Chicago pharmacist, 34, is 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d with 'selling more than 100 authentic CDC-問題／発行するd COVID-19 ワクチン cards on e-Bay for $10 each'

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A Chicago pharmacist 直面するs up to 120 years in 刑務所，拘置所 for 恐らく stealing dozens of ワクチン cards from his 職業 and selling them on eBay, as cities throughout the country begin to 要求する proof of ワクチン接種 to enter public indoor places.

Tangtang Zhao, 34,?was 逮捕（する）d Tuesday and （刑事）被告 of selling 125 authentic ワクチン接種 cards, featuring the insignia of the 中心s for 病気 支配（する）／統制する and 予防, to 11 different 買い手s for $10 a card - netting an 概算の 利益（をあげる） of $1,250.

Zhao was a licensed pharmacist at a company that vaccinates people at 'physical 場所s 全国的な,' によれば the 司法省.

Online 記録，記録的な／記録するs 示す he has worked at Walgreens, but the company did not すぐに comment.

Tangtang Zhao, 34, was 逮捕（する）d today for 恐らく selling authentic CDC-問題／発行するd ワクチン接種 cards, seen above, for $10 each to 11 different 買い手s on eBay (とじ込み／提出する image)

Online 記録，記録的な／記録するs 示す Zhao worked at a Chicago Walgreens, but the company did not すぐに comment

Zhao was 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d with 12 counts of 窃盗 of 政府 所有物／資産／財産 in US 地区 法廷，裁判所 for the Northern 地区 of Illinois.

Each count carries a 最大限 刑罰，罰則 of 10 years in 刑務所，拘置所.

He made his first 法廷，裁判所 外見 Tuesday.?

'Knowingly selling COVID ワクチン接種 cards to unvaccinated individuals puts millions of Americans at 危険 of serious 傷害 or death,' said Special スパイ／執行官 in 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 Emmerson Buie Jr. of the 連邦検察局's Chicago Field Office.?

'To put such a small price on the safety of our nation is not only an 侮辱 to those who are doing their part in the fight to stop COVID-19, but a 連邦の 罪，犯罪 with serious consequences.'??

Last month, a neuropathic doctor in Napa, California was 逮捕（する）d for giving her 患者s?homeoprophylaxis immunization pellets, which she （人命などを）奪う，主張するd would 供給する 'lifelong 免疫' to COVID-19.?

The doctor, 41-year-old Juli Mazi, then sent 患者s a COVID ワクチン接種 card 示すing that they got the Moderna ワクチン even though she never jabbed them.

'This 被告 恐らく defrauded and 危うくするd the public by preying on 恐れるs and spreading misinformation about FDA-権限を与えるd ワクチン接種s, while also peddling 偽の 治療s that put people's lives at 危険,' said 副 司法長官 Lisa O. Monaco.?

Half of the country is fully vaccinated, によれば the Mayo Clinic.?

The number has held 安定した for the past two weeks, having risen only わずかに from a month ago, when 48.7 パーセント of Americans were fully vaxxed.

About one in five US adults are 'ワクチン-抵抗力のある,' によれば 投票ing 会社／堅い Gallup. These adults wouldn't agree to a 解放する／自由な ワクチン and are ありそうもない to change their minds.

Another five パーセント said they wouldn't get the ワクチン but are open to changing their minds about it.

わずかに いっそう少なく than 1-in-5 Americans are 'ワクチン-抵抗力のある,' によれば Gallup, meaning that they wouldn't get a COVID-19 ワクチン and are not likely to change their minds

Gallup 特記する／引用するd three main 推論する／理由s for those who don't want the jabs: They want to wait to 確認する the ワクチン is 安全な or gets 十分な FDA 是認 (18 パーセント), they have already had COVID-19 and have antibodies (18 パーセント), or they don't 信用 ワクチンs in general (18 パーセント).

The white CDC ワクチン接種 cards are usually given to people 権利 after they're vaccinated a gainst COVID-19 with one of the three ワクチンs 認可するd for 緊急 use.

The 申し立てられた／疑わしい 窃盗 of CDC cards comes as several cities across the country introduce 支配するs 要求するing 顧客s to show proof of ワクチン接種 ーするために enter dining and entertainment 設立s.?

On Monday, New Orleans 居住（者）s needed to 供給する proof of ワクチン接種 or 消極的な COVID 実験（する） results to enter 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業s, restaurants, music halls, the Superdome, casinos and other indoor 施設s starting, with 十分な 施行 beginning on Aug, 23.?

New York and Los Angeles will 要求する 居住（者）s to have at least one 発射 before entering indoor restaurants, gyms and entertainment 商売／仕事s

But LA will take it one step その上の and 含む '小売 設立s.'

San Francisco's 委任統治（領） is even more stringent, 主張するing 十分な ワクチン接種 - not just one dose - for 顧客s and 従業員s at restaurants, gyms and other indoor 発生地s.

No city has given a （疑いを）晴らす 指示，表示する物 on how the 委任統治（領）s will be 施行するd.

Some of the most populous cities in the US have begun 問題／発行するing 委任統治（領）s to 除外する the unvaccinated from indoor 発生地s. It is 不明瞭な how they will be 施行するd

A New York Times?報告（する）／憶測 from April 公式文書，認めるd a number of 販売人s on Etsy, eBay, Facebook and Twitter peddling 偽の CDC cards.?

One 販売人 on Etsy, a 壇・綱領・公約 焦点（を合わせる）ing on 手渡す-（手先の）技術d and vintage goods, told the paper that she was helping people 避ける a 'tyrannical 政府.'

