Los Angeles has gone loco with its vaccine mandate

American Thinker ^ | 8 Nov, 2021 | Pandra Selivanov

[MtnClimber]

The mandate’s broad scope, when combined with its harsh penalties and huge exceptions, makes no sense at all.

California is a strange place. It has terrible public transportation and some of the highest gas prices in the country. The state spends a fortune on education, yet it’s one of the lowest-ranked in the country for students performing at grade level. Meghan Markle lives in California and she’s a typical specimen of the celebrities who flock to the Golden State, to bask in the sun and spend tons of money and cry constantly about how abused they are. California also has the dubious distinction of having the biggest population of illegal aliens while prominent Californians like Nancy Pelosi and Kamala Harris push the idea that the United States is a racist nation.

However, it would be wrong to think that California is already as bizarre as it can get. Los Angeles, which vies with San Francisco for strangeness, has just decided to implement one of the strictest vaccination mandates in the country. If you want to go to almost any business in Los Angeles, such as a restaurant, a shopping mall, a theater, or a nail salon, you will have to provide proof of vaccination. Even gyms and yoga studios and museums will be required to ask patrons for their COVID vaccination card and deny them entry if they can’t produce it.

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Business owners worry about losing customers and putting employees into dangerous situations by requiring them to ask prospective patrons for vaccination cards. City officials have shrugged off such concerns by giving businesses until the end of November to comply with the new mandate, with threats of fines ranging from $1000 to $5000 for violations.

[olivia3boys]

I live in a CA county (Contra Costa) with a vax mandate for indoor dining. Last weekend I went to the Getty Museum in LA.

Interestingly, I’ve been to 10 restaurants in my county since the mandate, and only 1 has asked for evidence of the vax (and I won’t go there again).

And the Getty stated on their website that the vax (or negative test) was needed to enter, but they checked for neither.

So—much of this is theater, and government bullying.

[zeugma]

I think they are missing at least one thing. Someone needs to propose that they start tatooing your ‘vac ID on your forearm.

[Dr. Sivana]

I know bars and liquor stores check IDs, but can they be punished for not checking them? I thought they only got in trouble if underage drinkers were served.

I think for "In 'n Out" it was the Health Department that shut them down.

[minnesota_bound]

The mayor of LA was vaccinated and he got the chinese virus. Good!!

[hanamizu]

I think for “In ‘n Out” it was the Health Department that shut them down.

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So does the Health Department have the authority to mandate that business check for vaccination cards on their own time and own expense? Again, if the Heath Department finds a health risk, sure they shut a place down. But they apparently shut down In ‘n Out for simply failing to perform an action, as opposed to having a restaurant full of disease.

I’m currently making a trip to the local hospital for treatments. The staff, ‘fully vaccinated’ is being thinned by new Wuhan infections. My wife and I got it after being ‘fully vaccinated’. Can’t see how carding people in restaurants and bars is going to help. I’m coming to the conclusion that much of this is to get people used to doing as they are told.

[markman46]

NOT california was overrun by people coming from the east coast, i was born and raised in calif. lots of NY, NJ NE lic plates.

[Dr. Sivana]

I agree with you, but whether we like it or not, health departments have pretty broad powers for defining a safe environment.