Meet the vaccine bouncers: ‘If our options are a complete lockdown or asking people to flash their card — I prefer the flashing of the card’

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New York and San Francisco have proof of vaccination rules coming for indoor restaurants and bars, and some venues are going to great pains to enforce them.

What’s it like to ask customers if they’re vaccinated against COVID-19? Sometimes awkward, always necessary and typically without tension, say some business owners who’ve made the decision do it every day.

The ask is a skill Bethge and her staff have been building during the past four weeks, in spite of — or maybe bolstered by — a protest from an anti-mask, anti-vaccine contingent and a stream of nasty emails and phone calls. Arizona reported 3,225 new COVID-19 cases Friday and a nearly 10% positive rate on tests, according to the state’s Department of Health Services.

In San Francisco, Debi Cohn has been asking patrons at her bar, Asiento, for proof weeks before city officials said Thursday that customers would need it to frequent any of the city’s indoor restaurants, bars, gyms and entertainment venues. “It’s tricky to put up a barrier to someone just breezing in,” she said, adding at another point, “We were about giving people drinks and food, and spreading joy. Now it’s rules, all rules.”

Getting vaccinated against COVID-19 is a pressing matter of public health, especially as the delta variant rages. But getting the shot is a deeply personal decision too. For Carter, that’s not just lip service. “If our options are a complete lockdown or asking people to flash their card — I prefer the flashing of the card. I prefer to keep the ball rolling.”

That’s because many customers understand and will go along with the ground rules for a re-opening world, said Smith. “Don’t overthink it. Don’t get mad. Get you manager involved, and if you need to, involve the authorities,” he said, adding at another point, “You have right for a private business to refuse services for whatever reasons.”

 

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