The CDC said it was 'aware of 事例／患者s of 詐欺 regarding 偽造の COVID-19 ワクチン cards.'

In April, the 弁護士／代理人／検事s general of Washington, DC, Iowa, North Carolina and Louisiana sent a letter to the CEOs of eBay, Twitter and Shopify asking them to take 負かす／撃墜する 地位，任命するs marketing 偽の or blank CDC cards.?

'The 誤った and deceptive marketing and sales of 偽の COVID ワクチン cards 脅すs the health of our communities, slows 進歩 in getting our 居住（者）s 保護するd from the ウイルス, and are a 違反 of the 法律s of many 明言する／公表するs,' the letter said.

Last week, New York's 司法長官 Letitia James 問題／発行するd a 警告 that anyone caught using 偽の ワクチン cards would 直面する 犯罪の 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s.

'As the Delta variant becomes more 目だつ, it is more important than ever for New Yorkers to be vaccinated against COVID-19.?

'Not only do 偽の and fraudulently-完全にするd ワクチン接種 cards 侵害する／違反する 連邦の and 明言する／公表する 法律s and the public 信用, but they also put the health of our communities at 危険 and 潜在的に 長引かせる this public health 危機.'?

On Sunday, New York 上院議員 Chuck Schumer called for a 連邦の 厳重取締 on 直面する ワクチン cards, 需要・要求するing the CBP and 連邦検察局 partner with the Department of Health and Human Services to start to put an end to the 偽造のs, CBS 報告（する）／憶測s.??

Cities like New Orleans now 要求する proof of ワクチン接種 for 入ること／参加（者） into places like restaurants and gyms. Above, a masked couple visits a market in the city earlier this month

The 連邦検察局 has 警告するd websites like eBay and Shopify about 偽の or empty CDC cards 存在 sold on their 壇・綱領・公約s. The cards will soon be 要求するd at indoor spaces in Los Angeles, above

The unauthorized use of these cards, which have 調印（する）s of an 公式の／役人 政府 機関, is a 連邦の 罪，犯罪 that carries a 最大限 of five years in 刑務所，拘置所.?

The 連邦検察局 first 問題／発行するd a 声明 about 偽の ワクチン接種 cards in March.?

Most are 存在 sold on 電報電信, an encrypted 場所／位置 that is 好意d の中で people who don't 信用 typical Silicon Valley 巨大（な）s like Facebook and Twitter.?

On 電報電信, people can buy ワクチン cards that are 認可するd by the CDC or NHS?from anywhere between $25 and $400, The Associated 圧力（をかける）?報告（する）／憶測s.

Even cities without 委任統治（領）s have seen a frenzy of 居住（者）s looking to get their 手渡すs on 偽の ワクチン cards.?

On 電報電信, a group called 'Texas ワクチン接種 Card CDC' has more than 4,000 members 利益／興味d in buying 偽の cards and fit-to-飛行機で行く 証明書s from 匿名の／不明の 販売人s, Kxan, an NBC (v)提携させる(n)支部，加入者, 報告（する）／憶測s.??

Another group called '偽の ワクチン Cards,' has 73,122 members.?

'Watch out and stay away from the ワクチン its [sic] poisonous,' one 販売人 wrote on the website. 'Get your cards without taking the ワクチン and stay 安全な.'?

Twitter and Facebook are controlling searches for it by directing anyone who searches 'ワクチン card' to 公式の／役人 政府 websites.?

Higher learning 会・原則s are also worried about their students using 偽の cards as at least 675 colleges and universities will 要求する proof of COVID ワクチンs to …に出席する classes.

'As with anything that 潜在的に 要求するs a certification, there is the 可能性 for an in dividual to falsify documentation,' said Michael Uhlenkamp, a 広報担当者 for the （ドイツなどの）首相／（大学の）学長's office at California 明言する／公表する University. The school system, which is the largest in the nation, 監督するs about 486,000 students each year on 23 campuses.

Benjamin Mason Meier, a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, questioned how 会・原則s can 立証する the 現在の ワクチン cards.

'The 部隊d 明言する／公表するs, unlike most countries which have electronic systems in place, is basing its ワクチン接種 on a flimsy paper card,' he told The AP.

Meier 追加するd that he spoke with several students who knew a fellow student who had submitted a 偽の card to the university.

'There need to be 政策s in place for accountability to make sure that every student is operating in the 集団の／共同の 利益／興味 of the entire campus,' he said.?

On August 13, a father and son were 逮捕（する）d at the Daniel K. Inouye Airport in Honolulu, Hawaii after showing 偽の ワクチン cards to try to bypass the 明言する／公表する's 10-day 検疫 period for 後継の 旅行者s, によれば The Sacramento Bee.

'We are not out of the 支持を得ようと努めるd as it relates to COVID, we are still going through it,' 産む／飼育する said. 'Of course, we're sick and tired of it, but it's not sick and tired of us.'?

In Chicago, only 48 パーセント of 居住（者）s have been fully vaccinated, によれば 明言する／公表する data, and just 52 have gotten at least one dose.

COVID-19 事例／患者s in Chicago are rising as the more contagious Delta variant spreads

The 風の強い City lags behind other major 主要都市の areas like New York City (56 パーセント fully vaxxed) and Los Angeles 郡 (63 パーセント).

Cook 郡, which 含むs the city of Chicago, has had the second-highest number of COVID-関係のある deaths during the pandemic, によれば a database kept by Johns Hopkins University.?

Chicago has seen a rise in 事例／患者s as the more contagious Delta variant continues to spread.?

In Chicago, the seven-day 普通の／平均（する） topped at 430 事例／患者s on August 13, up from 55 事例／患者s on July 13.??