I was told by someone at the clinic that CDC COVID vax cards couldn't be replaced because the clinic is being given one card per first dose.
I'm fine with people avoiding the vaccine and living a life of solitude, but I can't see how they reconcile the half-in/half-out nature of "I want to be part of the herd with my fake vax card but I'm too scared to help with herd immunity."
There's probably no overarching policy on this and every site is doing what they think is best. Even if the "one card, one dose" situation was true, there are enough spoiled doses for most sites to have extras. While I don't doubt that the parent comment was being truthful, it's not a reasonable policy given how easy it is for those cards to get spoiled, misplaced, stolen, etc. The worker who told the parent commenter that their card cannot be replaced was likely making things up on the fly or had been told that by someone else who made it up for whatever reason.
Yeah, this was a front line person who told me this while doing the initial administrative processing. I'm glad the risk of forgeries is not so great (as this person made it seem) as to prevent common legitimate replacements.
Vaccination aside, it will be interesting to see how live entertainment in general fares going forward. So much in our lives is a product of habits, both personal and group. The pandemic smashed those habits and kept them broken for a long period of time. Even if everyone was vaccinated tomorrow, how long, if ever, would it take for people to resume their old entertainment habits? I doubt movie theaters will ever recover, even if they're able to get the studios to embargo movies from streaming services (which is doubtful).
Live event with large crowds don't just have to contend with broken habits and losing out on the un-vaccinated, they also have the issue of lingering fears of crowds. Many people have reported that even thinking about their pre-pandemic life causes them anxiety when remembering how often they were in large crowds of people. The psychological impact of the pandemic has been so severe that they're projecting back the current fears of being in proximity with others. Doubt that goes away anytime soon.
There might be an initial burst of pent up energy by those least affected by the pandemic but once that wears off, that crowd isn't likely to be big enough to support live events at the pre-pandemic level. The pandemic has been a traumatic societal event that will take a long time to get past even after the danger of the virus is gone.
The numerical argument for this, which the owner doesn’t seem to be making for some reason, would be: “If you’re not vaccinated, then for the safety of you and others I have to leave X number of seats around you empty.”
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[ 4.6 ms ] story [ 28.3 ms ] threadI'm fine with people avoiding the vaccine and living a life of solitude, but I can't see how they reconcile the half-in/half-out nature of "I want to be part of the herd with my fake vax card but I'm too scared to help with herd immunity."
Live event with large crowds don't just have to contend with broken habits and losing out on the un-vaccinated, they also have the issue of lingering fears of crowds. Many people have reported that even thinking about their pre-pandemic life causes them anxiety when remembering how often they were in large crowds of people. The psychological impact of the pandemic has been so severe that they're projecting back the current fears of being in proximity with others. Doubt that goes away anytime soon.
There might be an initial burst of pent up energy by those least affected by the pandemic but once that wears off, that crowd isn't likely to be big enough to support live events at the pre-pandemic level. The pandemic has been a traumatic societal event that will take a long time to get past even after the danger of the virus is gone.