Seattle is a progressive city, he said, that wants people to have the freedom to make their choices. We needed to talk about things that make us uncomfortable, and push us outside our comfort zones.”ĭaw said it’s been awkward for Seattle bars and restaurants to (vaccine) card people. “We need to keep each other safe like we did in the '80s. “A lot of us older gay men have lived through that,” he said. “We’ve already been closed down for a year,” he said.
Tucker said the bar hadn’t been checking because it would mean paying someone to stand at the door. “We’re not requiring a vaccination card at the moment. "It’s to your discretion if you want to wear a mask or not,” said a bartender named Tucker. (Diesel: “Bears, Bikers, Buddies, Bubbas, Blue Collars and Bad Asses"). “I feel like we blew our chance to get this under control,” he said.ĭiesel was among the places the unvaccinated could go when this reporter walked around the neighborhood. “There is a need to recover those funds so it's easy to understand why some businesses aren't getting on board.” “We were all closed or wildly underperforming for the past 16+ months,” he said. The owner said that he watched as people headed for places that weren’t requiring proof of vaccination. Their crowd is younger, which isn’t as vaccinated. The owner said he saw a huge reduction in business after he started checking vaccination cards. He said business was down about 60% from the week before, when they weren’t requiring proof.