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Covid Vaccine QR code for my second child will not save to health app and says it's duplicate data. I'm assuming it is because both children had the same vaccine on the same dates. Please help

How can I get this to work?

Posted on Oct 17, 2021 6:11 PM

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Oct 17, 2021 6:51 PM in response to vworx

The folks at Apple design iPhone and iPad as per-person, and not as shared devices.


There are various known and expected issues that will arise when sharing an Apple ID, too.


As the QR codes don’t (yet?) exist in these parts, I’ve stored these and related records as photos and scans in a medical album in photos. Which is an approach that would work for you.


Apple suggests using Family Sharing for sharing apps and content and information. Here that sharing might be a medical album in Photos in iCloud.


iOS 15 includes health data sharing, is seemingly close to what you want, though with the data stored per Apple ID and not all pooled in one central Apple ID.

Store your verifiable COVID-19 immunizations and test results on your iPhone or iPod touch - Apple Support

Share and view health data in the Health app - Apple Support

Linking the Health app with your health provider also downloads your individual records from the provider’s server.


If you’d like to have some sort of central shared health data, log some feedback with Apple: Product Feedback - Apple


Oct 17, 2021 6:27 PM in response to MrHoffman

No - just mine. I was able to add my QR code and my older son's QR code without issue. Dates of vaccinations are different and vaccines are different. When adding my youngest son who has the same dates and vaccine as my oldest, it's saying it's duplicate data.


Are you saying that I need to get AppleIDs and devices for 12 year olds when I, as a parent, need to have this information on me when we are asked for medical information?


Or are these use cases simply out of scope for something like this and I should just abandon the use of the health app in this case and stick with Adobe pdf or something similar?

Covid Vaccine QR code for my second child will not save to health app and says it's duplicate data. I'm assuming it is because both children had the same vaccine on the same dates. Please help

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