Fri Oct 29, 2021 – 2:56 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — Holding firm in its refusal to “become the vaccination police,” popular California-based burger joint In-N-Out has opted to offer drive-thru and take-out service only for all its restaurants in one Bay Area county rather than force employees to check patrons’ COVID-19 vaccination status.
Last month Contra Costa county, located in the east Bay Area of California near San Francisco, adopted a COVID-19 vaccine mandate demanding certain public venues — including restaurants — to require patrons to show proof of “full” vaccination or a negative test result along with a photo ID to gain entry.
Instead of bowing to pressure to enforce the COVID-19 vaccine passport rule in, In-N-Out Burger, which was founded in 1948 as a small hamburger stand in Baldwin Park and maintains its mid-century muscle car motif, opted to stay true to its roots and its values by keeping its drive-thru open and shutting down indoor dining for its five Contra Costa locations rather than enforce the local vaccine passport rule.
The move came after county health officials closed down In-N-Out’s Pleasant Hill location and fined three other In-N-Outs in the area, leading protesters
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