This week a poorly though out idea was proposed by USA Today writer Dan Wolken.
COLUMN: SEC football should require COVID-19 vaccination to attend games, help turn corner in lagging South https://t.co/NyzjU0lkx2 via @USATODAY
— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) May 4, 2021
I’m as pro-vaccine a person as you’ll find, but this just isn’t going to work. Mandate to the majority of people that haven’t been to a football game in 2 or more years, they can’t attend a football game. Yep good luck with that.
If case numbers are low enough to go to a near or full capacity sporting event, you’ll be dealing some irate people if they can’t go.
I think we’ve seen in the last 14 months if you try to force someone to do something they simply don’t want to do expect a ton of pushback.
If you want to vaccinate people on the fence at this point, you are going to have to ease people into it.
Definitely you better make it feel like it’s their choice too.
What the Atlanta Braves are doing is a novel and smart idea.
Braves to offer free COVID-19 vaccines for fans at games this weekend https://t.co/XIPXi75plD
— WSB-TV (@wsbtv) May 6, 2021
“The Braves are teaming up with their healthcare partners at Emory Healthcare to offer either the Johnson & Johnson vaccine or the Pfizer vaccine to any fan at the ballpark who wants to get the shot during games Friday or Saturday night. along with a chance to win a pair of tickets to a future game.”
Any locale that has any event where large numbers of people will be attendance should consider this plan – from Major League Baseball games, NBA games, collegiate sporting events, festivals, concerts etc.
I would not expect huge numbers of vaccinations from this process, but I guarantee it won’t be zero either.
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