Today's Letter to the Society BOD and West Kingdom Seneschal

[gurdymonkey]

 Greetings, 

This letter is to follow up on my email of August 27. 

Sturgis Motorcycle Rally: 500,000-plus attendees, 330 cases in the hosting county. 178 cases of Covid across five states, 58 hospitalizations, likely many more to come. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/south-dakota-covid-cases-quintuple-after-sturgis-motorcycle-rally-n1277567

Lollapalooza: 375,000 attendees, 203 cases, no hospitalizations or fatalities, proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test required. https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-music-health-chicago-coronavirus-pandemic-99fd8448a981a47d934eac70aa1e19b0?fbclid=IwAR3T0W_I9RwUKk62Sc1POXcK_oY-x4zyBpGGglKLqc9MBLXUN2bJBLz_Vqg

I can't sit down inside a restaurant in San Francisco without proof of vaccination. My employer will not let me come to work without proof of vaccination. More and more state and local governments, health systems and private businesses are requiring proof of vaccination to work, play, use their facilities, be in their spaces. 

Why don't we? 

I urge the SCA to require proof of vaccination for attendance of in-person events, practices and other official activities. A chivalrous society protects its people. 

Let's do that. 
 

Saionji no Hana
Royal Rapier Marshal
Order of the Laurel, West Kingdom
 

Comments

[mermaidlady]

An upcoming event I'm involved this weekend with just announced proof of vaccination or negative test for admission, in addition to the city's requirement for indoor masking. The majority of the responses have been very positive about the policy, but of course one loud-mouth was all "Don't go! They're forcing you to reveal your confidential medical information and that's illegal." *sigh* The event organizer did not sic his pit bull of a lawyer, my former apprentice, on them to explain their misunderstanding of HIPAA, although that might have been fun to watch.

Here's hoping the SCA, Inc. gets over themselves and does the right thing.