{"id":16885,"date":"2021-09-22T12:34:09","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T15:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/?p=16885"},"modified":"2021-09-28T16:09:23","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T19:09:23","slug":"cafes-and-restaurants-are-at-the-front-line-of-possible-vaccine-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/cafes-and-restaurants-are-at-the-front-line-of-possible-vaccine-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"Cafes and restaurants are at the front line of possible \u201cvaccine theatre\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Al Barbour at the counter of Quality Grocery, his new business beside the Black Duck cafe on Bridge Street in Sackville. Photo: Erica Butler<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

New Brunswick\u2019s new vaccine passport system came into effect Wednesday, meaning that people are now required to be fully vaccinated before entering non-essential services like cafes, bars, restaurants, gyms and cinemas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indoor concerts, sports events, and organized gatherings like wedding and funerals will have the same stipulation. Churches and faith-based groups are exempt from the rule, instead being required to prove that they have surveyed their members, and achieved a 90% vaccination rate among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The system is not honour-based, like current border rules, which require people travelling into New Brunswick to register in advance, but with no enforcement or government presence at border crossings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the case of vaccine passports, businesses like Sackville cafe The Black Duck are being asked to actively screen their customers, requiring a government issued ID and a proof of vaccination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That has Black Duck co-owner Al Barbour concerned about a few things: training his employees to do the screening, having enough staff to do it, and also the possibility that even vaccinated customers will be discouraged from stopping in for coffee or a meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barbour says he\u2019s been trying to prepare the Black Duck for their new obligation to screen customers, but feels the process is still unclear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt’s one thing to say we should be checking for that people are fully vaccinated,\u201d says Barbour, \u201cbut how do we do that? How do I train my staff as to what an acceptable proof of vaccine is?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The province of New Brunswick says that people can use a number of different ways to prove their vaccination status. People can show:<\/p>\n\n\n\n