COVID vaccine records in Texas, New Hampshire, Montana could be lost because of opt-in -laws

Your COVID vaccine records could be destroyed in 5 years because of Texas law In five years, Texas will have to destroy 10.4 million vaccine records because of an unusual state law. Yahoo News

The impending record destruction is a rare situation in the U.S., because almost every state or municipality that operates a vaccine registry has an “opt out” system.

But Texas, New Hampshire and Montana have an “opt in” system, meaning that any patient who wants their data stored at the state level must sign additional paperwork to do so. Vaccine providers say these systems mean more bureaucracy and paperwork for them.

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