cards once determined who could and couldn’t participate in society to some degree, such as by barring or allowing entry to businesses, schools, and workplaces based on vaccine status.