/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>10762403
The mask policy is one thing, but the only people who would really care are people afraid of getting yelled at. It's a totally pointless measure that fucks with the execution of many cosplays, but as >>10762548 mentioned people largely won't respect it anyway. It will enable the staff to be busybodies on a whim and to their hearts' content. You don't even need one on a damn airplane in this country! I guess the staff believes that they know better?
But either way the mandatory vaccine policy is, at this point in time, even further beyond the scope of what's acceptable both nationwide and locally for such an event - especially considering recent developments about the BA2 variant being even more mild than the BA1. Leave it to modern Massachusetts residents to take pride in leading the way in remaining selectively ignorant to reality in favor of idealism and not batting an eye toward excessive authoritarian policies from recreational event organizers of all places (except at places like Fenway park, "As of March 5, 2022 there are no vaccine or mask mandates in effect at JetBlue Park or Fenway Park.") Why is an anime convention trying to lead us all backwards on this?

So you're fine to go to a sports venue, where people funnel through the interior of the stadium drinking and hindering their immune system. You're even fine to, during the con, go to every other establishment in the area where the unquestionably blighted unvaccinated lurk. But if you want to attend Anime Boston, then don't forget to share your medical paperwork at the door.

On a side note, what does their silence on why the policy is set in stone mean? That shouldn't be hard for them to answer. So far they refuse to comment further than saying it won't be changing. I wonder what their problem is and why they can't respect people's private medical decisions when it's clear that your covid vaccination status makes no difference toward other people's safety, just your own (for better or worse).