Corona-zona

  Yesterday the review site yelp  announced in a blog post that it is adding tools to allow businesses to add their vaccination policies. Information will include whether a business requires its employees to be vaccinated, and whether it will require its customers provide proof of vaccination to be served:   To help consumers understand how a business is currently operating as pandemic guidelines continue to evolve, today, Yelp is announcing two new, free attributes – “Proof of vaccination required” and “All staff fully vaccinated.” Users will be able to filter by these attributes when searching for local businesses on Yelp and will easily see “Proof of vaccination required” indicated on restaurant, food and nightlife businesses in search results. As we know, the Death Cult can't tolerate any behavior that challenges its flimsy ideology. So, we can count on the whackos to try to punish any business that publishes a vaccination policy.   Yelp intends to cover ...

For the entire pandemic right-wingers and public health officials have been engaged in mortal rhetorical combat. Public health officials say "we should do X!" Right-wingers respond, saying "hell no, we're not doing X!!!" This is true for any X, including masks, social distancing, lockdowns, school closings, vaccines, travel restrictions—you name it. I thought about digging up examples to link, but that would be a waste of time. Anybody who has been paying attention knows this is true. This is why it's so surprising that these groups are now strange bedfellows in their shared opposition to vaccination passports.  What's happening ?!? I prophesized  back in January that passports would become an issue (you're welcome). At the time, I shared the concerns of public health officials that they would create a class system of sorts, with haves and have-nots, and potentially lead to discrimination against unvaccinated people (as has happened in the past). I ...