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Hello and welcome to the edition podcast. The spectators weekly look at some of the most

intriguing and important pieces in the magazine with the writers behind them. I'm Lara Prendergast.

First, we look at the concept of vaccine passports and ask what it means for our return to freedom.

Next, we go to Germany where Russia's influence on the nation is beginning to cause alarm across the Atlantic.

And to finish, we'll have a king and a queen of the game join us to talk about chess.

With so-called vaccine passports now becoming a reality in multiple European nations,

the question of how they will be implemented and what they mean for our freedom is becoming increasingly pressing.

In this week's cover piece, I ask, where could these vaccine passports lead?

And should we be concerned?

I'm now joined by Lewis James Davis to discuss the prospect of vaccine passports lead? And should we be concerned? I'm now joined by Lewis James Davis

to discuss the prospect of vaccine passports. Lewis, you are the CEO of VST Enterprises, a V-Health

Passports Company. Can you start by telling us what exactly is a health passport and whether you think that they can give us back

our freedoms after a year of various lockdowns? So a health passport is something that allows you

to prove your health at the time that your last test was taken. So our health passport is

orientated around the V-code, which is a secure identifier that we've created at VST Enterprises.

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