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In the Florida, a concert promoter is offering a discount of approximately 98% on tickets to an event for people who have been vaccinated against covid-19, while those who did not receive such drugs will have to pay $ 999.99 to enter the show.
The concert will be held on June 26 in the city of Saint Petersburg, Florida, where the punk rock bands Teenage Bottlerocket, MakeWar and Rutterkin. For that gala, those who present the official certificates of having received the vaccines from the pharmaceutical companies Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson You can buy your tickets in advance for only $ 18 and for $ 20 if you buy it at the box office on stage on the day of the performance.
In addition, in order to enter the event, the holders of the tickets purchased with the discount must show said medical certificates. Otherwise, they will have to pay the remaining $ 981.99 of tickets without discounts.
$ 1,000 to be “treated like everyone else”
Since Leadfoot Promotions, who organizes that concert, they indicated that they are not denying entry to unvaccinated people, but are just trying to organize a safe show for attendees. Those who have not been vaccinated “can buy a ticket at full price and they will be treated like everyone else, “they said.
Last April, Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed an executive order that prohibits the requirement of ‘passports’ of covid-19 to attend any event in that state, in order to avoid having “two classes of citizens for their part, some local health experts consider that forcing people to show personal medical certificates is a form of discrimination.