This spring, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order forbidding businesses from making their patrons prove that they have been vaccinated against the coronavirus. He also signed into law a bill to give the ban more teeth, threatening violators with fines in the thousands of dollars.
The backlash around a modest event for a couple hundred people underscores the deep divisions over what the United States' return to normal should look like amid lingering resistance to vaccination. As the rate of shots slow, public health officials have warned that the country may not reach the oft-repeated goal of "herd immunity" against a virus that has killed nearly 600,000 people in the United States and slowed the economy.
"It's obvious that covid and music are going to kind of have to coexist for a while," he said. "So we had this idea of ... let's contact these promoters and kind of spitball and come up with creative ways to do safe shows.""When we first heard it, we thought it was a joke," Chen said. But band members had gotten their shots as soon as possible, he said, eager to protect their families and resume playing.
Such a large price hike for the unvaccinated "violates the spirit" of Florida's ban on requiring proof of immunization, said Andrew Zelmanowitz, a business lawyer based in Fort Lauderdale. It's different, he said, from the modest incentive programs many businesses are using to encourage vaccination.
Pass
Ah, if only Jerry Rosenberg of Jamaica Gas and Electric (NYC area chain) ('JGE') were still around. 'Just show us your union or civil service card and you're in...'
Yahoo
Why not offer $18 an hr jobs to vaccinated teens? 🤷🏾♂️
“Conform or pay” the new punk rock
JerseyCampfires
Hahahaaha what and idiots