Missouri taxi company refuses vaccinated, masked customers
https://thehill.com/policy/transportatio...asked-customers
By Caroline Vakil - 08/07/21 11:33 AM EDT


The owner of a Missouri taxi company said his transportation service will not pick up passengers who wear masks or have received the COVID-19 vaccine, despite a surge of new cases in the state.

“We don't allow any type of masks in our vehicles. The second one, we're very against the vaccines, and we do not wish to have people in our vehicle that did the vaccines,” owner Charlie Bullington told KMOV in an interview that was published on Thursday.

According to the taxi service’s website, Yo Transportation operates in Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Montgomery, St. Charles, St. Louis and Warren Counties. KMOV reported that the business has operated for 16 years.

During the interview, Bullington also claimed that Missouri is the top three lowest vaccinated states, saying, “I'm proud of all the Missouri people for standing against this.”

According to Becker’s Hospital Review, as of Friday, Missouri actually ranks thirteenth for states whose populations are fully vaccinated. According to data from Johns Hopkins University, about 42 percent of the state’s population is fully vaccinated.

Customers on Yelp and Google have complained about anti-masking messaging they received from the company, the Riverfront Times reported. -- excerpt, rest at link above --