In his nearly 30 years of tattooing, Stacey Drummond of Impressions in Ink says the vaccine passes were something he never saw coming.
"I don't think anyone would have thought something like this would happen."
Stacey has been operating out of his Stratford tattoo studio since 2009. As a close
proximity service (services that cannot be undertaken without close proximity of less than one metre between people, that generally require 15 minutes or more), Stacey is required to be fully vaccinated.
"It was a pretty easy choice for me to get vaccinated to protect myself, my family and community."
To operate at all levels, the vaccine pass is required by customers. At red and orange, businesses that require customers to show their vaccine pass can operate with public health requirements in place. Without the pass, close proximity services cannot operate until green.