Local businesses brace for D.C. vaccine mandate
January 15, 2022 | District of Columbia
Washington businesses are bracing for Mayor Muriel Bowser’s vaccine mandate that goes into effect Saturday.
The local order requiring customers 12 and older to show proof of vaccination before entering bars, restaurants, theaters, and other businesses has already spilled into the national spotlight, with federal lawmakers taking to Twitter to shame the capital city over what they say is a draconian infringement on personal liberties.
But business owners, already weathered by two years of the pandemic, are stuck in the middle. Most are just hoping for a return to normal as soon as possible
Matt Krimm says he started asking patrons at his popular barbecue restaurant Cinder in Northwest Washington for vaccination cards a couple of weeks ago, and says almost every customer, many of them regulars, have been amenable.
The sole exception was a woman who accused Mr. Krimm, his co-owners, and staff of trampling over the Constitution, and left a scathing review online, saying “how dare you require people get jabbed with an unknown substance to dine at your restaurant.”… (Excerpts from the Washington Times)
