Ticketmaster, one of the nation’s leading concert and event ticket sellers, on Monday announced their plans for fighting the Wuhan coronavirus.
According to Billboard, the ticket company will require concertgoers to provide proof that they have had a vaccine for the coronavirus or show proof that they tested negative for the virus 24 to 72 hours before their event.
The company will work with CLEAR Health Pass and IBM’s Digital Health Pass so concertgoers can share their private information.
Ticketmaster also plans to partner with testing and vaccine providers like LabCorp and CVS’ Minute Clinic.
If you plan to go to a concert anytime in the foreseeable future – even post pandemic – here’s what you’re likely to encounter:
The decision is being touted as one that will change the entertainment industry as a whole since Ticketmaster sells tickets for the majority of concerts and sporting events throughout the country.
Although new technology that would provide customers’ medical data still needs to be developed, Ticketmaster President Mark Yovich believes this will become part of the norm, especially for traveling on airplanes or to theme parks.
“We’re already seeing many third-party health care providers prepare to handle the vetting — whether that is getting a vaccine, taking a test, or other methods of review and approval – which could then be linked via a digital ticket so everyone entering the event is verified,” Yovich explained.
I love a concert as much as the next person but this pretty creepy. Some people can’t get vaccines because they’re allergic to ingredients. For others, getting a vaccine goes against their religious beliefs.
And some people have concerns about the long-lasting impacts of a vaccine for a virus we’re still learning a lot about.
The question becomes: how many people will agree to this and could this be the end of Ticketmaster or the beginning of the end of your privacy and personal freedoms? -Townhall.Com
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