MIT SafePaths Card (MiSaCa): Augmenting Paper Based Vaccination Cards with Printed Codes
Joseph Bae, Rohan Sukumaran, Sheshank Shankar, Saurish Srivastava,, Rohan Iyer, Aryan Mahindra, Qamil Mirza, Maurizio Arseni, Anshuman Sharma,, Saras Agrawal, Orna Mukhopadhyay, Colin Kang, Priyanshi Katiyar, Apurv, Shekhar, Sifat Hasan, Krishnendu Dasgupta, Darshan Gandhi

TL;DR
This paper introduces MiSaCa, a card-based vaccination system using digitally signed QR codes for secure, efficient vaccine distribution, administration, verification, and follow-up, suitable for diverse regions.
Contribution
It presents a novel, user-centric vaccination card system with integrated QR codes and a scanner app to improve security and efficiency in vaccine management.
Findings
Proposes a privacy-preserving vaccine distribution framework
Designs a scanner app for clinics and officials
Enhances security with digitally signed QR codes
Abstract
In this early draft, we describe a user-centric, card-based system for vaccine distribution. Our system makes use of digitally signed QR codes and their use for phased vaccine distribution, vaccine administration/record-keeping, immunization verification, and follow-up symptom reporting. Furthermore, we propose and describe a complementary scanner app system to be used by vaccination clinics, public health officials, and immunization verification parties to effectively utilize card-based framework. We believe that the proposed system provides a privacy-preserving and efficient framework for vaccine distribution in both developed and developing regions.
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Taxonomy
TopicsVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing · SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
