U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials in Cincinnati have seized a total of 1,683 fake COVID-19 vaccination cards from China. The U.S. border authority made the announcement in a press release published on Sept. 16. It said the counterfeit cards had misspellings and were of “substandard printing” quality, even though the cards displayed a “logo” from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The fake cards, arriving at the Port of Cincinnati from China in five different shipments since Aug. 16, were destined for non-medical entities in private residences and apartments in five states—Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, New York, and Texas. The shipments also contained 2,034 fake Pfizer inoculation stickers. U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech jointly developed a COVID-19 vaccine that is now dubbed Comirnaty. “Creating or buying a fake COVID-19 vaccination card is illegal, not to mention dangerous,” Cincinnati Port Director Richard Gillespie said, according …