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No Shots, No Service: Delta Variant Fuels Push for Vaccine Proof

  • From Provincetown to San Francisco, LGBTQ venues out front
  • Business owners increasingly taking the matter into own hands
Dressed as Maxine the Vaccine, Poppy Champlin encourages pedestrians to get vaccinated while promoting her comedy show in Provincetown.Photographer: Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe/Getty Images
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President Joe Biden and other political leaders are playing catchup as they push for more vaccine mandates: The proprietors of Provincetown, Massachusetts, are way ahead of them.

In the rainbow-festooned resort town at Cape Cod’s tip, patrons already need vaccine cards to watch drag shows at Pilgrim House; to attend the afternoon tea dances at the Boatslip Beach Club; to get a beer at the Provincetown Brewing Company; even to get a facial at the Jonathan Williams Salon and Spa.