The clubâs owner Binty Blair said the club had been âsignificantly damagedâ. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA
The clubâs owner Binty Blair said the club had been âsignificantly damagedâ. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA
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Tue 6 Apr 2021 17.23 EDT
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A comedy club has pulled out of a trial to test how venues can operate safely after it said the government failed to clarify whether it would involve Covid-19 vaccine passports.
The Hot Water comedy club in Liverpool said it was subjected to a âhate campaignâ online after reports suggested it was working with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to trial Covid-status certification.
Comedy club cancels pilot event over Covid-19 vaccine passport confusion - after getting hate messages online
The Hot Water Comedy Club in Liverpool has cancelled its event due to take place next week
08:50, 7 APR 2021
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The club was due to hold the first event to be trialled, which would have had an audience of 300 people (Hot Water Comedy Club)
A comedy club has cancelled a pilot event after it said it was subjected to a “hate campaign” online following reports it would trial Covid-19 vaccine passports.
The Hot Water Comedy Club in Liverpool said the government had failed to clarify whether the trial to test how venues can operate safely would involve Covid-status certification.
Club co-owner Binty Blair said he had tried to contact the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to clarify whether Covid-19 vaccine passports will be trialled in the pilot event, to no avail.
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Liverpool s public health director defends comedy club over pilot event abuse
The trial, which is separate from government proposals for vaccine passports, is running in the coming weeks
16:52, 6 APR 2021
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Hot Water Comedy Club (Image: Andrew Teebay)
Liverpool’s public health director has moved to reassure people in the city that an upcoming events pilot is not linked to vaccine passport proposals after businesses involved received abuse.
It will see Liverpool follow in the footsteps of Amsterdam and Barcelona by taking part in what is being described as “science-led research”. The council says the Events Research Programme will be used to provide key scientific data into how events for a range of audiences could be permitted to safely reopen as part of Step 4 of the roadmap out of lockdown, commencing no earlier than June 21.