Ottobar Serious about Covid Mandate
August 20, 2021. Tecla Tesnau, owner of The Ottobar on N. Howard Street is serious about preventing the unvaccinated from invading her venue. After the mask mandate was rolled back in July, she felt The Ottobar was really back in business. Except, as we all found out, July was ground zero for another uptick in Covid cases as the Delta infiltrated the US. Four of her staff had breakthrough cases and she immediately shut the establishment, again. It was during this shutdown that she was determined to keep her staff and patrons safe and, regardless of whatever the CDC, state, or city was recommending. Now, part of the entry ticket requires a picture or an actual vaccination card or a timestamped negative test result performed within 72 hours before you are allowed to enter. Yay, Tecla! I saw this one coming.
There have been some drawbacks as extra staff and security had to be hired to check IDs and cards, but the bands and staff fully support her decision and she says that 90% of the feedback she hears is supportive. Like all of us, she hopes the pandemic is waning and is waiting to see some "normalcy" next month. In the meantime, you don't show proof, you don't see show.
Source (Accessed 8/20/21): Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Business Journal, www.bizjournals.com/balti
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