Once vaccine mandates are introduced in society and people become accustomed to showing their COVID-19 vaccine certificate to participate in social life, the authorities can use this infrastructure for other coercive policies, according to Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, a former professor of psychiatry and the director of the Medical Ethics Program at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). Vaccine mandates override the right to provide informed consent when it comes to medical intervention by not allowing patients or parents of children to make their own decision in that regard, said Kheriaty, who was recently fired from his position at the UCI for challenging the University’s COVID-19 vaccination policy. For many people, showing proof of vaccination in order to be able to travel, go to a restaurant, a sports arena, buy food, or do other things may seem a trivial thing since taking the COVID-19 vaccine makes some feel safer especially those …