This place in CA passes out fake blank COVID vaccine cards and gives incentives

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..to those that throw their mask in the trash  :

A café in Mendocino, Calif. is charging patrons a $5 fee if they are caught wearing a mask or "bragging" about their coronavirus vaccine.

 "$5 FEE ADDED TO ORDERS PLACED WHILE WEARING A FACE MASK," a sign posted in the window of Fiddleheads Café reads. In the fine print below the sign says that any customer "caught bragging" will also have to pay the penalty.

Fiddleheads’ owner, Chris Castleman told Fox News the proceeds from the fee are going to "charities that have been overwhelmed by collateral damage of the government lockdowns," that deal with domestic abuse, suicide and poverty.

"I’ve been asked this entire time to put on a mask and that that's not a large request, all I'm asking is a $5 donation to charity and I don’t think that's too much," he said.

Castleman said some people are "more than willing" to pay the fee once they learn it’s going to charity, and about 100 have done so. "Some people are really upset by it. You can see outside they were about to come in and they see the sign and they turn away," he added.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has said that vaccinated people do  not have to wear a mask in most indoor settings, but Fiddleheads is defying California’s state mask mandate. "They’ve been on us for the past year," Castleman said of the local government.  Last June, Castleman closed up shop rather than require his employees to wear a mask, after he was hit with a $10,000 fine. But recently, he said he’s mostly just been sent notices, and "found a way to come into compliance." 

Only California and Hawaii still require residents to wear masks in indoor public spaces regardless of vaccination status.

Castleman hasn't been shy about his feelings towards mask mandates. A sign that read, "THROW YOUR MASK IN THE TRASH BIN AND RECEIVE 50% OFF YOUR ORDER," hung in the window for about two months.

Another sign read "GET YOUR COVID-19 VACCINE CARD HERE!" That sign, meant to be facetious, was taken down after some customers took it literally and asked the café to forge them a card.

Another sign that has been up since last summer reads, "People might not be wearing masks. Please respect their freedom to breathe. People may be within 6ft of one another. Please respect their freedom to socialize."

"People might not be vaccinated. Please respect their freedom to live naturally," the sign continues. "People may not share your opinions or feelings. Please respect their freedom to think independently."

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Man, looks like there's a few more places going on mental illness mode  :

‘Waiting to happen’: the California region where masks are taboo – and cases are rising
Rural northern California has been forceful in its pushback against masks, business restrictions and vaccine mandates

Rural northern California is seeing a troubling rise in Covid-19 cases and hospitalizatio ns, an alarming trend that comes as residents and businesses continue to protest against safety measures and vaccinations – with one Mendocino cafe threatening to charge customers $5 for wearing a mask.

While the region makes up a small proportion of the state’s population, the growth in its caseload has been considerable, and comes at a time when the state overall is enjoying some of the lowest rates of Covid in the country. After largely avoiding the worst of the pandemic, a block of far northern California counties now leads the state with nearly 40 cases per 100,000 residents over the past week, according to statistics maintained by the Los Angeles Times. Tehama county ranked the highest in the LA Times case ratings with 139 cases per 100,000 residents. Meanwhile 10 of the 21 total Covid deaths in nearby Siskiyou county have occurred since the beginning of May.

The region has long been one of the most forceful in its pushback against measures such as masks, business restrictions and vaccine mandates – and the protests have only continued to gain steam. A cafe in the town of Mendocino made headlines after announcing it will charge customers a $5 fee if they order while wearing a mask. It also threatened to charge $5 to anyone “caught bragging about your vaccine”.

“It’s about time the proponents of these ineffective government measures start paying for the collateral damage they have collectively caused,” the cafe owner Chris Castleman told NBC News. He also offered a 50% discount to customers who threw their masks in the trash.