Mask rule at clubs ‘incredibly hard to enforce,’ but B.C. owner says it’s a legal and moral duty – CBC

Dancing allowed at nightclubs for first time in nearly 2 years, but masks are required

Feb 23, 2022

Trying to get patrons to wear their masks on the dance floor at The Blue Grotto in Kamloops, B.C., this weekend was “like herding cats,” according to the club’s owner.

David “Puppy” Johnston said his staff would move through the crowd, reminding patrons to mask up.

“You’d start with a group of girls: ‘Can you please put your masks on? They go, ‘Yeah,’ and they pull them up, and then you go to the next group. ‘Hey, can you remember your mask?’ Then by the time you turned around, the first group had them off again,” Johnston told CBC.

“It’s like herding cats. It’s incredibly hard to enforce.”

This weekend marked the first time in nearly two years that dancing was allowed in B.C. nightclubs. But clubs still need to abide by certain COVID-19 restrictions, including a requirement for everyone to wear masks when they’re not seated.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/mask-enforcement-nighclubs-1.6360719