{"id":19113,"date":"2024-02-05T09:57:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T14:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=19113"},"modified":"2024-02-06T14:46:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T19:46:50","slug":"come-sip-with-the-gestapo-vaccine-passports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/05\/come-sip-with-the-gestapo-vaccine-passports\/","title":{"rendered":"“Come Sip with the Gestapo!” Vaccine Passports"},"content":{"rendered":"

COVID DEJA VU<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Come Sip with the Gestapo!” I took this photo at a D.C. Dupont Circle coffee shop 2 year ago. Every table hosted a hefty warning sign: \u201cMasks on & Vaccine Cards out!\u201d Patrons were hectored: \u201cAll cafes and restaurants\u2026 are REQUIRED by the Mayor\u2019s Office to check vaccine cards of dine-in customers. Thank you for helping us comply with local regulations to remain open!\u201d<\/p>\n

I was mystified why people would pay $6.50 for a coffee to be treated worse than parolees.<\/p>\n

Former FDA press chief Emily Miller scoffed, \u201cThe purpose of a vaccine passport is for the #ScaredVaccinated<\/a> to have a false sense of security.\u201d There was far less compliance with such edicts in lower-income parts of DC. The vax passport regime was approved by 86 percent of D.C<\/a>. whites but only 63 percent of blacks. Blacks had a lower vaccination rate and the mayor\u2019s edict effectively made them second-class citizens. That coffee shop went out of business<\/a> shortly after my visit.<\/p>\n

Washingtonians’ submission to Covid Vax Passports is another reason to scorn their guidance for the rest of us.<\/p>\n

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COVID DEJA VU “Come Sip with the Gestapo!” I took this photo at a D.C. Dupont Circle coffee shop 2 year ago. Every table hosted a hefty warning sign: \u201cMasks on & Vaccine Cards out!\u201d Patrons were hectored: \u201cAll cafes and restaurants\u2026 are REQUIRED by the Mayor\u2019s Office to check vaccine cards of dine-in customers. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n"Come Sip with the Gestapo!" 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