Isn't it interesting how we accept security checks at every festival entrance—bags searched, drugs confiscated, ID checked—but drawing the line at a vaccine card feels like too much?
You mentioned grocery stores and movie theaters. Sure, but those places aren't mosh pits. Festivals are a different beast entirely. People are packed together for days, sharing drinks, camping, shouting into each other's faces. That's a perfect storm for transmission.
And the slippery slope argument? We already have vaccine requirements for school, travel, healthcare work. Society draws lines all the time. This isn't some dystopian future—it's basic public health in a pandemic.
As for exemptions, yeah, those exist. Most passport systems already accommodate medical and religious cases with testing alternatives. Nobody's saying lock people out completely.
I'd rather have a checkpoint at the gate than another summer of cancelled festivals.
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